Vishal Anand
SVP Contracts & Compliance
Mindcrest
Vishal serves as the Senior Vice President Contracts Management and Compliance
Practice at Mindcrest, actively engaging with clients to provide subject matter expertise in
implementing contracts and compliance solutions with the integration of emerging
technologies.
Prior to Mindcrest, Vishal was a director with Thomson Reuters. During his time in this
role, Vishal worked closely with Fortune 500 General Counsel, Law Department Managers, and Legal COOs to develop strategic roadmaps for enhancing various areas of their legal operations, including contract lifecycle management, outside counsel management, e-discovery, and regulatory compliance. Vishal also advised on legal aspects of Fund maintenance, operating agreements, and general corporate governance within the Legal and Compliance Division of Credit Suisse. He has extensive experience in designing, implementing, and measuring performance of end-to-end CLM solutions.
Vishal holds an LL.B. from Government Law College, Mumbai and an LL.M. from
Columbia Law School.
Katie Harvalis
Director of Delivery
Mindcrest
Katie Harvalis is a Director of Delivery at Mindcrest, serving as the lead for multiple
initiatives, including a technology tool identification process and implementation plan and an internal general data privacy compliance initiative focused on GDPR, cyber risk, and client contract risk. She manages multiple complex contract abstraction projects as well as a project involving surveillance of proposed state legislation within Mindcrest’s Legal Analytics practice area.
Before joining Mindcrest, Katie worked as a Manager of Client Services where she
oversaw large teams involved in complex litigation for Fortune 200 companies across various industries, including pharmaceutical, banking, and oil and gas. She also managed an e-discovery team of over 300 attorneys involved in billion-dollar oil and gas litigation. Prior to assuming this role, she was an Associate Attorney at Smith & Weik after working as a Project Manager at Donovan & Watkins.
As a result of her years of experience, Katie’s areas of expertise include litigation,
technology, early case assessment process creation, artificial intelligence/predictive coding, and process improvement focused on lean and Six Sigma project management principles.
Katie earned her law degree from Northern Illinois College of Law after completing her
undergraduate degree from the University of Iowa.
Jared Correia
CEO
Red Cave Law Firm Consulting
Jared D. Correia, Esq. is the CEO of Red Cave Law Firm Consulting, which provides business management consulting services to law firms and bar associations. Red Cave also advises startup companies and existing companies wishing to reach the legal vertical. Jared is a recognized subject matter expert on law firm management. He is a regular speaker for local, state and national bar associations and lawyers’ organizations and consistently writes for national legal publications, including Above the Law.