Company: Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S., NY
Nomination Submitted by: Marino PR
Company Description: Wolters Kluwer is a global leader in professional information, software solutions, and services for the healthcare; tax and accounting; governance, risk and compliance; and legal and regulatory sectors. We help our customers make critical decisions every day by providing expert solutions that combine deep domain knowledge with technology and services.
Nomination Category: Product Management Categories
Nomination Sub Category: Product Development/Management Executive of the Year
 Nomination Title: Ken Crutchfield
- Which will you submit for your nomination in this category, a video of up to five (5) minutes in length about the achievements of the nominee since 1 January 2020, OR written answers to the questions for this category? (Choose one):
Written answers to the questions
- If you are submitting a video of up to five (5) minutes in length, provide the URL of the nominated video here, OR attach it to your entry via the "Add Attachments, Videos, or Links to This Entry" link above, through which you may also upload a copy of your video.
- If you are providing written answers for your submission, you must provide an answer to this first question: Briefly describe the nominee: his or her history and past performance (up to 200 words):
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Ken Crutchfield is Vice President and General Manager of Legal Markets at Wolters Kluwer Legal and Regulatory U.S. and has been with the company for nearly three years. Leading the Legal Markets Group, he is responsible for setting the vision and strategic approach with a focus on developing leading digital products. The Legal Markets Group within Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S. provides legal professionals across a wide range of markets with expert content and analysis, in addition to leading workflow solutions. With more than three decades of professional experience, Crutchfield excels at general management, strategy, strategic marketing, innovation, developing and launching new products, scaling and growing businesses profitably, business transformation, and much more.
Prior to joining Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S., he was the Senior Vice President and General Manager for the Bloomberg Tax Technology division of Bloomberg BNA. Crutchfield also served in executive-level positions at organizations including Thomson Reuters and LexisNexis. Throughout his career, he has successfully led the growth of multiple businesses in varying industries, including tax & accounting, and most notably, legal.
- If you are providing written answers for your submission, you must provide an answer to this second question: Outline the nominee's achievements since the beginning of 2020 that you wish to bring to the judges' attention (up to 250 words):
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At the onset of the pandemic, Crutchfield worked alongside his team to ensure smooth operations and continued success in product developments and launches. At a time of need and to support legal professionals navigating federal and state developments, Crutchfield and his team launched a new Smart Chart™ covering COVID-19 topics. Conceived of and launched in days, the Wolters Kluwer State & Federal Compare Smart Chart™ provided users with free up-to-date information on government actions in response to COVID-19 to areas of coverage that were critical to keeping companies in compliance with rapidly changing mandates.
Effectively guiding his team, Crutchfield led the announcement of Cheetah™ for Corporate Counsel, a powerful solution designed to help users meet and exceed the ever-increasing demands of corporate legal departments by providing a wide range of content and tools in a single package, making it the only offering on the market with such a breadth of resources at a predictable price point. Additionally, he led the development of Application Programming Interfaces to allow users to access deep domain expertise seamlessly to provide actionable content and a more efficient workflow in third-party systems.
More recently, Crutchfield spearheaded the launch of VitalLaw, the new and expanded platform formerly known as Cheetah, which features a new dashboard inclusive of comprehensive federal and state laws and regulations for all 50 states, in addition to solutions that enrich the entire legal process, actionable information, and intelligent tools. Crutchfield ensured the launch brought deep impact to customers’ organizations and clients.
- If you are providing written answers for your submission, you must provide an answer to this third question: Explain why the achievements you have highlighted are unique or significant. If possible compare the achievements to the performance of other players in your industry and/or to the nominee's past performance (up to 250 words):
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Less than a year after starting his new role at a new company and at the onset of the pandemic, Crutchfield prioritized customers and non-customers alike by providing free, valuable information with Wolters Kluwer’s State & Federal Compare Smart Chart™ that was not only critical to keeping companies in compliance with rapidly changing COVID mandates, but also helped companies keep their employees safe.
Additionally, to keep with demand and the constant-changing landscape, Crutchfield managed the launch of a new and expanded version of Corporate Counsel Profiler in May 2021, which provided law firm practitioners with a wide range of information to search and find corporate counsels through an easy-to-use, searchable platform.
Further, Crutchfield’s guidance in the pre- and post-launch of VitalLaw resulted in increasing Wolters Kluwer’s primary source content by more than 40%. Crutchfield ensured the latest launch also included empowering digital solutions, provided more consistent and current updating of laws and regulations, and more.
- You have the option to answer this final question: Reference any attachments of supporting materials throughout this nomination and how they provide evidence of the claims you have made in this nomination (up to 250 words):
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The attached include press releases around products Ken Crutchfield developed and launched, including VitalLaw, Wolters Kluwer State & Federal Compare Smart Chart™, Cheetah™ for Corporate Counsel, and more. The releases highlight the focus of each launch and how Crutchfield and his team prioritized legal professionals’ and customers’ needs in the industry when developing the new or enhanced products. Additionally, the attached include media coverage from legal industry publications Above the Law, Today’s General Counsel, and Corporate Counsel Business Journal featuring Crutchfield in the field.
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