Our mission is to transform contracts from static agreements into powerful drivers of growth.

Agiloft GC Kristin Knox Esche is a longtime advocate for legal operations whose passion for modernizing legal work began early in her career when 70 hard drives landed on her desk during a white collar criminal investigation. She most recently served as Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel at Mitsubishi HC Capital America, Inc., leading legal operations and legal strategy for equipment finance and Equipment-as-a-Service programs. She previously spent more than a decade at Deere & Company, including in the Office of the Corporate Secretary supporting SEC reporting, corporate governance, and capital markets transactions, before serving as Associate Chief Counsel for Product & Innovation at John Deere Financial. She holds a J.D. from UC Law San Francisco (f/k/a Hastings College of the Law), an M.A. in Women’s Studies from The Ohio State University, and a B.A. from the University of California, San Diego.

Allan has more than 10 years of experience in Finance and Business Operations, with much of that time within the Enterprise SaaS industry. Prior to Agiloft, Allan was Sr. Director of Business Operations at Zuora, and before that he was Director of Sales Operations at Conga (formerly Apttus). Allan started his career in Private Equity and Investment Banking at LaSalle Investment Management and Credit Suisse in Latin America. Allan holds an MBA from INSEAD in France, and a BA in Financial Management from Tecnológico de Monterrey in Mexico. Allan is a CFA® Charterholder. He is fluent in English, Spanish, and has advanced command of French. He is also an avid world traveler.

Gordon has 25 years leadership experience in professional services, program management, and training. Prior to joining Agiloft, Gordon was VP of Professional Services Delivery at Okta and before that, VP of Global Client Management at Appirio. Gordon has experience from VC-funded software startups to global software public companies. He is passionate about customer success and advocacy as well as building motivated and empowered teams to enable customer success. Gordon holds a Degree is Business.

Jim has worked in the European legal market his whole career, initially as a corporate and commercial lawyer in law firms, and then in-house, and latterly in various strategy, operational, and go-to-market roles serving the needs of risk, compliance, contracts, and legal professionals with market-leading information and software solutions. Prior to joining Agiloft, Jim was responsible for the go-to-market strategy of the Thomson Reuters Legal business in Europe and managed the Thomson Reuters court case management and electronic filing software business in the UK. Jim has managed legal and contract management teams in global businesses, driving service improvements through contract standardization, developing negotiation playbooks and governance matrices, and delivering legal intake processes. He is passionate about changing the operating model for justice, legal services, and contracting through designing better services that meet the needs of end users and optimize people, processes, and technology to focus on the rights jobs at the right time and unlock new insights through data when working digitally.

Myles is passionate about helping customers achieve successful outcomes, working closely with hundreds of corporations using SaaS solutions for over 10 years. He has been featured in webinars and conferences, leading discussions about how legal technology can be leveraged to better serve companies and how companies can better serve their customers. Prior to joining Agiloft, Myles was the Director of Client Success for Thomson Reuters Legal Tracker (Serengeti). Before that, he practiced law. Myles holds a JD and MBA from Seattle University and a BA from Brigham Young University.

Noe Ramos is VP of AI Operations at Agiloft, where she founded and leads the company’s internal AI transformation function across all departments. She works at the intersection of technology, organizational behavior, and human systems design, building the infrastructure that makes AI actually useful inside complex organizations. Her philosophy, humans on the loop, holds that AI should sharpen human judgment, not replace it. With a PsyD in Forensic Psychology and 25+ years in technology leadership, Noe brings a rare lens to enterprise AI: one grounded in how people actually think, decide, and change.

With over 17 years of product development experience, Christian leads engineering at Agiloft. Prior to joining Agiloft, Christian worked on complex projects at startups and international corporations in the global IT, cloud computing, and telecommunications markets. Christian specializes in driving strategy and bringing innovations to market. He holds an MSc in International Strategic Marketing from the University of Reading.

May brings more than 8 years of finance and administration experience to Agiloft. Prior to Agiloft, May oversaw operations at companies across different industries. She facilitates Agiloft’s rapid growth by streamlining operations and retaining world class talent. Her efforts drive process efficiency, increase customer satisfaction and grow the bottom line. She holds an MBA in Marketing from San Francisco State University.

Steven brings more than 15 years of experience in Sales and Pre-Sales with much of that time working in the SaaS space. Prior to Agiloft, Steven was part of the Sales Engineering leadership team at Conga (formerly Apttus) where he was also the CLM Solution Lead. Before Apttus, Steven spent 4 years at Ariba (an SAP Company) and Sciquest (now Jaggaer) focusing on eProcurement Business Development and Sales. At Agiloft, Steven is focused on developing a world class Solution Engineering team to lead our Global Pre-Sales efforts. Steven studied Business Administration at Lee University and holds a BBA in Economics from Kennesaw State University. He is also a polyglot (English, French, Haitian Creole, and Spanish) and has a passion for youth development.

Agiloft CPO Jason Barnwell is a technology industry veteran with more than 25 years of experience building and advising on enterprise software solutions. Before joining Agiloft, he served as General Manager and Associate General Counsel at Microsoft, where he led digital transformation and legal operations initiatives and advised global Cloud and AI businesses. Jason previously practiced at Cooley LLP and began his career as a software engineer. He serves on the boards of the Pacific Science Center and Eastside Preparatory School. He holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from MIT and a J.D. from the University of Southern California.

Joe brings more than 20 years of leadership in enterprise software and revenue growth, including recent experience as CRO at financial services software company, iPipeline. Prior to that, he served in senior sales leadership at Zuora and Software AG, where he led North American field and enterprise sales teams, driving impressive revenue growth across multiple verticals. Yurich began his career building enterprise solutions in the healthcare and technology sectors, developing a proven track record of scaling high-performing teams and delivering customer-first outcomes.

Angel has worked in the software industry for the last 12 years, most recently as the Executive Vice President of Finance for data-security platform Protegrity USA, Inc., where she led Accounting, Financial Planning & Analysis, and Information Security. Prior to her tech tenure, Angel worked in the banking industry for nine years and in public accounting for four years. She held positions with MasterControl, Inc., Ernst & Young, UnitedHealthcare, Volkswagen, and Morgan Stanley. Angel is a certified public accountant and earned a master’s degree from the University of Utah. She is based in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Nicole brings more than 25 years of experience leading marketing, business development, and partner & alliance teams for some of the world’s most successful enterprise technology companies. Most recently as Chief Marketing Officer at FinancialForce (now Certinia), Nicole led all global marketing efforts including strategy, revenue marketing, marketing communications, brand growth, and customer voice. Additionally, she oversaw the company’s Salesforce alliances organization with a focus on collaborative marketing. During her tenure at Oracle, she ran go-to-market, field engagement, and business development programs that drove demand through sales-specific requirements and alignment. Before that, she led analyst relations for SAP and began her career in a sales role at Gartner. Nicole holds a master’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a bachelor’s degree from Lafayette College in Pennsylvania.

Agiloft CTO, John Pechacek, is a software industry veteran with over 30 years of experience building innovative enterprise technology products that are highly configurable, scalable, and secure. Prior to Agiloft, John was CTO at Velocity Solutions, where he led technology development and operations for an industry leading SaaS data analytics platform and applications delivered to hundreds of financial institutions serving millions of account holders. While serving as VP of Engineering at PayScale, John led B2B engineering of the SaaS platform and applications used by companies of all sizes, including many in the Fortune 100, to manage compensation programs for millions of employees. John has also led software product development teams at SAS Institute, IBM, and start-ups. He received a BS in Computer Science from the University of Minnesota. John enjoys playing guitar and outdoor water activities with family.

Agiloft CEO, Eric Laughlin, has over a decade of leadership experience running legal software and tech-enabled services business serving Fortune 1000 clients. Prior to Agiloft, Eric was the global leader of Legal Managed Services at Ernst & Young, LLP. His organization, including the Pangea3 and Riverview Law teams, provided EY clients with technology and service solutions in the contracts, e-discovery, and compliance domains globally. Before EY, he was managing director of the Corporate Segment within Thomson Reuters, responsible for information, software, and service offerings for corporate legal departments. His career at Thomson Reuters included posts as general manager for Serengeti (e-billing & matter management software), consultant in the Global Strategy function, and marketing leadership roles. Eric earlier worked in marketing at 3M, and sales & business development at About.com. He began his career as a consultant for the Parthenon Group. Eric has an MBA from the Kellogg School at Northwestern University and a bachelor’s degree from Duke University. He lives in the Seattle area, and is an avid runner and skier.