Kelly Thompson Vezendy
Transforming Legal Teams with Efficiency & Innovation
- Role
- Director, Legal Operations at Coursera
- Location
- Charlotte, NC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Kelly Thompson Vezendy
Legal Operations Executive Director with more than 15 years of progressive experience in leading top-tier legal process, operations projects and team development. Expertise in corporate law, contract lifecycle management, legal billing, operations initiatives, and process improvement. Utilize leadership skills and management experience to grow operations function, fostering staff performance, team-building, and business growth. DEMONSTRATED ACHIEVEMENTS Merged acquired legal department billing functions into streamlined process resulting in doubling of company revenue. Led charge for integration of all operations functions of acquired departments. Implemented multiple global E-Billing systems resulting in streamlined client invoicing. Implemented multiple global Contract Lifecycle Management systems improving client service. Created two legal operations functions and developed teams in two public companies. Led team and function through various complex problems with positive outcomes.
Experience
Director, Legal Operations
Dec 2024 — Present
Define and drive strategic and operational initiatives with on-time and on-budget results. Create and automate processes and practices to improve the day-to-day efficiency and effectiveness of Legal & Compliance, facilitate change, and control costs. Provide creative, strategic thinking and real solutions to increase value, reduce low value work and optimize outside legal spend.
Education
Georgetown University
Certification, Paralegal Studies
2003
University of Pittsburgh
BA, Business Administration/International Politics
1998 — 2002
Skills
- Corporate Governance
- Financial Forecasting
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Due Diligence
- Business Development
- Business Process Improvement
- Project Management
- Strategic Planning
- Budgeting
- Legal Documents
- Legal Research
- Operations Management
- Microsoft Office
- Management
- Strategy
- Legal Writing
- Litigation
- Telecommunications
- Board Relations
- Lotus Notes
- Corporate Law
- Board Presentations
- Leadership
- Mergers & Acquisitions
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