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Onit to Participate in Strategic Contract Management Panel Discussion at 2015 ACC Corporate Counsel University (CCU)

WHAT: ACC Corporate Counsel University ®(CCU)
WHEN: Monday, May 18, 2015 from 11:15 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
WHERE: Dallas Marriott City Center 650 N Pearl St. Dallas, TX 75201
SESSION: Contracts Part II: Review, Approval, and Management
SPEAKERS:
  • P. Keith Daigle, Senior VP, Legal Affairs & General Counsel, Nestle Health Science – Pamlab, Inc.
  • Scott Depta, General Counsel, Active Power, Inc.
  • Elitza Meyer, Senior Counsel, McKesson Corporation
  • Stasha Jain, In-house Counsel and Account Manager, Onit, Inc.
ABOUT: The ACC Corporate Counsel University® (CCU) is a two-day program designed specifically for lawyers who are new to in-house practice or looking to sharpen their fundamental practice skills. At CCU, you will learn from experienced corporate counsel the practical tips and information that you can take back to the office and use immediately. You will also build relationships and expand your network of peers and legal service providers.

TO ATTEND THE EVENT, REGISTER HERE:
http://www.acc.com/education/ccu/2015-rates-and-registration.cfm

About Onit

Onit was formed by legal software industry experts Eric M. Elfman and Eric A. Smith, co-founders of Datacert, a leading provider of enterprise spend management software. Launched in early 2011, Onit deploys Onit Apps to simplify business process automation and improve business productivity across all departments and industries. Onit App Builder allows business users to drive efficiency and productivity by combining business process management, project management, and information management into one easy to use tool so the user can create their own Onit Apps without having to rely on IT for support.

Businesses have processes for everything — whether it’s hiring a vendor or law firm, terminating an employee, submitting a contract for review, requesting a trademark request, obtaining an NDA, etc. Most of these processes are manual, paper intensive and cumbersome. With Onit Apps, processes are automated in a few clicks, responsible parties are notified immediately, and data collection is centralized. Onit doesn’t require any software to download or resources from IT. For more information, visit onitprostg.wpengine.com or contact 1-800-281-1330.

Onit to Moderate Panel on Innovation within the Law Department at 15th Annual InsideCounsel SuperConference in Chicago

WHAT: The 15th annual InsideCounsel SuperConference in Chicago, IL
WHEN: Tuesday, May 12 at 10:00 a.m.
WHERE: Swissotel Chicago
323 East Wacker Drive
Chicago , IL 60601
SESSION: Innovation Within the Law Department: The Law Department of the Future
SPEAKERS:
  • David Cambria, Global Director of Operations – Law, Compliance and Government Relations, Archer Daniels Midland Company
  • Steve Ihm, Vice President, Assistant General Counsel & Assistant Secretary, Allstate Insurance Company
  • Reese Arrowsmith, Vice President, Head of Operations, Legal, Lincoln Financial Group
  • Moderated by Paul Zengilowski, Customer Development Executive, Onit
ABOUT: For the past 14 years this annual conference has offered the highest value for educational investment within a constructive learning and networking environment. Legal professionals gain the opportunity to elevate the quality of their performance and learn ways to become a strategic partner within his/her organization. In two-and-half days, attendees earn CLE credit, network with hundreds of peers and legal service providers and hear strategies to tackle corporate legal issues that are top of mind throughout this comprehensive program. SuperConference is presented by InsideCounsel magazine, published by Summit Professional Networks

TO ATTEND THE EVENT, REGISTER HERE:

https://www.eiseverywhere.com/ereg/newreg.php?eventid=100311&&utm_source=InsideCounsel&utm_medium=weblisting&utm_campaign=SC14

About Onit

Onit was formed by legal software industry experts Eric M. Elfman and Eric A. Smith, co-founders of Datacert, a leading provider of enterprise spend management software. Launched in early 2011, Onit deploys Onit Apps to simplify business process automation and improve business productivity across all departments and industries. Onit App Builder allows business users to drive efficiency and productivity by combining business process management, project management, and information management into one easy to use tool so the user can create their own Onit Apps without having to rely on IT for support.

Businesses have processes for everything — whether it’s hiring a vendor or law firm, terminating an employee, submitting a contract for review, requesting a trademark request, obtaining an NDA, etc. Most of these processes are manual, paper intensive and cumbersome. With Onit Apps, processes are automated in a few clicks, responsible parties are notified immediately, and data collection is centralized. Onit doesn’t require any software to download or resources from IT. For more information, visit onitprostg.wpengine.com or contact 1-800-281-1330.

Onit Announces Promotion of Three Long-Time Employees to Vice President

HOUSTON — Onit, Inc., a leading provider of Enterprise Apps, today announced the appointment of Jill Black as the vice president of marketing, John Gilman as the vice president of products and Bernie Barcio as the vice president of engineering.

For more than five years, Jill Black has led Onit’s marketing, communications and demand generation strategies. Prior to her success at Onit, Black was the senior marketing manager for Vignette (now OpenText), a global leader in enterprise content management and the director of marketing for Datacert, Inc., a leader of corporate, legal and IP spend and matter management solutions. Throughout her seventeen-year career, Black has focused on driving revenue through brand awareness and thought leadership. In 2008, she was recognized by the Business Marketing Association as the Business-to-Business (B2B) Marketer of the Year.

Co-founder John Gilman drives product direction and strategy and prioritization and pricing for Onit. With a unique background in process improvement and product design, Gilman brings an unmatched set of skills to problem-solving in the business process/case management domains. In his twenty-year career, Gilman has found success in new product research and development and product management both at Onit and as the vice president of operations at Datacert. Gilman’s leadership has helped Onit quadruple its revenue from 2012 to 2014 and bring about the addition of 11 Fortune® 500 clients.

Bernie Barcio is responsible for the strategic planning, product design, quality assurance for all Onit products. In his three years in the role as the director of engineering for Onit, Barcio helped to institute a culture of continuous improvement and standardized process across the development team and oversaw the launch of the Onit App Market in 2013. Prior to Onit, Barcio was a team lead at Datacert, where he developed a collaboration system for reporting, budget proposals and matter updates in addition to managing a team of ten developers.

“It’s a pleasure to recognize the integral part that Jill, John, and Bernie have played in Onit’s success with the announcement of these well-deserved promotions,” said Eric M. Elfman, the CEO of Onit. “There is no doubt that their leadership will continue to drive the company forward.”

About Onit

Onit was formed by legal software industry experts Eric M. Elfman and Eric A. Smith, co-founders of Datacert, a leading provider of enterprise spend management software. Launched in early 2011, Onit deploys Smart Process Apps to simplify business process automation and improve business productivity across all departments and industries. The Onit App Builder allows business users to drive efficiency and productivity by combining business process management, project management, and information management into one easy to use tool so the user can create their own Onit Apps without having to rely on IT for support.

Businesses have processes for everything — whether it’s hiring a vendor or law firm, terminating an employee, submitting a contract for review, requesting a trademark request, obtaining an NDA, etc. Most of these processes are manual, paper intensive and cumbersome. With Onit Apps, processes are automated in a few clicks, responsible parties are notified immediately, and data collection is centralized. Onit doesn’t require any software to download or resources from IT. For more information, visit onitprostg.wpengine.com or contact 1-800-281-1330.

Onit’s Paul Zengilowski to Speak About How Apps are Redefining Business Process Management Landscape at PEX Week 2015

ORLANDO, Fla. — Onit, Inc., a leading provider of Smart Process Apps, today announced that Paul Zengilowski, Customer Development Executive for Onit, will speak about how Apps are redefining the business process improvement landscape at the 16th Annual Process Excellence Week (PEX 2015) in Orlando, Florida. Onit will also conduct demos of its process automation and improvement Apps during the show in booth #40.

Zengilowski will present the topic “Navigating the “New BPM” Landscape: Taming Business Processes and Empowering Knowledge Workers” on Tuesday, January 20 at 3:55 pm. Highlighting how the right tools allow knowledge workers to focus on “process results” rather than difficult technology, this session will cover:

  • The simplicity of creating business Apps and how it facilitates rapid development and a “learn by doing” mentality
  • The importance of delivering world-class customer value that supports all points of interaction between knowledge workers
  • How to strategically integrate existing processes into a simplified process structure for litigation and compliance/transactions
  • The difference between a standard development toolset and custom development through IT
  • The strategic value and ROI of moving process initiation and approval out of email to gain increased transparency

“With workloads on the rise, taming unruly business processes has become a paramount business survival skill,” said Zengilowski. “PEX Network offers process professionals a place to come together, learn from one another, and take away strategies for their most pressing business issues. We are delighted to participate in this event and share best practices from our customers.”

PEX Week will take place at the Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek on January 19-21. Registration and more information are available at pexweek.com.

For more information, please visit Onit.com at booth #40 at PEX Week 2015.

About Onit

Onit was formed by legal software industry experts Eric M. Elfman and Eric A. Smith, co-founders of Datacert, a leading provider of enterprise spend management software. Launched in early 2010, Onit deploys Smart Process Apps to simplify business process automation and improve business productivity across all departments and industries.

Onit App Builder allows business users to drive efficiency and productivity by combining business process management, project management, and information management into one easy to use tool so the user can create their own Onit Apps without having to rely on IT for support. Businesses have processes for everything — whether it’s hiring a vendor or law firm, terminating an employee, submitting a contract for review, requesting a trademark request, obtaining an NDA, etc. Most of these processes are manual, paper intensive and cumbersome. With Onit Apps, processes are automated in a few clicks, responsible parties are notified immediately, and data collection is centralized. Onit doesn’t require any software to download or resources from IT. For more information, visit onitprostg.wpengine.com or contact 1-800-281-1330.

Onit Unveils Robust E-Signature Integrations with DocuSign, EchoSign and HelloSign at the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) Annual Meeting

NEW ORLEANS — (BUSINESS WIRE) — Onit, Inc., a leading provider of Enterprise Process Apps, today announced that it has unveiled e-signature integrations with DocuSign, Adobe EchoSign and HelloSign at the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) Annual Meeting in New Orleans.

“We are excited to have integrated services with two of the largest e-signature technology companies,” said John Gilman, Director of Products for Onit. “Expanding our integrated e-signature services has enabled our clients to execute more than 1,000 contracts a month, with many more clients going live soon. The addition of HelloSign helps service customers with a smaller volume of contracts.”

Launched a year ago with Adobe EchoSign, Onit now offers additional integrations with DocuSign and HelloSign to allow more organizations to integrate existing e-signature technology effectively with any or all of Onit’s Enterprise Process Apps. “As with enterprise software, one size does not fit all,” commented Gilman. “We pride ourselves on creating adaptable and scalable Apps that help our clients improve their processes so offering different models for e-signatures makes sense.”

About Onit

Onit was formed by legal software industry experts Eric M. Elfman and Eric A. Smith, co-founders of Datacert, a leading provider of enterprise spend management software. Launched in early 2010, Onit deploys Enterprise Process Apps to simplify business process automation and improve business productivity across all departments and industries. Onit App Builder allows business users to drive efficiency and productivity by combining business process management, project management, and information management into one easy to use tool so the user can create their own Onit Apps without having to rely on IT for support. Businesses have processes for everything — whether it’s hiring a vendor or law firm, terminating an employee, submitting a contract for review, requesting a trademark request, obtaining an NDA, etc. Most of these processes are manual, paper intensive and cumbersome. With Onit Apps, processes are automated in a few clicks, responsible parties are notified immediately, and data collection is centralized. Onit doesn’t require any software to download or resources from IT. For more information, visit onitprostg.wpengine.com or contact 1-800-281-1330.

Onit Customers Outperform DJIA and S&P 500 on H1 YTD Growth

HOUSTON — (BUSINESS WIRE) — Onit, a leading provider of Enterprise Apps, announced the creation of an index of its publically traded customers called the Onit Index. Created to monitor the long-term success of its customers, the index shows astonishing results for the first half of 2014. As of June 2014, the average Onit Index stock value increase was 23.7% higher than the S&P 500 and Dow 30 indices averages.

“We were delighted to find that the Onit Index far outperformed both the Dow 30 and S&P 500 indices,” said CEO Eric M. Elfman, “While we cannot take credit for our customers’ success, we believe that the index is an indicator that fast-growing, innovative companies are turning to cutting-edge technology and choosing Onit Apps over traditional software systems and enterprise platforms. Our Apps not only help customers streamline operations, control costs, and reduce company risk but they can play a pivotal role in their overall profitability.”

The Onit Index is comprised of 10 Fortune® 500 companies, five large global companies and three smaller companies across a variety of industries, including technology, insurance, legal, consulting, financial services, healthcare, consumer retail, industrial, pharmaceutical, and energy.

To see an interactive graph, visit https://onitprostg.wpengine.com/blog/detail/19084/onit-customers-outperform-djia-and-sp-500-on-h1-ytd-growth.

Onit Apps

Onit Apps are trusted by some of the largest global companies and channels resellers in the world and have been implemented in more than 175 countries. Traditional process management initiatives normally take between nine to 12 months for scoping, implementation and execution. Onit Apps are configured in days or weeks – not months – so companies can reap the financial and operational savings faster. Created as a truly collaborative platform, enhancements to Apps can be made anytime and the process is completely iterative.

About Onit

Onit was formed by software industry experts Eric M. Elfman and Eric A. Smith, co-founders of Datacert, a leading provider of enterprise spend management software. Launched in early 2011, Onit deploys Onit Apps to simplify business process automation and improve business productivity across all departments and industries. The Onit App Builder allows business users to drive efficiency and productivity by combining business process management, project management, and information management into one easy to use tool so the user can create their own Onit Apps without having to rely on IT for support.

Businesses have processes for everything — whether it is hiring a vendor or law firm, terminating an employee, submitting a contract for review, requesting a trademark request or obtaining an NDA. Most of these processes are manual, paper intensive and cumbersome. With Onit Apps, processes are automated in a few clicks; notifications are sent to responsible parties and data collection is centralized. Onit does not require any software to download or resources from IT. For more information, visit onitprostg.wpengine.com or contact 1-800-281-1330.

Onit Webinar: Interactive Discussion with AIG and Johnson Controls

HOUSTON — (BUSINESS WIRE) — Why Business Apps are the Next Big Shift for Law Departments

WHO:
  • Caitlin Perazzo, Assistant Vice President, Process Excellence, AIG
  • Mark Barron, Quality Manager, Legal, Johnson Controls
  • Moderated by Paul Zengilowski, Customer Development Executive, Onit
WHAT: Webinar: Interactive Discussion with AIG and Johnson Controls
SUMMARY: In this interactive webinar, AIG’s Caitlin Perazzo and Johnson Control’s Mark Barron will discuss how their legal departments embraced a new category of software – Smart Process Apps – to address dynamic technology and business challenges. Attendees will learn how the most forward-thinking law departments are delivering astonishing business results through technology that works to fit their processes – not the other way around. Propel your law department ahead of the curve by learning more about the innovative technology 21st century law departments are investing in and why you should as well.
WHEN: Thursday, June 19, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. CDT

TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FREE WEBINAR, REGISTER HERE:
https://onitprostg.wpengine.com/demo/8704/webinar-aig-and-johnson-controls

Participants will have the opportunity to submit questions during the webinar.

About Onit

Onit was formed by legal software industry experts Eric M. Elfman and Eric A. Smith, co-founders of Datacert, a leading provider of enterprise spend management software. Launched in early 2011, Onit deploys Onit Apps to simplify business process automation and improve business productivity across all departments and industries. Onit App Builder allows business users to drive efficiency and productivity by combining business process management, project management, and information management into one easy to use tool so the user can create their own Onit Apps without having to rely on IT for support.

Businesses have processes for everything — whether it’s hiring a vendor or law firm, terminating an employee, submitting a contract for review, requesting a trademark request, obtaining an NDA, etc. Most of these processes are manual, paper intensive and cumbersome. With Onit Apps, processes are automated in a few clicks, responsible parties are notified immediately, and data collection is centralized. Onit doesn’t require any software to download or resources from IT. For more information, visit onitprostg.wpengine.com or contact 1-800-281-1330.

Onit Launches New Corporate Website

HOUSTON — (BUSINESS WIRE) — Onit, a leading provider of Smart Process Apps, is pleased to announce the official launch of its new corporate website. The website boasts a clean, modern design with improved functionality and navigation and offers quick and easy access to essential product and company information.

The new website features an improved homepage design, cleaner layout of page content, and an intuitive and consistent site-wide navigation system. It is also accessible through a wider range of web browsers and devices, including mobiles and tablets.

“One of our primary objectives was to create a more interactive experience for visitors,” commented Eric M. Elfman, co-founder and CEO of Onit. “To achieve this, we simplified the content structure and navigation so the visitor could get the information they were looking for in as few clicks as possible. We also enhanced our Enterprise App Market pages to include expanded content and product screenshots and limited the number of call-to-actions and links. The website also provides a closer look at Onit’s management team and a more interactive web experience featuring videos, up-to-date news, and integration with our social networking sites.”

Powerful Enterprise Apps

Onit Apps are part of a new class of emerging business software called Smart Process Apps. Built to help professionals drive efficiency and productivity, automate manual processes and solve problems that directly impact customer satisfaction, employee productivity and profitability, Onit Apps can be configured and implemented in weeks – not months – so companies can reap the financial and operational savings quickly.

About Onit

Onit was formed by legal software industry experts Eric M. Elfman and Eric A. Smith, co-founders of Datacert, a leading provider of enterprise spend management software. Launched in early 2011, Onit deploys Onit Apps to simplify business process automation and improve business productivity across all departments and industries. Onit App Builder allows business users to drive efficiency and productivity by combining business process management, project management, and information management into one easy to use tool so the user can create their own Onit Apps without having to rely on IT for support.

Businesses have processes for everything — whether it’s hiring a vendor or law firm, terminating an employee, submitting a contract for review, requesting a trademark request, obtaining an NDA, etc. Most of these processes are manual, paper intensive and cumbersome. With Onit Apps, processes are automated in a few clicks, responsible parties are notified immediately, and data collection is centralized. Onit doesn’t require any software to download or resources from IT. For more information, visit onitprostg.wpengine.com or contact 1-800-281-1330.

Onit Presents at Texas Lawyer In-House Counsel Summits in Houston and Austin

HOUSTON — (BUSINESS WIRE) — Onit, a leading provider of Smart Process Apps, today announced that it presented at the Texas Lawyer In-House Counsel Summits in Houston and Austin on April 10 and 24 respectively.

Onit had the privilege of speaking with one of its clients, ZS Associates, one of the world’s largest specialized business services firms, during the third session of each Summit.

The presentation, “A New Era: Business Apps are Re-Inventing How High-Performing Law Departments Operate,” focused on how new tools can help legal departments increase productivity and streamline business processes. Paul Zengilowski, Customer Development Executive, and Stasha Jain, formerly with ZS Associates, were the two presenters.

Paul’s presentation focused on how Onit Smart Process Apps bring a new class of business process software tools to help professionals drive efficiency and productivity, automate manual processes and solve problems that directly impact customer satisfaction, employee productivity, and profitability. Stasha’s presentation highlighted how Onit’s Smart Process Apps allowed ZS Associates’ legal department to increase responsiveness to their consultants, reduce administrative overhead for attorneys, which ultimately resulted in a meaningful shift in the law department’s efforts to become a competitive advantage to the organization.

Paul Zengilowski

Paul Zengilowski is a seasoned business and legal technology executive with more than 20 years of sales, business development and client implementation experience. As a Customer Development Executive for Onit, he oversees the company’s outside sales, partner, and channel strategy, while also contributing to the company’s product direction and strategy. Previously, Paul was the Director of Legal Services at Pangea3, a division of Thomson Reuters and was responsible for sales of LPO services to corporate legal and procurement organizations. He also held key positions at IntApp as the Vice President of the Revenue Management Practice and Datacert as the General Manager, Corporate Legal Solutions.

Stasha Jain

Stasha Jain has been practicing law for more than 15 years, 10 of which were as in-house counsel. As in-house counsel, her responsibilities included compliance, a large variety of agreements (technology, HR outsourcing, business process outsourcing (BPO), software licenses, and services agreements), and legal department administration. Previously, she was Senior Legal Counsel at ZS Associates, Inc., a boutique consulting firm, and Corporate Counsel at Hewitt Associates (now known as Aon Hewitt), a human resources consulting and outsourcing firm. Currently, she is an account manager for Onit and is responsible for managing all aspects of client relationships. Additional responsibilities include working closely with sales, marketing, account management and product teams to secure new business, train and support existing clients and improve client satisfaction.

About Onit

Onit was formed by legal software industry experts Eric M. Elfman and Eric A. Smith, co-founders of Datacert, a leading provider of enterprise spend management software. Launched in early 2011, Onit deploys Onit Apps to simplify business process automation and improve business productivity across all departments and industries. The Onit App Builder allows business users to drive efficiency and productivity by combining business process management, project management, and information management into one easy to use tool so the user can create their own Onit Apps without having to rely on IT for support.

Businesses have processes for everything — whether it’s hiring a vendor or law firm, terminating an employee, submitting a contract for review, requesting a trademark request, obtaining an NDA, etc. Most of these processes are manual, paper intensive and cumbersome. With Onit Apps, processes are automated in a few clicks, responsible parties are notified immediately, and data collection is centralized. Onit doesn’t require any software to download or resources from IT. For more information, visit onitprostg.wpengine.com or contact 1-800-281-1330.

Onit’s President to Judge the 14th Annual Rice University Business Plan Competition

HOUSTON — (BUSINESS WIRE) — Onit, a leading provider of Smart Process Apps, today announced that its President Eric M. Elfman will serve as a judge for the Rice University Business Plan Competition. Scheduled for April 10-12, the program is known as the world’s richest and largest graduate-level business plan competition.

This will be the 13th year that Elfman has judged the competition, which is hosted by the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship and the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business. The competition has grown from nine teams competing for $10,000 in prize money in 2001 to 42 teams from around the world competing for more than $1.3 million in cash and prizes. More than 130 past competitors have gone on to successfully launch their businesses, raising in excess of $600 million in funding.

During the competition, the entrepreneurial teams “pitch” both their business plans and visions to the judges. Each presentation is graded by the judges as if they were venture capital investors themselves. The winner of the competition is the business that the judges would most likely invest in based on the quality of the idea, the strength of the management team and the clarity and persuasiveness of the written plan and oral presentation.

A majority of the judges for the competition are members of the investment community or have extensive experience with start-up ventures. Elfman, a successful serial entrepreneur, has founded and funded three companies to date.

To learn more about the competition and its rigorous judging duties, visit http://alliance.rice.edu/rbpc.aspx.

About Onit

Onit was formed by legal software industry experts Eric M. Elfman and Eric A. Smith, co-founders of Datacert, a leading provider of enterprise spend management software. Launched in early 2011, Onit deploys Onit Apps to simplify business process automation and improve business productivity across all departments and industries. The Onit App Builder allows business users to drive efficiency and productivity by combining business process management, project management, and information management into one easy to use tool so the user can create their own Onit Apps without having to rely on IT for support.

Businesses have processes for everything — whether it’s hiring a vendor or law firm, terminating an employee, submitting a contract for review, requesting a trademark request, obtaining an NDA, etc. Most of these processes are manual, paper intensive and cumbersome. With Onit Apps, processes are automated in a few clicks, responsible parties are notified immediately, and data collection is centralized. Onit doesn’t require any software to download or resources from IT. For more information, visit onitprostg.wpengine.com or contact 1-800-281-1330.