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Jeff Hodge is currently Executive Director, Corporate at doeLegal, a legal software and services company based in Wilmington, Delaware. Responsible for corporate-facing legal software business focusing on legal spend and matter management, and Legal Enterprise Collaboration for Global Fortune 500 legal departments.

Prior to joining doeLegal, Jefgf was a Director at Hildebrandt Baker Robbins & Company, a division of Thompson Reuters serving corporate legal departments and law firms.

An industry veteran with two decades of experience, Jeff’s leadership has been instrumental to introducing the concepts of "the business of law" and "managing with metrics and technology" to general counsel and management. His market leadership and vision have been instrumental in the development of the legal e-billing and spend management marketplaces in both the US and Europe.

A tireless advocate for e-invoicing standardization and efficiencies, Jeff led the creation of the Legal Electronic Data Exchange Standard (LEDES) in 1998. He founded the LEDES Oversight Committee (LOC) and was the LOC's representative to the United Nations,

Jeff also founded the Uniform Task Based Management System (UTBMS) Initiative, an organization devoted to updating, internationalizing and supplementing UTBMS. He often speaks, writes and presents on topics related to corporate legal technology and law department management. He has also testified before the U.S. Congress on the importance of privacy and security in the digital age.

Prior to joining Hildebrandt Baker Robbins, he was co-founder and VP, Senior Director EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) at DataCert, Inc.. Before helping to found DataCert Jeff worked in technology and management consultation for PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and as a legal administrator inside of a Global Fortune financial services company.

SpecialtiesMarket and business development, marketing, the business of law, globalization, standards building, global implementation and change management, international business development