Contract Heroes

On this episode of Contract Heroes, we had the opportunity to sit down with Sally Guyer, Global CEO of World Commerce & Contract and Paul Branch, CTO. WorldCC provides a home and a common body of knowledge for those working in the rapidly advancing wor...

On this episode of Contract Heroes, we had the opportunity to sit down with Sally Guyer, Global CEO of World Commerce & Contract and Paul Branch, CTO. WorldCC provides a home and a common body of knowledge for those working in the rapidly advancing world of contract management. WorldCC showcases an extremely diverse community, with over 70,000 members spanning from 180 different countries. In this...

As Vice President of Contract Management, Rod handles contracts from various types of clients, especially in the pharmaceutical field. Recently, MedImpact has been focused on helping clients procure vaccines and carry out the testing of these vaccines ...

As Vice President of Contract Management, Rod handles contracts from various types of clients, especially in the pharmaceutical field. Recently, MedImpact has been focused on helping clients procure vaccines and carry out the testing of these vaccines in pharmacy settings. —————————– What’s covered in this episode: How contract lifecycle management can be critical when dealing with all the element...

Craig is currently a partner at Deloitte Legal based in the UK and has done work all around the globe, helping companies find the best ways to improve their contract processes. He is a lawyer by training and practiced law in New York City for ten years...

Craig is currently a partner at Deloitte Legal based in the UK and has done work all around the globe, helping companies find the best ways to improve their contract processes. He is a lawyer by training and practiced law in New York City for ten years before becoming the head lawyer for Capgemini, where he really started to make his mark in the CLM space by assisting with the creation of legal an...

Jason got his start in legal technology in the mid to late 1990s and practically by accident. While practicing bankruptcy law, he became aware of the potential for automation buried within many rule-driven legal processes. After joining a startup, he i...

Jason got his start in legal technology in the mid to late 1990s and practically by accident. While practicing bankruptcy law, he became aware of the potential for automation buried within many rule-driven legal processes. After joining a startup, he involved himself more and more with the automation of legal processes, specifically contract management. With nearly two decades of experience dealin...

As most legal-tech experts will tell you, building out your companies contracting process is an ongoing project. You can’t necessarily expect to hit the ground running right off the bat. We recently sat down with Max Eubank, deputy general counsel at W...

As most legal-tech experts will tell you, building out your companies contracting process is an ongoing project. You can’t necessarily expect to hit the ground running right off the bat. We recently sat down with Max Eubank, deputy general counsel at Workiva, to discuss how his processes have evolved in the 11 years Max has been with the org. What’s covered in this episode: How the size of a compa...

Eric has years of experience in the legal-tech space. His current company Agiloft, offers an adaptable enterprise software that specializes in commerce and contract lifecycle management (CLM). What’s covered in this episode: -How the legal ops boom has...

Eric has years of experience in the legal-tech space. His current company Agiloft, offers an adaptable enterprise software that specializes in commerce and contract lifecycle management (CLM). What’s covered in this episode: -How the legal ops boom has effective organizations. -How proper contracting processes help different departments align their goals. -The first steps to take when implementing...

The Path Less Taken: In-House Counsel - Senne Mennes We recently sat down with Senne Mennes, co-founder at ClauseBase, and discussed the challenges many students face after graduating from law school. For decades the only real path coming out of colleg...

The Path Less Taken: In-House Counsel - Senne Mennes  We recently sat down with Senne Mennes, co-founder at ClauseBase, and discussed the challenges many students face after graduating from law school. For decades the only real path coming out of college was to work for a firm. However recently other roles have started to become much more popular.   Senne also had some great suggestions for pieces...

We recently sat down with Navdeep Gulati, Senior Contract Administrator at ATCO Electric, and discussed his experience with managing contracts and why having the proper processes in place is so important to all organizations regardless of shape or size...

We recently sat down with Navdeep Gulati, Senior Contract Administrator at ATCO Electric, and discussed his experience with managing contracts and why having the proper processes in place is so important to all organizations regardless of shape or size. During our discussion we also chatted about best practices during the negotiation process, change orders, invoicing, and why using precise languag...

Tracking KPIs in Contract Management with Amy Sennett We sat down with Amy Sennett, Associate General Counsel at OpenText, and discussed how being an in-house generalist differs from being outside counsel and the biggest challenges she faced after leav...

Tracking KPIs in Contract Management with Amy Sennett We sat down with Amy Sennett, Associate General Counsel at OpenText, and discussed how being an in-house generalist differs from being outside counsel and the biggest challenges she faced after leaving the law firm. We also discussed when a company should look  to hire external counsel and how having a CLM tool helps various teams in an organiz...

Defining contract management processes with Tim Parilla We sat down with Tim Parilla, Chief Legal Officer at LinkSquares, and discussed his experience with some of his clients. We discussed what his customers’ main pain points are and issues they are l...

Defining contract management processes with Tim Parilla  We sat down with Tim Parilla, Chief Legal Officer at LinkSquares, and discussed his experience with some of his clients. We discussed what his customers’ main pain points are and issues they are looking to  solve when searching for a contract management solution.   Tim also shared how organizations that don’t have defined contract management...

When you work for a software company that’s a household name making sure your data is secure is a top priority. We recently sat down with Shannon Orr, Assisted General Counsel at Intuit, and discussed how and why legal teams should be protecting what’s...

When you work for a software company that’s a household name making sure your data is secure is a top priority. We recently sat down with Shannon Orr, Assisted General Counsel at Intuit, and discussed how and why legal teams should be protecting what’s most important to their organizations. We also dug into privacy law, why and how Shannon started to focus on this in her career. If you’re working...

How Streamlining Your Contracting Processes Can Unite Your Organization Osama Hussain, General Counsel at the Irdeto Group We recently sat down with Osama Hussain, General Counsel at the Irdeto Group, on The Contract Heroes Podcast. In our discussion w...

How Streamlining Your Contracting Processes Can Unite Your Organization Osama Hussain, General Counsel at the Irdeto Group   We recently sat down with Osama Hussain, General Counsel at the Irdeto Group, on The Contract Heroes Podcast. In our discussion we talked about many things, with a focus around:   ●  Establishing relationships across the organization. ●  Understanding your business and what'...

How the Law Company is Changing The Legal Industry John Croft, President and founder of Elevate We recently sat down with John Croft, the president and founder of Elevate, and discussed his motivation for forming Elevate and some of the biggest pain po...