Lawrence Baxter Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

Global, Us

Global, Gb

Responsible for the global technology strategy and operations for Shearman & Sterling (Shearman). Working as a team with the other Business Services departments, responsibilities include:- Building and implementing a seven year "cloud first, cloud smart" technology strategy in partnership with Microsoft.- Exploiting first mover advantage for cloud based (but private) Generative AI solutions (OpenAI ChatGPT, Copilot, etc) for the benefit of Shearman clients.- Building a contemporary technology team comprising of talent from both within the legal services vertical & from other professional services industries.- Identification/implementation of appropriate legal technology solutions.- Building a "Legal Operations by Shearman" client consulting operation.- Building a holistic data protection program encompassing data (1) security, (2) governance and (3) privacy.- Identification of business solutions from other professional services verticals that can be successfully applied in the legal services sector.- Building win/win partnerships with Alternative Legal Service Providers, (ALSPs).- Partnering with Shearman clients to jointly identify win/win business solutions utilising (1) people, (2) data, (3) technology and (4) data analytics.- Delivering cost effective, responsive, simple technology support across the firm.- Establishing and driving a program to tangibly improve the diversity of the technology team (GTS) at Shearman. A more diverse team results in a better environment for all. A better environment that is continually nurtured, means better results for everyone.- Delivering the Shearman project portfolio.- Establishing high level strategic partnerships with key technology providers in the legal services sector, notably; Microsoft, InTapp, Thomson Reuters, iManage, Litera.- The design and implementation of “Shearman Analytics”, a new approach of blending technology and data science to provide “data driven counsel” for Shearman clients.

IT Strategy & Operations.- Global operational responsibilities for IT Strategy and Operations for Young & Rubicam Group. $2.5B revenue organisation, 25,000 people, across 95 companies in 450 offices.- Responsibility for integration of all acquired companies under the Young & Rubicam Group umbrella.- Responsibility for global IT capital budget ($50M) and operating expense budget. ($220M).- Responsibility for global IT transformation initiative. (Move to cloud platform utilising a third party)- Responsibility for delivering effective enterprise architecture, portfolio management, and business systems (HRIS, Finance Systems, CRM, ERP).- Responsibility for global data security, privacy, governance, compliance and regulation.Digital Marketing and Operations- Global responsibility for building strategic marketing technology company partnerships (Adobe, Marketo, Oracle, IBM, Salesforce, Acquia, Microsoft, Sitecore, etc).- Responsibility for operationalising "Frenemy" partnerships (IBM, Accenture, McKinsey, etc)- Digital marketing operations - responsibilities include; content marketing, application life-cycle management, digital risk analysis, commercial risk analysis, digital solution architecture, digital privacy, client digital platform development and implementation, digital analytics provision and support.- Digital New Business Development - responsibilities include, RFP response, new business pitching, client digital practice consulting, commercial opportunity quantification, digital solution commercial risk analysis, contractual privacy, digital security analysis.

New York, Ny, Us

IT Strategy and Operations for J. Walter Thompson (JWT) a marketing communications brand headquartered in New York. The agency has more than 200 offices in over 90 countries. With a network of nearly 10,000 marketers, JWT was the fourth-largest agency network in the world at that time.- Global operational responsibilities for IT Strategy and Operations at JWT.- Responsibility for technical integration of all acquired companies of JWT.- Responsibility for global IT capital budget ($15M) and Operating Expense budget ($40M).- Projects successfully completed include, Global Email platform implementation, ERP/Finance system implementation, Knowledge Management (KM) system implementation.- Responsibility for IT governance, compliance and regulation.- Responsibility for selling and implementing client "Business Portals" (Extranets).- Responsibility for client technical consulting for the automotive and luxury goods verticals.

New York, Ny, Us

Responsible for the IT operations of Ogilvy & Mather (Ogilvy) Latin America. Ogilvy is an international advertising, marketing and public relations agency based in New York, and is a WPP company. It operates 450 offices in 161 cities of 120 countries worldwide with approximately 18,000 employees.Responsibilities included:- Execution of the global Ogilvy IT strategy in the Latin America region.- Ownership of day-to-day IT operations.- Responsibility for regional Latin America IT capital and operating expense budget.- Responsibility for regional Latin America hardware/software/services procurement.- Responsibility for regional ERP/Finance system implementation.- Responsibility for IT compliance, governance, privacy and regulation.

London, London, Gb

Reporting to the WPP Global CEO, responsibilities included:- Working with external consultants (SHL System House), development of global technology strategy for WPP. This involved 12 months of research culminating with a successful presentation to the WPP CEO and Board. - Implementation of WPP Board approved technology global strategy.Full responsibility for the "Life Cycle" M&A technology program: - Acquisition target identification for WPP Group and technology due diligence. - Leveraging new technologies to consolidate groups of acquired, independent companies into cohesive "connected" platforms. - Technical Integration of acquired companies into the wider WPP ecosystem.

Mba, Business

Bachelor'S Degree, Business Studies & Computer Science