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P E E R T O P E E R : I L T A ' S Q U A R T E R L Y M A G A Z I N E | S U M M E R 2 0 1 9 11 TJ Johnson TJ Johnson is Strate Director at Olenick. She has great fun focusing on "StrategicIT" – looking at innovation, internally and for clients, and thought leadership around new ways to help clients deliver successful projects. TJ has deep experience in legal technolo. A familiar and well- respected figure in the legal technolo industry, TJ worked in various capacities for law firms and legal departments. Most known for her recent role on the executive team of ILTA (International Legal Technolo Association) where she led the strate development and execution of ILTA's global portfolio of events, was instrumental in growing their premier conference, ILTACON, and was responsible for the vison and execution of many strategic projects. Brad Blickstein Brad Blickstein, principal at the Blickstein Group, has spent his career bridging the gap between in-house counsel, law firms and legal service providers. In 1991, he was on the small team that launched Corporate Legal Times (now Inside Counsel). CLT was the first information source specifically for in-house counsel. Brad led a management buyout of the company in 1998 and launched the CLT SuperConference, selling the company in 2002 and launching Blickstein Group. Blickstein Group has two missions: to help legal service providers better understand and serve their clients and to provide information about law departments and legal operations. Brad launched his Annual Law Department Operations Survey in 2008. He also writes and speaks extensively on the topic and is also publisher of the Annual Legal Spend Survey. He also conceived of and is project editor for National Law Journal's Trailblazer series. Brent Melson Brent Melson is the Vice President of Innovation; he is involved in the creation of quality test methodologies as well as the design and implementation of quality assurance programs and projects for a variety of business verticals. Mr. Melson has over 25 years of experience in the IT testing field covering diverse disciplines such as the creation of synthetic benchmarks, design of usability studies, and implementation and creation of device and product acceptance programs. Prior to joining Olenick he was the Director of Software Testing Services for Intertek PLC, one of the largest testing and inspection companies in the word. At Intertek Mr. Melson helped develop numerous validation and certification programs in the software and protocol compliance space. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Delaware and resides just outside Philadelphia, PA. Peter Wallqvist Peter Wallqvist is Vice President of Strate at iManage RAVN, where he is responsible for positioning new and enhanced practical AI solutions that empower professionals to increase efficiency, improve productivity and mitigate risk. Peter was co-founder of the AI company RAVN Systems, which was acquired by iManage in 2017.

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