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Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Los Angeles, Us

ElevateFlex is a global Talent and Staffing agency, delivering creative flexible and permanent resourcing solutions to law departments and law firms around the world. Operating principally in the UK, US and Australia, we match exceptional legal professionals to the evolving needs of our Customers through the curation of a world-class, global Community of Talent, and advanced, technology-enabled search. We are passionate about championing a new flexible - or "portfolio" - career paradigm within the legal industry; respecting but unconstrained by traditional linear paths. We provide an unparalleled platform for our global Community of Talent; respecting their individuality and choice of career, allowing them to bring their very best to their roles and to continue to develop their experience, expertise and voice.As the business General Manager I am accountable for all aspects of the commercial operation of the business, including delivery against our revenue and margin targets. I work closely with the CEO, COO and Chief Revenue Officer of Elevate to ensure that the businesses goals and operations are fully integrated into those of the broader Elevate business.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

As the Compliance Officer for Legal Practice (COLP) I am responsible for ensuring general regulatory and statutory compliance by the firm, its managers and its employees and that we have in place the systems and processes to allow the firm to operate effectively and in compliance with the Standards and Regulations of the SRA.

Global, Oo

Elevate's Flexible Resourcing business is a global Talent and Staffing agency, delivering creative flexible and permanent resourcing solutions to law departments and law firms around the world. Operating principally in the UK, US and Australia, we match exceptional legal professionals to the evolving needs of our Customers through the curation of a world-class, global Community of Talent, and advanced, technology-enabled search. We are passionate about championing a new flexible - or "portfolio" - career paradigm within the legal industry; respecting but unconstrained by traditional linear paths. We provide an unparalleled platform for our global Community of Talent; respecting their individuality and choice of career, allowing them to bring their very best to their roles and to continue to develop their experience, expertise and voice.As the business General Manager I am accountable for all aspects of the commercial operation of the business, including delivery against our revenue and margin targets. I work closely with the CEO, COO and Chief Revenue Officer of Elevate to ensure that the businesses goals and operations are fully integrated into those of the broader Elevate business.

Global, Oo

Enterprise Solutions works with Sales and the individual Elevate practice area (Business Unit) leaders, to design and implement complex, innovative, enterprise-wide solutions requiring a bespoke blend of products and services from across Elevate's broad portfolio of practice areas and products.

Global, Oo

Legal Business Solutions focused on providing managed services and specialized consulting support to law departments and law firms around the world. Services provided included: Managed Legal Operations Support, Bespoke Operations Support, Invoice Review, Invoice Audit Consultancy, Outside Counsel Guideline Consultancy, Counsel Concierge and Selection, Legal Project Management As A Service, External Legal Spend Assessment, and Dashboard & Reporting support.

Global, Oo

Elevate is a global legal service provider helping law firms and corporate legal departments operate more effectively. We provide practical ways to improve efficiency, quality and outcomes through strategy consulting, operations, technology and talent solutions.

New York, Ny, Us

Recruited to help stand-up JPM's first Legal Operations group, I designed and built-out a centralized Outside Counsel and Engagement Management group and managed a significant global legal services spend. The team provided global strategic and tactical cost control, law firm and matter management, vendor selection, pricing and alternative fee arrangement (“AFA”) design and negotiation, and financial analytics. Its remit was to ensure that JPM received value for the department’s spend while maintaining access to the very best legal services. I also managed a team focused on internal operational efficiencies; ensuring that our attorneys had access to the cost-effective knowledge and information necessary for strategic legal and business decisions. Over the course of the first year, I migrated those functions to more appropriate operational teams to focus on the core mission.Notable Achievements- Designed, managed and executed multiyear global legal services RFPs for 550-plus law firms leading to year-on-year, multi-million dollar cost avoidance and convergence of sourced firms- Managed a legal expense reduction initiative which focused on many of the world’s leading law firms, supplying strategy, information and analysis to the General Counsel and senior legal management - Restructured and negotiated legacy AFAs for critical high-spend matters, involving engaging “traditional”, billable-hour only law firms in budgeting and fee negotiation resulting in multi-million savings/cost avoidance- Restructured the high-volume national mortgage defense litigation portfolio into regional panels, narrowing the use of firms from hundreds to 5 per region- Designed a new Global Relationship Management program- Provided advice and escalation of third party oversight, relationship and IT risk/security issues- “Unbundled” key engagements to utilize alternative legal providers alongside major law firms

Worldwide, Oo

Responsible for the delivery of tools, techniques and services to increase predictability, efficiency and value in the delivery of legal services throughout the matter lifecycle. My role encompassed core knowledge management areas: enterprise search, extranets, social networking, document assembly/analysis and change management. Reed Smith continues to be known for innovation and charged me with a new Legal Project Management program, which eventually incorporated alternative fee arrangements, pricing and financial analysis, coupled with managing the novel and robust tools to support those functions.Notable Achievements - Managed the merger of the AFA Pricing, LPM and Knowledge Management team; recast the disparate functions as a coherent team, building the vision and client value - Conducted hands-on evaluation of pricing requests, formulation of responses, and analysis of pricing proposals - Undertook business intelligence research to support competitive fee options - Developed Key Performance Indicators for matters and matter portfolios - Developed of systems, process and procedures for managing and monitoring all non-standard pricing deals, including budget/matter management development, evaluation criteria and profitability metrics

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Leading a team of 3 directors with a worldwide staff of 82 and an operating budget of $24M, I was accountable for the overall execution and strategic development of the firm’s global Knowledge & Research Services, Document Lifecycle Services, Library and Information Resource Management.Notable Achievements:- Led the team to overall increases in customer satisfaction levels while reducing operational budget by 10% year-on-year- Development of a coherent vision for the department, designed and implemented a restructuring at both global and local levels to support that vision; advised on and created the global vision for Information Services as a whole- Working directly with the partnership and Operations, lobbied for and implemented a new industry-leading concept for the firm’s global library spaces and services- Led an initiative to change the database and research services chargeback model to resulting in potential net benefits of over $1M. Initiated a complementary follow-on project based on Lean Six Sigma principles to further streamline the provision of research services- Realigned global off-site document management to a single vendor and enacted an enhanced document retention policy resulting in year-on-year savings and streamlined operations- Championed the Knowledge Management function, including successfully making the case for increased headcount, undertook evangelism and briefings to leadership on the nature and benefits of KM to the firm, created a 3-year KM Strategic Plan and identified and implemented a program of key supporting technologies including Experience Management, Social Networking and Enterprise Search- Provided executive leadership of the firm’s implementation of HP Autonomy’s WorkSite (document and email management) product including multiple briefings to the partnership and other groups within the firm and took direct charge of the supporting change and communications strategy

Washington, Dc, Us

I led the build-out of a knowledge management consultancy practice, focusing on the development of a number of offerings relevant to AmLaw 150 law firms in a challenging economic environment and, in particular, the use of Autonomy’s IDOL AI-enabled enterprise search platform. Notable Achievements:- Led multi-city CIO Roundtable discussions focusing on Enterprise Search, Social / collaborative technologies and Information Governance- Designed a comprehensive implementation and communications strategy for the deployment of a number of integrated information managements projects in an international law firm including Autonomy’s IDOL AI-enabled enterprise search platform- Spoke at Autonomy’s Gear-Up 2009 conferences

Us

As CTO of this ground-breaking start-up, I led product ideation, technology and strategy as well as tactical leadership and management of the engineering team. I chaired the team generating the product requirement analysis and scoping; engaging with clients and their businesses, and running a number of client focus groups. I had sole charge of reviewing the market for potential technology partners and progressing those relationships through to Board level. I assisted the VP Sales in product evangelism through marketing support and numerous speaking engagements and articles. As Chief Knowledge Officer, I built a solid KM consulting practice in support of the firm’s product, including knowledge management, IT, business analysis, deployment and change management consultancy. Notable Achievements:- Advised on KM strategy and portal implementations at US, UK and Canadian law firms- Conducted OEM negotiations with Recommind and Autonomy - Transitioned product strategy to one based on Microsoft technologies ahead of the market’s embrace of Microsoft’s SharePoint technology- Implemented migration from Java to .NET core architecture- Let the effort to attain Microsoft Gold Partner Certification- Implemented conversion to Agile/scrum development methodology- Revised the QA methodology- Implemented staff performance reviews and sponsored training initiatives

London, Greater London, Gb

Working for the UK’s premier legal technology consultancy I worked with two of the UK’s largest international law firms to design and deploy their knowledge and portal programs. In addition, I played a significant role in the design and execution of UK sales and marketing campaigns, including frequent visits to the US and work with US based clients. This was, with the agreement of Tikit, an interim role whilst progressing my visa application for SV Technology

London, London, Gb

Seconded to the IT department whilst remaining an attorney, I was tasked with ensuring that the applications and projects – in particular the new global portal - met and exceeded the real needs of the legal business through business analysis and liaison. I acted as technical stream program manager for web and browser based projects and technologies. I led the product ideation, selection and architecture design for a number of products, services and concepts and assisted in communicating those technologies to the business and the related change process. I championed the move to a more knowledge and lawyer-centric view of applications and technology.

London, London, Gb

As an assistant solicitor in the Technology (Commercial) team I was responsible for my own clients, including a City based disaster recovery company, and assisting on large corporate transactions and the review of the legal structures supporting the IT infrastructures prior to sale / purchase. Prior to that I practiced in the Property Dispute Resolution team being responsible for a large portfolio of high-value properties for a large investment client in the center of London. I gained experience in working in multiple jurisdiction, cultures and countries; practicing in the London, UK and Budapest, Hungary offices.

Diploma Of Legal Practice, Law

Llb (Hons), Law