After six years as vice chairman and common supervisor of authorized markets for Wolters Kluwer Authorized & Regulatory U.S., Ken Crutchfield has retired, efficient yesterday, the corporate introduced.
He will probably be succeeded in that function by Jill Weinstein, who was beforehand vice chairman of product administration, analysis and studying in Wolters Kluwer’s tax and accounting division.
Though retiring from his full-time place at Wolters Kluwer, Crutchfield is launching a consulting agency, Spring Forward Consulting, which is able to present advisory providers to buyers, start-ups, authorized tech and reg tech companies, regulation companies, and others.
Crutchfield was named to that role on Aug. 19, 2019, having beforehand been senior vice chairman and common supervisor for the Bloomberg Tax Expertise division of Bloomberg BNA. Previous to Bloomberg, he had served in executive-level positions at organizations together with Thomson Reuters and LexisNexis.
Throughout his tenure, Crutchfield drove the authorized division’s digital transformation. Most importantly, he oversaw its 2021 relaunch of its Cheetah legal research platform as VitalLaw after which the incorporation of gen AI into the platform in 2024. He additionally spearheaded the 2022 launch of a new Legisway version for the U.S. market, to supply an end-to-end matter administration program for small and medium authorized departments.
His successor, Weinstein, has been with Wolters Kluwer for greater than 30 years. In her most up-to-date function, she led initiatives that enhanced the shopper expertise and fueled enterprise development, Wolters Kluwer stated.
“Jill’s deep trade information and fervour for customer-driven innovation make her ideally suited to guide the U.S. Authorized Markets section into the longer term,” the corporate stated.
