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Executive Team
We work hard. We work smart. Our executive team leads a group that
includes Rhodes Scholars, Harvard and Yale law grads, Wharton MBAs,
award-winning graphic designers, brainiac techies, skilled writers and even
a Kellogg Business School professor. Put our brainpower to work for you, and
we'll give you the design and technical know-how of a seasoned marketing and
technology group, plus the insight gained from years of creating business
development solutions for our clients.
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 | Swati Agrawal
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Miguel Cruz
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| Janice Ugaki
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Swati Agrawal
Swati has worked for some of the most successful professional services companies in the world, helping them improve their competitive positioning and grow market share. Firmseek clients benefit from Swati's intimate knowledge of the outsourcing patterns of large corporations and the competitive landscape within the professional services sector. Notably, she was a recent contributor to "A More Perfect Union: Extracting Greater Value Through Improved Outside Counsel Relationships," a General Counsel Roundtable publication by the Corporate Executive Board.
A recognized marketing and technology innovator, Swati has frequently been asked to join leading experts in addressing technology and business development issues before various groups. She has addressed the University of Virginia E-commerce Program, The Legal Times in-house counsel forum, the National Legal Marketing Association (as well as local chapters), the Indian CEO High Tech Council and the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association.
Swati spent many years as an attorney at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, a large New York law firm. While there, she served on the recruiting committee and was active in client development matters. She has held top leadership positions in organizations such as the Indian American Bar Association and Yale Law School, and received various recognitions, including the Outstanding Pro Bono Lawyering Award from the Florida Supreme Court. Swati is an alumnus of MindShare, an invitation-only program for business leaders from the most promising high-tech companies in the DC area. Swati received a J.D. from Yale Law School and a B.A. with high distinction and high honors in Economics from the University of Michigan.
Janice Ugaki
As a leader in the marketing and technology field, Janice Ugaki has addressed numerous local chapters of the Legal Marketing Association and the Association for Legal Administrators regarding best technology practices for marketing to clients and recruits. She frequently joins leading experts in addressing technology and business development issues, most recently testifying on Capital Hill before the National Foundation of Women Legislators, Communications, Media and IT Policy Committee.
Janice has provided marketing strategy assistance to numerous law firms, associations and consulting firms across the country. She has worked with clients on a broad range of integrated marketing and technology matters, including web site development, automated proposals, electronic newsletters, automated print materials, database structures and extranet development. Janice has been profiled in several publications, including The Legal Times and the Harvard Law Bulletin, and has contributed articles on a variety of legal marketing topics to Strategies, LegalBiz Online, The Sugarcrest Report and the LawMarketing Portal.
Before joining Firmseek, Janice lectured at Harvard Law School, designed and taught courses at Harvard College, and worked in the corporate departments of law firms in Tokyo, New York, San Francisco, Boston and Salt Lake City. Janice received her J.D. from Harvard Law School and was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University. She graduated summa cum laude from the University of Utah in Finance and Political Science.
Miguel Cruz
Miguel brings a tremendous depth of technological knowledge and experience to Firmseek clients. Building on ten years of experience managing web servers and developing interactive online applications, Miguel has been active in web development since the release of the first graphical browser in 1993. Miguel has developed software and built networking infrastructure for numerous companies, including IGC, a pioneering international Internet service provider. He has provided web, networking and design consulting for clients worldwide, including Time, SmartMoney, the Wall Street Journal, News Corporation, NatWest and Wells Fargo. Prior to joining Firmseek, he managed web infrastructure development, content planning and formulated policy for webmasters at the National Institutes of Health, an institution with one of the most accessed web sites in the world. Having worked directly with numerous Firmseek clients, Miguel brings a valuable depth of understanding as to how to best apply Internet applications to meet our clients' marketing and communication needs.
In recognition of Miguel's technical expertise, Addison-Wesley, a publisher of computer books, selected him to serve as a technical reviewer. Miguel's work with the Internet has also taken him around the world. On assignment for the U.S. Department of State, he analyzed the impact of the Internet on Saudi Arabia. Miguel's talents have been widely recognized, earning - among other awards - several prestigious Gold Circles from the Columbia School of Journalism's annual national review of print design. Miguel holds an M.A. from Yale and a B.A. from the University of Michigan.
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