Director, Global Business Systems, Baker & McKenzie
Greater Chicago Area
Director, Global Business Systems, Baker & McKenzie
Greater Chicago Area
General management, IT management, knowledge management, project management, taxonomy, knowledge systems, parliamentary law & procedure, government liaison, government - union negotiations, mining law, corporate law
(Partnership; Law Practice industry)
July 2007 — Present (2 years 5 months)
Responsible for global business systems and projects.
(Partnership; 5001-10,000 employees; Law Practice industry)
December 2004 — June 2007 (2 years 7 months)
In this position I was Head of Knowledge for the Australian offices of Baker & McKenzie responsible for creation, execution and delivery of all aspects of the knowledge management strategy. I had a staff of approximately 30 people including professional support lawyers, librarians, document technicians, administrators and research clerks. In the global part of my role I was part of a team responsible for developing global knowledge strategy and delivering global knowledge management solutions to the Firm.
(Partnership; 201-500 employees; Law Practice industry)
July 2001 — November 2004 (3 years 5 months)
This was a greenfields role in which I was responsible for creation, execution and delivery all aspects of a knowledge management strategy. It was in this role that I had the opportunity to write a paper benchmarking KM in law firms in the US, the UK and Australia: http://www.llrx.com/features/benchmarkingkm.htm.
(Government Agency; 51-200 employees; Government Administration industry)
July 1996 — March 1999 (2 years 9 months)
The Legislative Council is the upper house (ie Senate equivalent) of the Parliament of Western Australia. The Deputy Clerk has constitutional parliamentary responsibilities, and is also the Deputy CEO of the administrative deparment of the Legislative Council.