Category: Company News and Events

Onit Customer Jaguar Land Rover is a 2018 National Women in Law Honoree

Onit is excited to announce that Anna-Lisa Corrales, General Counsel of Jaguar Land Rover North America (JLRNA) is a 2018 National Women in Law award honoree, a program sponsored by Corporate Counsel and InsideCounsel.

This is especially exciting for us since we partnered with Anna-Lisa and JLRNA for a major technology implementation last year. These awards honor general counsel, in-house leaders and law firm partners who have demonstrated a commitment to advancing the empowerment of women in law. These outstanding women will be recognized at an awards dinner on Oct. 3 as part of the Women, Influence & Power in Law Conference in Washington, D.C.

These awards spotlight North American women in-house and law firm leaders who have demonstrated extraordinary leadership and business acumen as they have guided their organizations through often treacherous roads to achieve success. These women stand out because they are business strategists, complex problem-solvers, and of course, great lawyers. And as important (especially to them) is that they are great people-leaders—they care more about the success of the team than their individual success.

The Women in Law awards recognize legal department leaders in the following industries: Banking & Finance; Insurance; Transportation & Infrastructure; Manufacturing & Chemicals; Technology, Media & Telecom; and Retail & Consumer Goods. The program is also highlighting extraordinary leadership by recognizing female general counsel and law firm partners in the following categories: Innovative Leadership; Thought Leadership; Collaborative Leadership; Transformative Leadership; General Counsel of the Year or Managing Partner of the Year; and Lifetime Achievement.

Learn more about the National Women in Law award.

Onit Honored for Third Consecutive Year on the Inc. 5000 Fastest-Growing Company List

Inc. magazine today revealed that Onit is number 1431 on its 37th annual Inc. 5000, the most prestigious ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. Onit achieved a staggering three-year growth of 327%. The list represents a unique look at the most successful companies within the American economy’s most dynamic segment—its independent small businesses. Microsoft, Dell, Domino’s Pizza, Pandora, Timberland, LinkedIn, Yelp, Zillow, and many other well-known names gained their first national exposure as honorees on the Inc. 5000.

The 2018 Inc. 5000 is ranked according to percentage revenue growth when comparing 2014 and 2018. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2014. They had to be U.S.-based, privately held, for profit, and independent—not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies—as of December 31, 2017. (Since then, a number of companies on the list have gone public or been acquired). The minimum revenue required for 2014 is $100,000; the minimum for 2017 is $2 million.

The Inc. 5000 is a list of the fastest-growing private companies in the nation. Started in 1982, this prestigious list has become the hallmark of entrepreneurial success. The Inc. 5000 conference & awards ceremony is an annual event that celebrates the remarkable achievements of these companies. The event also offers informative workshops, celebrated keynote speakers, and evening functions.

HBR Law Department Survey: A Great Benchmarking Opportunity for Onit Customers

As a valued Onit customer, we wanted to pass along an opportunity to participate in HBR Consulting’s 2018 Law Department Survey. This is a survey that many of our clients find valuable and have contributed to in prior years.

Recently, the survey has been expanded to include a number of technology questions to help provide a holistic view of the legal technology landscape. At Onit, we are especially looking forward to seeing the market’s feedback on how our customer satisfaction compares to others in the space as we strive for continuous improvement. Of note, Onit is listed in the e-billing, matter management, and workflow tools questions in the survey.

The survey has been a leading source of benchmarking data for general counsel and legal operations leaders for 14+ years, and over this time period has included 65% of the Fortune 500 across 22 industries. In addition to technology, the survey captures valuable data regarding legal spending, staffing, operations, and outside counsel management.

As a participant, you will receive a complimentary summary of the results in the fall of 2018, access to HBR’s regional benchmarking roundtables and discounts on the detailed results package.

If you haven’t already completed the survey in 2018, HBR has provided a link and extended the deadline to August 31.

Should you have any questions regarding the survey, please feel free to contact HBR’s survey team at [email protected] or visit www.lawdepartmentsurvey.com

Legal Thought Leader Matt DenOuden Offers Insight on Enterprise Legal Management Space and Future of the Industry

We’re excited to announce our latest podcast! In this episode, Onit’s Matt DenOuden, VP of Global Sales shares his thoughts about our company and customers. After he relates his story of how he came to Onit, Matt discusses how Onit is unique and explains what it is that makes our enterprise legal solution successful and drive value. He mentions that Onit is also unique in that we were one of the first to really think about “intake” and to subsequently develop a software solution.

Matt then speaks about some of our recent successes, such as a SOX compliance solution out on the West coast, as well as solutions for employee onboarding, travel approvals and IT ticketing. He then talks about one of our biggest customer success stories: Archer Daniels Midland currently has Onit solutions up and running along with a new claims management solution that is currently being built. Matt then moves on to his thoughts on the future of legal technology by explaining that we need to have a more combined, coalesced platform to serve the legal community’s needs. Finally, he offers comfort to those who fear change and are perhaps wary of technology, “Our software is designed to enable the work that you are already doing…we try to be as non-disruptive and nonintrusive as possible. You should be in our software as seldom as possible. Our software should be following you around and helping you do your work.”

Listen to episode 4 on iTunes

A Quick Survey and Good Cause: Your Input Needed on Contract Lifecycle Management in Legal

Onit would like to invite you to participate in Hyperion Research’s 2018 survey on the use and adoption of Contract Lifecycle Management in Legal. This survey is focused on how technology professionals and attorneys are using and getting the most out of their Contract Management technologies and what capabilities they value and prioritize most. The survey will only take about 4-6 minutes to complete.

The excitement doesn’t end there! Hyperion also has a very worthwhile incentive for completing their survey:

“Hyperion proudly presents our Donations for Data program. We honor your investment of time with a deeper investment in our communities. Hyperion proudly presents our Donations for Data program. For every survey completion we receive, Hyperion will donate $10 to accredited charities benefiting youth and education.”

We hope you’ll take the time to complete this meaningful survey, and contribute to a great cause at the same time.

Click here to begin the survey.

Onit Appoints Scott Kurtz as Vice President of Professional Services

Onit is excited to announce that Scott Kurtz has joined our executive team. Scott comes to Onit with more than 25 years of professional services experience in software and consulting services.

Scott most recently served as EVP of professional services at Openlink, a leading software company in energy trading and risk management, where he was responsible for client software implementations globally. He was also responsible for driving innovation, automation and best practices implementation and managing more than $100 million of professional services globally. Scott comes to Onit with an arsenal of executive and professional services experience including technology management, business and consulting operations, business process consulting, professional services sales and contract management.

“This is without a doubt one of the best strategic decisions we’ve made,” said Eric M. Elfman, Onit’s CEO and founder. “Scott’s remarkably powerful business judgement and track record of aggressively driving productivity and profitability were two deciding factors in our decision to bring him on board.”

As Vice President of Professional Services at Onit, Scott will be responsible for client implementations and helping build capability for customers as Onit continues to grow its customer base. Scott holds a bachelor’s degree in Finance from the University of Texas at Austin.

Click here to see the full press release.

2018 in Review: A Few Highlights

A lot has happened at Onit in the last six months and we wanted to share a few blog posts. Whether you are looking to learn more about our products, read about some of our recent awards or hear from our customers, take a look at these blog posts below.

Product Posts 

Awards/Thought Leadership Posts 

Customer Posts 

 

Learn Why Clients Love Onit!

Onit’s new company video encapsulates what Onit is all about: we love our product and empowering customers with a better way to work. It also offers a snapshot of how Onit is positioned to help businesses and legal departments create better processes with smarter operations and technology. Of course, we wanted our new video to “look” and “sound” great, but we can back up every claim. The words in the video are based on solid facts and resounding customer success.

Lucky for us, Onit’s clients are not shy about telling the world about our products. Have a look at some of the things they say about us:


 

Anna-Lisa Corrales, General Counsel, North America Jaguar Land Rover

“What’s unique about the way Onit solutions work in the background with different data sets is that as you decide different categories of data, you can add these tabs along a horizontal line. It was just differently organized than other systems we had seen, and we really liked it, because all of the information was at our fingertips. And in today’s highly connected world, where information is spread across devices and in the cloud, that is more important than ever.” Read more in this case study.

 

Gary Tully, Legal Operations, Gilead Sciences

“One of the cool technologies that I think doesn’t get a lot of press is workflow technology. We see this in titles like Thinksmart and Onit. When I think about the purpose of legal operations, it’s to deliver legal services efficiently and effectively… And legal operations professionals are aligned with identifying redundant processes and recommending improvements. Workflow technology is a way to automate those processes, reduce redundancy and execute quickly.”  Read more in this Corporate Counsel article.

 

Lauren Giammona, Director of Operations, Business Affairs & Legal, PayPal

“PayPal is a technology company with many legal department employees familiar with technology. It needed a tool that was powerful rather than just easy to adopt – a tool that augments the people and processes in place rather than displaces them. We really focused on a system that provided more of the back-end and the analytics that we needed. … We sacrificed some of the UI, the ease-of-use, and some of our law firms liking the old system better to get to the data that we needed. The team enhanced spend management capabilities to enable the ops team to work smarter, depreciating matter management systems like spreadsheets and SharePoint lists in favor of one ELM system of record that actually allowed for creating common processes and automation.” Read more in this case study.

 

David Cambria, Global Director of Operations – Law, Compliance and Government Relations ADM

“The creation of the ADM Law Firm Alliance was complex, and it was achieved in no small part through the power of technology – including a major upgrade to the company’s matter-management system (by Onit), with provided sorely-needed data to help make better spend decisions.” Read more in this case study.

 

Dana McDonald, Senior Counsel, Under Armour

“Onit has proven a great partner both in terms of its product features and the customer service support the Onit team provides. Onit provides a very nimble product that can be quickly modified and adapted for various business needs. This is not the case with the other products we considered in this space. My experience of Onit is that they are motivated not only to sell their product at the outset but to continue to improve the product and ensure customer success in the adoption and use of the product. It’s been a great experience so far.”


 

Those are just a few of our client testimonials, and the theme is almost always the same. Onit provides a nimble, powerful, cutting-edge product that empowers the customer with a better way to work – because it’s designed for the way people work. Our products have reached this rare level of excellence not only because of hard work and adhering to best practice, but because over the years customers have told us exactly what they want.

Onit Client Archer Daniels Midland Wins Corporate Counsel Best Legal Department of the Year

Corporate Counsel has announced the honorees of the 2018 Best Legal Departments awards, and long-time Onit client Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) has won! We’re especially happy for them since Onit had the opportunity to get to know and work closely with ADM’s David Cambria and his team on a technology implementation in 2017. As explained in the June 2018 edition of Corporate Counsel magazine, The creation of the ADM Law Firm Alliance was complex, and it was achieved in no small part through the power of technology – including a major upgrade to the company’s matter-management system, which provided sorely-needed data to help make better spend decisions.”

ADM also won several awards last year, including the ACC Value Challenge, the Buying Legal Council Best Use of Technology Award,  and the Transatlantic Legal Award. Corporate Counsel selected outstanding corporate legal departments from around the country that stood out from their peers. The winners profiled will also be honored at The American Lawyer Industry Awards reception on December 5.

Read more about ADM’s win in the article, “ADM’s Legal Department Has Pulled Off a Massive Turnaround, a Little at a Time” in the June 2018 issue of Corporate Counsel.

Onit Marketing Team Wins 2018 AMA Crystal Award!

We’re excited to announce that Onit’s marketing team won a prestigious American Marketing Association (AMA) Crystal Award at the bustling American Marketing Association gala event last week in Houston! We won with our entry, “Onit Website Transformation,” which showcased our new website, and demonstrating how much more effective it is over our previous site. Thanks to everyone on the team for their hard work to make this happen!

The Crystal Awards committee sets criteria, tabulates results, and certifies finalists and winners. A select panel of esteemed marketing professionals from across the country acts as judges. Past participants have been senior marketers from other AMA chapters, Ogilvy & Mather, FedEx, Accenture, University of Michigan, and more. All entries are judged at least twice. Judges make all decisions regarding eligibility, finalists, and winners. Each entry must include answers to the five questions below, 800-word maximum for each question.Each spring, AMA Houston hands out Crystal Awards to the Texas’ top marketers in categories ranging from print and radio spots to website design, social media advertising and everything in between. The awards gala is the largest marketing event in Houston and is attended by more than 650 marketing professionals from almost every industry in Houston.