An international, cross-industry career that has moved from corporate management to extensive research, advisory and capability development services to public, private and third sector organisations. Tim has lived and worked in the UK, France (3 years) and United States (20 years), building an impressive research and entrepreneurial record, with demonstrated commitment to delivering social benefit.

As Founder and President, World Commerce & Contracting (formerly International Association for Contract & Commercial Management), Tim has built a 72,000 member worldwide non-profit association which increasingly influences commercial policies and contracting practices in major corporations and governments. In September 2019, he was presented with the Financial Times ‘Market Shaper of the Year’ Award.

Tim was until recently Professor and Chair, International Commercial & Contract Management, University of Leeds, School of Law, where he taught and led development of inter-disciplinary commercial programs.

Prior to founding World Commerce & Contracting, Tim was on the Chairman’s staff at IBM Corporation and led the development of worldwide commercial processes and skills. His early career included management roles in banking, automotive and aerospace industries, where he led negotiations up to $1.5 billion in value. He has served in advisory roles for government departments in various countries, including the US, UK, Australia, Canada, and Japan.

Helena Haapio is a Contract Strategist at Lexpert, Professor of Practice at University of Lapland and an Associate Professor of Business Law at University of Vaasa.

She is a pioneer of Proactive Law and Contract Design, a lawyer on a mission: a practitioner by day and a researcher, author, and editor by night. Her research focuses on merging proactive legal thinking with design: helping people and businesses use contracts and law proactively to achieve better business and societal results, balance risk with reward, and prevent unnecessary problems. She has devoted her life to improving contracts, especially for people who lack legal training: engineers, business and project managers, entrepreneurs who encounter contracts on a daily basis. Together with information designers and colleagues she has explored new contract genres and designs. She co-authored with Prof. George Siedel Proactive Law for Managers (Gower 2011) and recently co-edited two books for Edward Elgar, one on Legal Design and the other on Contract Design.

Proactive Law for Managers: https://www.routledge.com/Proactive-Law-for-Managers-A-Hidden-Source-of-Competitive-Advantage/Siedel-Haapio/p/book/9781409401001

Legal Design book: https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/legal-design-9781839107252.html

Contract Design book: https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/research-handbook-on-contract-design-9781839102271.html

An experienced negotiator, deal maker and contract law specialist, Tiffany Kemp encourages lawyers, commercial managers and business leaders to use the contracting process to create more profitable deals, delivering lasting, valuable commercial relationships with customers and suppliers.

Tiffany is the author of ‘Deal Makers – how intelligent use of contracts can help you sell more and deliver better’ and ‘Essentials of Contract Drafting’. A popular speaker, presenter of webinars on contracts and negotiation, and MC, Tiffany is a contributing editor of the IACCM’s ‘Contract and Commercial Management – an operational guide’ and a Fellow of the Professional Speaking Association of the UK & Ireland (of which she was President 2017/18).

I lead the deployment of new and exciting technology, principles and standards to elevate the role that Commercial and Contract Management (CCM) practitioners play from largely operational to increasingly strategic.

As a seasoned practitioner of the CCM discipline, I have over 34 years of experience in the complex, IT Services sector, running organisations that provided both buy-and sell-side capabilities. I supported major mergers and acquisition activities and am recognized as an ‘Expert’ in post-award contract management. I bring proven business acumen, innovative thinking and collaborative team working to benefit our association and its members.

Technology is changing the role of the Commercial and Contract Management professional which will result in 60% of what we do today being replaced by machines in the next 5 years. Is that a bad thing? I don’t think so. I’ve got practical experience of how to drive systemic change in people, systems and processes to deliver real business value. That’s what excites me every day!

Russ is the Founder and CEO of Contracts 365, Inc., the leading Contract Management software company for businesses that run Microsoft 365. With clients such as AARP, New Balance, Bell Partners, Urban Outfitters, Wilmer Hale, the YMCA and Zeiss, Contracts 365 remains at the forefront of this industry, both in terms of world class contract management solutions as well as on-going thought leadership. Russ serves as active industry analyst helping to define key industry trends by contributing to media outlets including HBR, InformationWeek, CIO Magazine and WorldCC.

Russ co-authored his first book titled “Nice Guys Can Get The Corner Office”, published by the Penguin Group. The book has a rich set of data points from hundreds of surveys and includes relevant commentary from CEOs of major companies who were interviewed for the book. CEOs from Southwest Airlines, PwC, The Outback and many others weighed in on the subject. It has received international praise and he has been featured on TV, radio, magazine and podcast interviews. Russ blogs on CNBC and Huffington-Post as he reports on relevant management trends.

Stu van Rij is an expert in influencing and negotiation. He helps his clients bring their best to the conversations that matter. His approach has been shaped by the late Jim Camp, who masterminded negotiations worth billions, and whose system has been drawn on by Fortune 500 companies and the FBI Hostage Crisis Negotiation Training Unit. Appointed as Jim’s coach for Asia Pacific in 2013, Stu melds this experience with the commercial acumen gained from over two decades as a specialist IT lawyer. The result? A human-centric approach that elevates performance and amplifies influence.

Stu helps his clients to influence, negotiate, pitch and partner. Stu’s clients include agencies like Australia’s Department of Defence and New Zealand’s Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment through to commercial entities such as WSP, Dentsu and Meridian Energy. His experience spans “David and Goliath” type commercial negotiations through to lobbying officials, influencing stakeholders and dealing with the stubborn, sceptical or stuck.

Sharyn County holds a Masters of Commercial Law (MComLaw) and Business Administration (MBA) and is a Member Australian Institute of Company Directors (MAICD).

She also holds a number of World CC accreditations including Contract and Commercial Management Expert (CCME), Supplier Relationship Management Practitioner (SRMP) and Fellow.

Sharyn's career has spanned more than 20 years in senior commercial roles across the energy, technology, engineering, construction, outsourcing and services industries.

In addition to solid leadership skills, Sharyn brings a passion for, and demonstrated ability to deliver transformation and sustainable outcomes across the business, commercial and contracting lifecycle.

While best known for his work on Performance Based Contracts (PBC), Andrew has a unique and diverse set of skills and experiences based on over 30 years of commercial, engineering and logistics experience for both the 'buy' and 'sell' side of contracts. Andrew regularly presents at various PBC conferences.

As Global CEO of one of the world’s fastest growing non-profits, Sally’s mission is to inspire and support the World Commerce & Contracting (WorldCC) team and global community to collectively drive recognition and excellence in Commercial and Contract Management.

She is an experienced and accomplished commercial and contracts management professional, holding senior commercial positions at a range of corporate and multi-national organizations. Her focus is on the creation of positive and successful business relationships, constantly striving to ensure that businesses realize their true potential and value.

In 2019 Sally was invited to become Chair of the Board for the Open Contracting Partnership (OCP) and in 2021 she was appointed Professor in Practice in Strategy and Innovation at the University of Durham Business School.

Else Bright has 29 years of experience as Commercial and Contracts Management practitioner specialising in Defence and IT industries in acquisition, services and as-a-service contracting, most recently working for BAE Systems’ Aircraft Sustainment and Training line of business in Williamtown, NSW focusing on the Joint Strike Fighter Program. Else has been a member of WorldCC for many years, and a WorldCC Council Member in Australia representing Aerospace and Defence. Else commenced her role as Senior Director Member Engagement ANZ in April 2022.

Bruce McLennan is an award winning commercial strategist and contract architect. He spent his informative years in the Royal New Zealand Navy specialising as a Principal Warfare Officer (Underwater) and having command of HMNZS TAUPO (a fisheries resource Patrol Craft) and HMNZS WELLINGTON (a gun Leander Class frigate) deploying throughout East Asia, South East Asia and the Pacific. In 2005, Bruce elected to settle in Australia. He joined the Australian Public Service within the Australian Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO), to be eventually appointed as the Program Director for DMO’s Ship Repair and Maintenance Reform program; a major transformation initiative to provide both Industry and Navy with greater predictability, certainty and stability in the repair and maintenance of the Navy’s major fleet units. In this role he won many Project Management awards, including the being a finalist in IACCM Awards for Innovation in 2013, and won the Operational Improvement Award in 2014. He is a Certified Practising Project Director (AIPM), a Certified Associate in Asset Management (CAAM), a certified Expert in the Commercial Officer’s Group (CPM-E), a former Expert in Supplier Relationship Management (ESRM) and a Fellow in the World Commercial & Contracting (WorldCC) organisation.

Dominic is currently the Head of the Group IT Management Office at AIA which includes responsibility for Vendor Performance and Contract Management. He has over 25 years of experience from various Sourcing, Contract Management and Supplier Management roles mainly within the Financial Services sector.

Kingsley has been at the forefront of technology innovation in the legal practice. He has 30 years of experience in the practice of law, software design and development, strategy and management. In 2012, Kingsley was recognized by the ABA as a Legal Rebel. In 2013, he was honored as one of the Fastcase 50; an Innovator by Law Technology News; and a national Law Journal Trailblazer and Pioneer.

Kingsley developed some of the first document assembly systems. He taught himself the C computer language and automated his tax practice. Later, Kingsley was one of the leading innovators in developing the theory and practice of knowledge management. He wrote the Knowledge Management Workbook.

Next, Kingsley pioneered the new discipline called contract analysis. He is a founder of KMStandards and has developed software capable of automatically analyzing legal agreements and creating contract standards. Using this software, Kingsley has developed the free web resource ContractStandards.com providing model contracts, checklists, and clauses, together with other contract resources. Kingsley is also a founder of Akorda.com a startup applying AI to contract review.

Kingsley holds law degrees from Oxford University (First Class Honours) and Harvard Law School.

Announced late in 2021 as the inaugural supreme IFSEC Global Security Influencer of the year 2021-22, Jennie is currently full time consulting on health and safety and keynote speaking on security. Jennie made New Zealand her home over 25 years ago having forged a successful career in the UK as a commercial/business/IT lawyer with organisations like Slaughter & May, EMI Music, Pace Microtechnology, Comshare and Synthomer. In New Zealand, a long spell in the utility sector covering electricity, gas and telecommunications, gave Jennie a deep understanding of OT and IT enterprise risk management and related Board responsibilities. The last 8 years saw Jennie in the Association space, as a CEO and an ANZ Business Development Director for WorldCC. The common thread was thought leadership and connecting people in the Defence, Security and Infrastructure Sectors in both New Zealand and Australia and further afield. As a result of the IFSEC win, initially as the top Influencer in the Category- “Associations and Thought Leaders” and then as the Inaugural overall winner, Jennie has been using her position of influence to connect people and businesses and governments to secure better security and business outcomes for others. A lifetime and constant learner, Jennie has a Masters of Management, a Degree in Law, is admitted to practice law in the UK, Australia and New Zealand and is now studying Disruptive Technologies, Digital Transformation, Cyber Security and Art Appreciation. Further Awards in 2021/2022 include being a Finalist in the Inaugural 2022 New Zealand OSPAs Outstanding Female Security Professional Category and Co-winner of the 2021 New Zealand Security Sector Network (NZSSN) Women in Security Awards Aotearoa (WiSAA) ‘Thought Leader’ category.

Victoria is the Commercial & Category Director for the UK Health Security Agency within the Government Commercial Function. Where she leads the Category, Contract Delivery and Business Development functions with a key focus on capability development, commercial innovation and social value.

Victoria has over 20 years’ experience in the Defence & Security sector, leading corporate procurement, commercial and finance functions within FTSE100/250 organisations including BAE Systems, QinetiQ, Airbus, Unilever and the UK Health Security Agency.

Victoria’s achievements were recognised by World Commerce and Contracting in the Inspiring Women list 2023. The Times & Sunday Times in 2019 as the winner of We Are the City Top 100 Women 2019 – Defence. Victoria was also awarded the Marshall of Cambridge Medal by the Duke of Edinburgh for her contribution to the industry.

Victoria is a chartered Aeronautical Engineer by background and holds an Executive MBA from Henley Business School. Victoria is a Fellow and Global Advisory Board Member of World Commerce & Contracting, a Non-Executive Council Member of The Air League Trust and a Non- Executive Director and Chair of Audit, Risk & Assurance Committee of the Inspiring Leadership Foundation.

With over 20 years’ experience, Scott specialises as a legal advisor on significant projects and procurements for primarily government, but also private sector, clients. Scott’s role of lead legal advisor to significant projects often incorporates legal and procurement expertise on the same transaction, as well as strategic probity advice. In recognition of his position as a leading government lawyer, Scott was one of the first NSW Law Society Accredited Specialists in Government and Administrative Law (with a focus on government commercial and procurement transactions), and has been appointed by the Law Society of NSW as the Head Assessor for that Specialist Accreditation this year. Scott also writes and lectures two procurement courses for the Masters Programs at both the College of Law and the University of Melbourne. Scott also has a special interest in contract law, particularly for major projects, and is a member of the Australian Advisory Board for World Commerce and Contracting Association (previously the International Association of Contract and Commercial Management). He is experienced in drafting and implementing key project documents including market sounding/engagement documents, industry briefings, RFTs, tender evaluation plans, tender evaluation reports, commercial contracts and agreements and legal advices and resolutions to support decisions.

David has held senior roles in Supply Chain, Procurement, Commercial and Project Management in both the maritime and aviation defence sectors with a focus on product maintenance and whole of life contracts. David is known for his complex problem solving capability, his ability to navigate through adverse situations and deliver negotiated outcomes that provide value and recognition to customers and shareholders alike.
In his spare time David can be seen on the water ways or bike tracks in the Newcastle region. David’s hobbies include LEGO construction and he is an active member of the Adult Fan of Lego (AFOL) community.

Keld Jensen has consistently ranked in the Global Gurus Top 30, reaching #4 as a Global Guru on Negotiation worldwide in 2024. In 2016 he was recognized as one of the world’s 100 Top Thought Leaders in Trust. He is the creator of the world’s most awarded negotiation strategy, which has received accolades from The Organization of Public Procurement Officers and The World Commerce & Contracting Organization’s Innovation and Strategic Award, IACCM etc.

Keld's extensive background in management and his role as a former CEO of a publicly traded technology company, underline his leadership and strategic acumen. An associate professor, Keld teaches at top-ranked universities worldwide, including the Thunderbird School of Global Management at ASU, BMI Executive Institute in Lithuania, BMI/Louvain University in Belgium, and Denmark’s Aalborg University. He is the former chairman of the Centre for Negotiation at Copenhagen Business School.

With more than 200 international TV appearances, and hundreds of articles in major business publications across Europe, Asia Pacific, and the U.S., Keld has established himself as a global thought leader. He is a prolific author of 26 books, which have been translated into 16 languages and have reached over 3 million readers worldwide. Several of these works have received awards, marking him as a significant voice in international business literature.

He is the founder and head of The SMARTnership Negotiation Organization, a pivotal force in consulting and training for both the private sector and governmental bodies. His clientele includes industry giants such as Vestas, LEGO, ConocoPhillips, Novo Nordisk, Johnson & Johnson, Bechtel and leading organizations like UNICEF and World50, as well as the governments of Canada, Denmark, and Great Britain.

Keld is the Negotiation Expert in Residence at WorldCC.

Accomplished, results-driven leader with 20+ yrs of well-rounded experience in the Oil & Gas Industry in a variety of functions including process engineering, manufacturing, strategic planning, project development and strategic procurement. Proven track record of managing change while exceeding goals and solving complex problems. Consistently combines technical acumen with business prowess to reduce total cost of ownership and promote value chain optimization. Innovative strategic thinker and natural leader who enjoys motivating, coaching and building teams.

Specialties: Strategic Planning, Upstream and Downstream Oil & Gas, Manufacturing, Economic Analysis, Strategic Sourcing, Category Management, Strategic Procurement, Supplier Management, Process Improvement, Negotiations, Training & Development, Supply Chain Optimization, Project Management, Supplier Qualifications, Low Cost Sourcing, Project Procurement.

As Akorda’s CEO, Derek works to bring the market together to transform how businesses contract. Previously, he founded Recommind, named a technology leader by Gartner, where he worked with Global 2000 clients, global law firms, and technology partners in the areas of eDiscovery and Information Access. He is also an active investor and advisor to various start-ups including companies like Bolt, Apollo.io, JupiterOne, with a focus on enterprise software and artificial intelligence. Derek holds a BS in Molecular Biology from Brown University and a Masters from the University of Oregon.

Over the last two decades I’ve lived in seven countries around the globe helping organisations to strategise and curate shared learning experiences through events and multi-media campaigns. Relationship building and bringing people together is my passion, and I’ve been lucky enough to collaborate with a cross-section of industries from Financial Services to Energy, Transportation, Telecommunications, Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare. Today I live in Israel with two wild and wonderful daughters, two dysfunctional cats and a very supportive husband; human trafficking and neurodiversity are subjects close to my heart, and yoga is a central part of my everyday life. I find myself truly privileged to be part of the WorldCC, the Foundation, and a community of professionals that have the power to create change around issues of modern slavery, human rights, social justice, climate justice as well as diversity, equality, and inclusion. In my role as Chief Development Officer, I act as an ambassador for sustainable and inclusive contracting, driving global projects that can create social and economic benefit through the contracting process.

Paul Lanzone is the CEO of BriefBox, an innovative new Enterprise Legal Management Platform for General Counsels and Law Firms. In an era of decreasing legal spend, tighter resourcing & increasing need for data driven decision making, BriefBox and its partners aim to overcome the fragmented legal tech environment and be the smart central choice for the Modern Counsel. Prior to BriefBox, Paul was Global Operations Lead for the DXC Account responsible for the delivery of the world’s largest legal outsourcing’s transformation. Before that he has held numerous senior leadership positions including:

• VP ASIA legal, WW Transactions Governance and Technology at DXC building on his role as VP, Associate General Counsel Asia Pacific & Japan for HP Enterprise Services. With HP, he led the large deal team working on complex ITO deals and matters across EMEA before moving to Australia as Managing Counsel for the ANZ region.
• Executive Director, Global Head of Legal Projects and Information Technology for UBS Investment Bank in London where he was responsible for the timely and efficient delivery of all legal projects for the Bank (worth over 235M USD).
• Senior Manager for EDS in the UK from 2009 specializing in large outsourcing deals.

Having practiced information technology law for over 22 years, both in-house and within private practice, Paul has also held senior legal Law Firm positions at Baker & McKenzie and Pinsent Masons. This experience enables him to assist in developing technology and operations solutions for the legal and commercial needs of BriefBox customers quickly. Paul has taught law at several universities including LLM in IT. He holds a B.A/LLB, and a B.Com and is currently studying for his own LLM in IT.

Bernadette Bulacan is a frequent speaker regarding the digital transformation of global enterprises. As Vice President and Lead Global Evangelist for Icertis, the recognized leader in enterprise contract lifecycle management, she is charged with sharing contract management best practices with legal and contracting teams and evangelizing the use of innovative technologies like AI/ML and blockchain. Prior to Icertis, Bernadette was a co-founder and Assistant General Counsel of Serengeti Law, which created e-billing and matter management platform, Serengeti Tracker (acquired by Thomson Reuters.) She held leadership roles at Thomson Reuters and QuantAI, an intellectual property AI analytics start-up. Bernadette was recently named 2020 Women of LegalTech by the American Bar Association. Bernadette advised start-up technology companies at Graham & Dunn, a Seattle firm and Venture Law Group, a Silicon Valley firm. Bernadette received her undergraduate degree from Yale University and her law degree and LL.M from the University of Washington.

Jamie is the Chief Product Officer and co-founder of an award-winning Enterprise SaaS platform. Deployed is a work authoring platform that automates the scope-of-work and statement-of-work writing process. Better scoped projects and clear contracts create value for buyers and sellers on every statement of work. Jamie launched the annual ‘Defining Work’ Summit at the Royal Society of Arts in 2019 and works with clients across multiple industries to establish policies and processes to improve productivity of external workforce. Prior to launching Deployed, Jamie held senior roles in Financial Services and Financial Regulation, most recently as CTO of a private equity-backed challenger bank, technology COO at HSBC, Lloyds Banking and Barclays and Head of technology change at the Financial Conduct Authority.

Roy Anderson, has transformed Procurement teams to supply value activists, implementing leading procurement technology in multiple industries including Universities, Commercial and Military manufacturing, Insurance and Financial Services. He is currently a Supply Chain lecturer at Northeastern University and advisor to SC technology firms. Roy was the CPO at Tradeshift and Managing Director of Procurement startup GoProcure. Prior to GoProcure Roy was the Chief Procurement Officer for State Street Bank, MetLife, John Hancock, and a contract manager at Raytheon. Mr. Anderson holds a B.S. and an MBA from Babson College in Wellesley, MA.

Jo Carvey is currently heading up the Infrastructure Commercial Team in Ministry of Education. Much of her role is to empower people through good communication, pragmatism and innovation. She truly believes if we all stuck to these key principles 95% of all problems would be solved! Jo's career in the procurement space over the last ten+ years has given her many opportunities to take something complex that is in need of fixing, resolving or unpacking and turn it into something workable, easy to use and value add. Jo is passionate about keeping things simple and communicating effectively.

Nils-Erik Jansson is a lawyer and serial entrepreneur from Gothenburg, Sweden, who founded Jansson & Norin, Sweden’s first NewLaw firm, which was exited to Fondia Oy in 2017. With 15 years of experience practicing business and contract law, he saw his industry peers struggling with the repetitive admin work associated with contracts thus founded Precisely in 2014. For the last six years, with the Precisely team, he has been on a mission to set a new standard for digital contracting.

Paul is a supply chain professional with career experience in both the Public and Private Sectors. In recent years this has meant working with a number of local authorities, and the emergency services. He has a particular interest in collaborative commercial project delivery, transition management, organisation and business process redesign, outsourcing, supply chain relationship management, project recovery, corporate governance and change management. Passionate about contract management and value delivery throughout the lifecycle of contracts, with all stakeholders, whilst preserving the value of contracts through relationship management.

Personal interests include motorsports, and sailing, having sailed competitively offshore and completed a number of transatlantic crossings. An enthusiastic volunteer with Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust, Thames Valley Police and Crime Commissioner and serving as Vice Chair of Governors for Holmer Green Senior School.

Austin Phillips is a Specialized COE for Strategic Sourcing within Workday’s Healthcare organization. In this role, he works cross functionally to provide leadership, support, and guidance to help drive an accelerated time to value on Strategic Sourcing initiatives. Prior to his current role, Austin supported Workday’s Healthcare team identifying organizations looking to transition their legacy on-premise back-office environment to an integrated cloud based solution.

Having come from a formal financial background, I moved across to IT and spent a number of years working in software development, programming, project and program management at all levels in a number of different industry sectors. Being an entrepreneur at heart I started  a number of companies specialising in business intelligence and information security which taught me a number of very important lessons.
With this experience under my belt, I moved back into IT and worked for various consultancies and organisations driving new strategies, change management and partner and supplier relationship management. Curiosity, is now driving me to delve into Ai to see and understand how this can best be applied to SRM and contracting to influence the maximum value delivery.
 

She works with feminist founders, revolutionary thought leaders, innovative companies, and creative entrepreneurs to cut the legal speak and liberate their contracts from outdated patriarchal models. Her work helps unleash their most under-utilized assets—their contracts. Jacqueline believes we all need to be thinking more of UX/UI, plain language, clear expectations, and stunning visual design when we think about contracts. A leading global speaker and consultant, she also teaches and trains lawyers, law firms, and law students on how to break out of the mold to better serve their clients and prepare for the future of work.

In recent years Matt has been at the sharp end, working with WorldCC Enterprise Members, Commercial & Contract teams. Matt heads the EMEA region at WorldCC leading on evangelising & delivering on our mission for a world where all trading relationships deliver social and economic benefit. One contract at a time.

Laurie Ehrlich is Chief Commercial Counsel at Datadog, Inc. (NASDAQ: DDOG), one of the leading monitoring and security platforms for cloud applications helping businesses to secure their systems, avoid downtime, and ensure customers are getting the best user experience. Laurie's primary focus is on creating scalable processes to ensure the commercial legal team's ability to continue to provide excellent and timely support to internal stakeholders as Datadog continues its rapid growth.

Julian Davis leads the operations team at World Commerce & Contracting in delivering the best service possible to members, encompassing learning management, marketing, member services, content and all elements of technology essential in delivering WorldCC’s services. Having spent 12 years gaining a grounding in all aspects of IT, he studied for a Post-Graduate Diploma in Business Administration from Durham University Business School. He has since held several IT Director roles and has more recently been providing interim leadership to organisations across a wide variety of industries. The increasingly outsourced nature of IT has required Julian to undertake numerous supplier selection processes, negotiate contracts, deliver transitions and ultimately performance manage suppliers to ensure benefit realisation. He is now applying this wealth of knowledge and experience to define and deliver the operations strategy for WorldCC.

Chase D’Agostino is a contract solutions expert with over 15 years of experience serving global corporations and financial institutions. Mr. D’Agostino designs and delivers solutions that turn contracts into data and insights in order to deliver specific outcomes and objectives for his clients. He specializes in large scale and complex contract reviews. Examples of the use cases he supports include reviewing and updating contracts in the face of a change in regulation, a market destabilizing event or a corporate transaction such as pre-transaction contract due diligence for M&A, post-transaction integrations and internal reorganizations. Other examples include helping clients assess compliance with risk standards across portfolios of contracts, create contract repositories that enable business decision making, and implement processes that support realization of value from contracts.

Mr. D’Agostino also has deep experience managing end-to-end pre-signature contracting processes, implementing contract technology and artificial intelligence tools, and delivering full contracting function transformations. With his guidance, clients can reimagine the ways contracts are prepared, interpreted and managed, transforming contracts into rich and insightful data points that can inform business strategy, mitigate risk and improve compliance.

Mr. D’Agostino began his career as an associate at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, where he focused on M&A and financing transactions for leading private equity funds and fortune 500 companies. He also served as commercial counsel at Colgate-Palmolive, where he negotiated commercial contracts for a multi-billion dollar supply chain, implemented a best-in-class contract management solution and helped manage compliance processes. Prior to joining FTI Technology, Mr. D’Agostino held executive positions in contract solutions roles at numerous legal service providers. He has received numerous industry awards, including the World Commerce and Contracting Association Innovation & Excellence Award, Association of Corporate Counsel Value Champion Awards, Financial Times Intelligent Business Award and Legalweek Leaders in Tech Law Awards.

Dorra is a Tunisian business lawyer and pioneer of legal design in Tunisia and the MENA region. After five years of studying Legal design at Legal Creatives Academy, Dorra became the first Tunisian women expert practitioner certified in legal design in the MENA region. Since 2019, Dorra has completed several projects in legal design. In June 2019, for the first time, she used legal design to simplify a litigation case pending in the Tunisian Court. Dorra was invited as a speaker at several international events on legal design. In 2022, Dorra wins the Excellence & Innovation Award from WorldCC.

Experienced and dynamic Supply Chain Management Professional with a passion for team development and continuous improvement.

Nada Alnajafi is an award-winning in-house attorney, blogger, author, and the Founder of Contract Nerds. She currently serves as Corporate Counsel for Franklin Templeton, a Fortune-500 global financial services organization. Previously, she served as in-house counsel for booming startups and large OEMs. With her dynamic legal and consulting background, she is more than just an attorney; she is a trusted advisor, business partner, project manager, creative problem-solver, and skilled negotiator. Nada is particularly passionate about contracts. She dedicates much of her time outside of work to creating resources about contracts for lawyers and contracts professionals, including via her blog Contract Nerds, her book Contract Redlining Etiquette, and her LinkedIn posts.

Dynamic, creative, and solutions-oriented professional with 3+ years at a small US and Netherlands based pharmaceutical company. Recognized for managing and executing upon multiple competing initiatives, developing and implementing electronic systems, streamlining processes to maximize efficiency and meet strict deadlines, and building and fostering positive cross-functional relationships. Responsible for template and clause library development and management, drafting, negotiation, and review of anything from a Confidentiality Agreement to a Clinical Trial Agreement. Successfully implemented a global Contract Management System that is cost-effective, user-friendly, and fully customized to my company & that satisfies every stakeholder’s current needs and is flexible enough to adapt to changing processes and needs over time. Other core competencies: 1) Legal research and writing including cross-functional policy development, writing, review, maintenance, and enforcement (social media policy and manual for field-based employees); 2) Auditing and investigating for compliance with pharmaceutical regulations and internal policies (speaker programs, sales call ride-alongs, team calls); 3) Fair Market Value (FMV) analysis (developed cross-functional CV based analysis and implemented electronic system for it); and 4) Promotional Review Committee (PRC) Management (Veeva Vault PromoMats administrator and Veeva Vault MedComms administrator).

Lois Lin is a seasoned contract negotiator and legal counsel with over twenty years of experience, specializing in technology, corporate transactions, intellectual property, and complex contractual matters. She currently serves as the Chief Legal Officer at Wiwynn Corporation, a public Taiwanese company that is a global leader in providing innovative cloud IT infrastructure, including high-quality computing and storage solutions. At Wiwynn, Lois has played a pivotal role in building and leading a dynamic legal team, comprising legal counsels, patent specialists, and legal administrators. She oversees the management of the company's extensive contract portfolio and intellectual property, ensuring legal compliance while fostering business growth.

Prior to joining Wiwynn, Lois served as a transaction legal counsel for some of the world’s most prominent IT outsourcing companies, including EDS (Electronic Data Systems), Hewlett Packard (HP/HPE), and DXC Technology. In these roles, she negotiated and advised on complex outsourcing deals. Her deep understanding of IT outsourcing contracts and her experience managing large-scale commercial agreements has equipped her with the expertise to handle intricate legal matters in fast-paced, evolving markets.

Lois’s approach to legal counsel is highly collaborative. While she has extensive experience managing risk and ensuring compliance, she is known for her ability to serve as a solution provider rather than a gatekeeper. She enjoys working closely with business teams to negotiate contracts and resolve disputes in a way that meets both legal requirements and the strategic goals of the business.

With a career spanning more than two decades, Lois has developed a reputation for delivering exceptional legal support in the fast-evolving technology and outsourcing industries. She is passionate about continuous learning, mentoring her team, and contributing to the long-term success of the organizations she works with.
 

With two decades of experience in leading and coaching agile teams and organizations, Stijn Follet is currently focusing on the context for agility through contracting, culture, leadership and teamwork. He is co-author of the Agile Contract Manifesto.

At Capgemini, he is the Global Leader of the Agile & DevOps Movement, instigator of the Agile & DevOps Playbook, and global content owner of the agile training curriculum.

Verity White is a World CC Fellow, an Accredited Specialist in Commercial Law and the Legal Director at Checklist Legal, a B Corp certified law firm, that specialises in helping big brands build trusted business relationships and make legal work lighter. Verity is the author of Create Contracts Clients Love and an Honorary Senior Fellow at the University of Melbourne where she taught Contract Design for Automation. Connect with Verity on LinkedIn and Instagram for more details on her current projects.

Ben Tezcan is a Principal Program Manager in Microsoft AI Platform organization. He is responsible for envisioning, and scaling AI microservices.

Mel Moore is a highly experienced Senior Executive with extensive background in commercial and corporate strategic delivery and reform, focussing on building strong, agile and resilient organisations. She is well regarded for her established and successful industry relationships, undertaking complex negotiations and establishing successfully public/partnership programs through collaborative contracting models. Mel has a successful background in technological and infrastructure program delivery including successful programs delivered through outsourcing contracts. She has extensive experience in all Corporate enabling services at both practitioner and strategic levels. Mel is currently Commercial Director at University of Canberra, responsible for commercial negotiations, Student Residences and supporting infrastructure and contracts, and commercial tenancies.

Prior to this Mel was a Senior Executive member of the Australian Federal Police, responsible for commercial contracts, capital infrastructure works, property, and integrated logistics. In this role she has designed, negotiated and delivered significant and complex contractual models from $5M - $200M, ranging from property, international health care, specialist equipment, and national fleet services. Mel’s career commenced in 1990 with the international organisations Price Waterhouse and Andersen Consulting (Accenture) where she established a solid foundation of financial management and consulting experience prior to moving to ICT industry and later Corporate and Commercial management.

Mel has been a member of the Australian Institute of Project Management (AIPM) since 1995 and is a certified Master Project Director. She has been an active participant in IT and Project management industry associations, acting as keynote speaker in a number of functions and presenting guest lectures at tertiary institutions. Mel acted as a judge for the Australian Government annual report awards for a number of years. In 2015, she received the International Innovation in Contracting award from IACCM. Over the last 10 years, Mel’s has received a number of AIPM and construction industry awards for best practice project and construction management, and in 2019 and 2020 received environmental sustainability awards.

Laura Frederick is the Founder and CEO of How to Contract, a global leader in practical contract training for lawyers and professionals. Its training membership and events, including training and networking extravaganza ContractsCon, have helped thousands of people learn how to manage contract risk and get deals done.

Laura has been working on commercial contracts throughout her career, including 11 years in law firms including Big Law firms like Morrison & Foerster, and 14 years as in-house counsel at cutting-edge technology and energy companies like Tesla. Today, she is Managing Attorney at Laura Frederick Law, PLLC, a boutique law firm based in Austin, Texas that helps companies buy, sell, and license technology products.

Laura is also a successful legal author. Her Amazon bestseller “Practical Tips on How to Contract: Techniques and Tactics from an Ex-BigLaw and Ex-Tesla Commercial Contracts” has sold thousands of copies. Several law schools have been using this book to teach practical contract skills to their students.

Laura has been interviewed by major legal resources such as Law.com, American Bar Association, Above the Law, Lawyers Weekly, Legal Dive, LawNext, Maximum Lawyer, Negotiate Anything, and others.

Marco Imperiale is the head of innovation at LCA, a leading Italian law firm, and a visiting researcher at Harvard Law School. He has extensive experience in legal design, legal tech, and in the interplay of copyright law and the entertainment industry. Whenever he finds time, he also works as mediator and mindfulness trainer. Marco is an advocate for mental wellness in the legal profession, and he is the author - together with Barbara de Muro - of the first Italian book on legal design, published by Giuffré Francis Lefebvre.

Alex Herrity is the Director of Legal Solutions at adidas. A qualified lawyer who worked previously as a Legal Counsel within a number of adidas Legal teams, Alex now leads on legal operations topics as part of the adidas Legal Solutions team with a focus on Legal Tech (including CLM), Legal Spend and Legal Knowledge Management across the Legal function globally.

Lucille Ossai is an award-winning communications trainer, speaker, advisor, coach, and multi-award-winning blogger. She’s also the Amazon bestselling author of the business communications blueprint Influence and Thrive: How Professionals, Entrepreneurs, and Business Leaders Use Effective Communication To Get Results. It’s available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Powell’s Books, Waterstones, Foyles, Hatchards, Roving Heights, and on international sites across six continents. Lucille holds an MSc from the London School of Economics and a bachelor's degree from the University of Leicester (UK). Specialising in business communication, she now enhances the communication skills of professionals, entrepreneurs, and leaders to increase their influence, accelerate their careers, and boost business outcomes. As the founder and chief communications trainer at Rethinking Business Communications Limited, Lucille delivers tailored virtual, in-person, and hybrid communication programmes in nonverbal communication, public speaking, interpersonal communication, and business writing. Her impressive clientele includes Nestlé Nigeria, the Nigeria Stock Exchange, the Society of Petroleum Engineers (Lagos Chapter), and Ischus Consulting. For over a decade, Lucille has blogged about effective business communication and workplace dynamics. Her multi-award-winning blog, Rethinking Business Communication Blog, is the only African-based website featured on Feedspot's authoritative rank of the top 40 communication blogs. Additionally, her articles have appeared in The Case Centre (UK), BizCatalyst 360, Enterprising Africa Magazine, and BusinessDay Nigeria.

Karen’s research and coaching specializations are in social interaction skills of negotiation, partnership, and inclusion. Her facilitation and coaching are focused on developing partnership mindsets and behaviors for maximum personal and social impact.

Her focus is on how to nurture and accelerate our human capacity for creativity and engagement under disruption and uncertainty. Karen has developed and led leadership and negotiation courses around the world in over 40 countries.

As an educator and coach, Karen addresses both the dynamic between the structural forces of disruption AND the disturbance to the collective and human nervous system.

Past participants appreciate her level of expertise combined with both practical and academic knowledge to guide with patience and presence.

Karen received a Ph.D. in international political economy and conflict resolution at the University of Wisconsin while working in business, political, and legal settings. She is an Emeritus professor at Thunderbird School of Global Management. Karen is a member of the Inclusive Leadership Institute, International Coaching Federation and the Applied Improv Network.

Rob is the Executive Director, Procurement & CPO within Transport for New South Wales (TfNSW). Rob is an experienced business leader and Chief Procurement Officer, with extensive domestic and international experience working within leading Automotive, Chemicals, Aerospace, Telco, Tertiary and Financial Services organisations. Rob is also an experienced external board Director, providing leadership in business strategy and transformation. Rob is the Founder and Managing Director of The Executive Athlete. He focusses on ‘Optimising Organisational Talent, Culture & Performance’ through providing Leadership Development, Coaching, Advisory and Training & Facilitation solutions. Rob also recently held the position of ‘Expert Facilitator’ at the University of Technology Business School, he is a Certified Leadership Trainer and a Certified Behavioural & Emotional Intelligence Analyst. Rob has a MSc Procurement, a BSc (Hons) in Business Information Technology and is both MCIPS and FCIPS. Rob was also until recently the CIPS ANZ Lead Trainer for Diploma & Advanced Diploma programs and a CASME Facilitator in Asia Pacific. In 2020, Rob was voted in ‘Top 10 Procurement Executives by Supply Chain Digital. Rob has also been awarded the CIPS Australasia Procurement Professional of the Year and the Procurement Leaders Asia Pacific Procurement Leader of the Year and New Zealand Procurement Professional of the Year.

Mo MacRae is one of Australia's most in demand commercial directors with over 25 years experience in advertising & film production in Sydney, Singapore and New York.

In 2007 Mo won Matt Damon & Ben Affleck’s Project Greenlight with his brother Kenn, receiving the $1million dollar first prize and going on to direct their feature film “The View From Greenhaven”. He has since directed some of Australia’s most loved TV commercials including the Sam Kekovich Australia Day Lamb ads.

Mo helps business leaders, consultants & teams develop their on-camera presence and bring their best self to life through video with confidence and ease. Mo uses a film director’s perspective to teach people how to engage any audience, build rapport, establish connection & authority and ultimately harness the power of video for your business, your brand & yourself.

Tru is a multi-award winning personal brand expert & creative entrepreneur. Tru has over 15 years in enterprise, the arts and events, and is very passionate about supporting the next generation of entrepreneurs to get visible and build their personal brands. Tru Powell Consultancy & Events Ltd works with a plethora of entrepreneurs and business leaders to build and monetise their personal brands. Tru is the Creative & Events Director for Aston Performing Arts Academy, a community interest organisation that exists to empower young people through performing and creative arts. Since the organisation's inception in 2004, the company has impacted the lives of over 3000 young people in the Midlands.

In addition, Tru is the CEO for the Multicultural Business & Community Champion Awards, an initiative that sets out to celebrate unsung heroes and champion diversity in the UK. Tru has a passionate belief in championing the cause of equality, justice and freedom of speech. He believes there should be a true representation of all communities irrespective of race, gender, religion, sexuality, age or class. More recently, Tru has been doing a lot of work around race relations, specifically being anti-racist. When Tru is not working on his multiple businesses or speaking at events, or being a visiting lecture at multiple universities, you can catch him on the nation's favourite breakfast TV programme, Good Morning Britain as he has become a regular commentator on the show.

Over the years Tru has been awarded with numerous accolades for enterprise and his contribution to the arts. In 2014, he was recognised as one of Birmingham’s most inspirational young leaders and in 2018 was crowned Birmingham’s Young Professional of the Year – Marketing and Communications. In addition, Tru also won both the Phoenix and Natwest Entrepreneur Awards as ‘Entrepreneur of the Year 2018' and in 2019 was crowned the Future Face of Entrepreneurship awarded by the Greater Birmingham Chamber of Commerce. Tru was recently recognised as one of the Top 25 Black entrepreneurs to watch in the UK and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Arden University for his services to business!

Elizabeth calls herself a rehabilitated lawyer. She has been a litigator, a corporate lawyer, and a privacy and data protection specialist. Now, she is a legal designer, a professional speaker, and a plain language fanatic.

She uses legal design and plain language to create legal documents people want to read. She has done this with terms and conditions, commercial contracts, insurance policies, and terms on application forms. If it is legal, she designs it.

She is passionate about using humour in contract design to make contracts more enjoyable. One of her proudest career achievements is having a levity contract pattern in the WorldCC Foundation Contract Design Pattern Library. 
 

Katie McEwen is the Founder and CEO of The Procurement Girl. Katie is on a mission to change the perception of the procurement function and turn leaders into rock stars. After spending years working with some of the largest enterprises in the world - educating procurement teams and advocating for their success, she is sharing her experiences with anyone who is working to break out of the corporate procurement box. Katie delivers insights and anti-status-quo thought leadership to ensure that the work that procurement does today will live on long after leaders pass the baton to the next generation. As a procurement coach/cheerleader, motivational speaker, and brand ambassador for the best procurement technology and service providers on the planet, she brings a unique voice to the procurement function; providing energy and enthusiasm that will make practitioners proud to work in spend management and supply chain.

Michael Gormley Jr. has been with the CobbleStone Software team since January of 2018. Michael progressed through his career at CobbleStone becoming a Senior Account Manager and then CobbleStone Sales Manager. During Michael’s time with CobbleStone, he has assisted many clients in the evaluation and onboarding process to present the numerous benefits of CobbleStone’s CLM software, provided advanced support with client contract administration requirements, assisted with a frictionless implementation process, and supported post execution activities to ensure a positive client ROI.

Sally Goldner is an LGBTIQA+ diversity educator, speaker, life coach, consultant and performer. Her previous and ongoing twenty year plus involvement in Victoria’s LGBTIQA+ communities include being a founding member of Transgender Victoria, co-facilitating Transfamily, presenting 3 CR’s “Out of the Pan” and Bisexual Alliance Victoria Treasurer.

Glena Brauer, MS, PMP joined OU Health in June 2021 as the Administrative Director of Category Management and Value Analysis. She has extensive experience in supply chain and project management across multiple industries. While at OU Health, she has led the Perioperative, Interventional and Vascular categories and added Pharmacy and Lab categories in 2022. Her focus is to utilize data and systems to drive efficiency and value across organizations. Through the successful implementation of Workday Strategic Sourcing in July of 2021, the OU Health Strategic Sourcing team has saved approximately $25M for the organization.

Aparna Pathak believes that trying out new things and curiosity keeps her young at heart. With over 20 years of experience across multiple roles in the corporate and Armed Forces, she has tried to re-invent herself in each role that she takes on. Her career progression is not a straight line – it is haphazard and at times has no apparent connections to previous ones.

She is curious to explore different opportunities to learn and expand her mind. Her career is a true example to reflect the curious mindset. She started her career with Indian Air Force (IAF) where she was the pioneer batch of women officers for Meteorological branch – forecasting weather for the pilots!

Truly believing that, to progress, (re)skill development is key, Aparna went back to college post IAF. Completing her MBA from IIT Delhi, she joined GECIS (now Genpact) where she was in core operations. Following again her curiosity, she explored process excellence and became a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt.

In Novartis, she was drawn towards Diversity & Inclusion (D&I). Truly believing that inclusion drives innovation, she took up the opportunity to globally lead D&I for one of the divisions of Novartis. She has been working on creating listening sessions, engaging leaders with intent to listen to understand, driving equity for gender, LGBTQI and persons with Disability to create a sense of belonging for all. She truly believes that advocacy of D&I would lead to a compassionate, equitable and inclusive society leading to a more sustainable and happier world.

Professor Neil Curtis is a Senior Cybersecurity & Business Development Executive with DXC Technology’s Cybersecurity business. He is the Head of the DXC Military Veterans Program and the Business Executive Sponsor for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for the ANZ and Fiji region.
Neil is a Professor of Cybersecurity at the University of Southern Queensland and is currently ranked 2nd globally as a cybersecurity thought leader, and academic and association leader with IFSEC international.

Neil is an international Military Influencer who talks about Military and Police Veteran issues, and drives thought leadership, engagement, and solutions for Veterans in transition to cybersecurity and information technology careers.

Neil is both an Australian Army and Victoria Police Veteran and has continued service in federal law enforcement and as the CIO of the Queensland Crime and Corruption Commission.

Neil has a deep passion for military and police veterans and their spouses and offers transition pathways, education, certification, employment and internship pathways across this entire cohort in the cybersecurity and Information Technology industry.

Courtenay is an urban wahine Maori (Ngaiterangi, Ngai Tai Ki Tamaki, Waikato-Tainui and Tuhourangi) raised in Tamaki Makaurau. She is the Founder and Director of two values-based Maori organisations with a vision to empower whanau to prosper through Matauranga (Education), Mahi (Employment) and Manaaki (social support).

Courtenay is a mama of five, who now holds a Bachelor of Business (Management and Information Systems), NCALNE, GradDipOSH and Master of Business Administration. Her background is in HR, H&S Management and Social Procurement where she published an article, ‘Social Procurement to reduce precarious employment for Maori and Pasifika in the Construction Industry’. Her passion is to ensure Maori and Pasifika develop and progress in the workplace and society.

Courtenay is an ideas person, privileged to be leading the Uptempo ‘Aiga towards their vision of ‘Thriving Pasifika People leading their own futures and growing intergenerational wealth and wellbeing’ by leading from the back and allowing Pasifika to step into their power and lead from the front.

Dori Milner is a Director in the Contract Solutions practice and is based in New York.

Dori manages a wide array of contract matters, including contract lifecycle management, legal and contracting operations, corporate restructuring and corporate transactions. She leverages a combination of technology expertise, creative workflows and expert teams to address client needs and solve complex contract challenges.

Prior to FTI, Dori practiced law with a focus in high-volume, complex litigation. She led several internal initiatives to modernize the firms’ practices, including implementing new processes to create workflow efficiency and optimizing database features to track and report on large case inventories.

Rohit Gulati is an expert in contract lifecycle management (“CLM”) and enterprise legal management (“ELM”) transformation initiatives. Mr. Gulati collaborates with clients to assess operations and technology, establish strategic roadmaps, evaluate technology solutions and drive implementation.

Mr. Gulati has demonstrated success in leading transformative technology initiatives that align strategic business objectives and result in high user adoption for clients across multiple industries. He has provided leadership to clients in determining readiness for change, while balancing and optimizing the interplay between people, process, technology and data. He has served as a trusted technology and operations advisor to clients throughout his career, delivering solutions that transform cumbersome processes, improve efficiency and enable effective management of capacity constraints across the legal department. Mr. Gulati has also overseen the implementation of award-winning programs.
Prior to joining FTI Technology, Mr. Gulati spent more than seven years at HBR Consulting, where he led CLM transformation services. He also spent more than nine years in consulting and advisory roles at Huron, focused on technology and operations engagements.

25+ Years in Tech Industry
8+ Years at Conga, a category defining, middle office SaaS platform provider.
Currently Principal Solutions Engineer at Conga APAC, a premier SaaS solution provider in the Revenue Cycle industry space with focus on Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM), Configure Price Quote (CPQ), Document Generation Technology, Process Automation and Orchestration Technology and more

Vincent is an IT, Privacy and IP Partner and International Head of Media at Eversheds Sutherland LLP, based in Paris, a domain name panellist for the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and an expert for the AFNIC PARL EXPERT. Vincent teaches Internet law at postgraduate level at University Paris II. Vincent has over 20 years of experience in IT, contracts, cloud, outsourcing, privacy, fintech, internet and domain name law as well as tech M&A. Vincent worked in-house in London at the start of his career and then again as a secondee for a large French investment bank and a leading US cloud service provider.