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Wolters Kluwer Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC), which provides market leading governance, risk and compliance solutions to legal and financial professionals, has appointed Jonah Paransky to the position of Executive Vice President and General Manager of its ELM Solutions business. ELM Solutions provides enterprise software solutions that facilitate workflow and collaboration across the legal community – connecting corporate legal departments and insurance claims organizations to their trusted law firm partners.

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Jonah Paransky, EVP and GM of Wolters Kluwer's ELM Solutions (Photo: Business Wire)

“More than ever, corporate legal professionals are achieving efficiencies and making smarter decisions by leveraging advanced technology and analytics,” said Richard Flynn, CEO of Wolters Kluwer GRC. “Jonah brings deep software industry leadership experience along with an intimate understanding of the challenges that legal operations professionals face everyday. His experience in enterprise legal management will make an immediate impact in accelerating the growth of ELM Solutions.”

Paransky brings nearly twenty years of experience in B2B software general management, product management and marketing, with a proven record of accomplishment in bringing new products to market. He has held several senior leadership roles with LexisNexis, including Vice President and Managing Director, Product Management of their Business of Law Software Solutions and Managed Technology Services group. Paransky was most recently the CEO of SkyTouch Technology, a Software as a Service (SaaS) provider of property management systems for hotels. At SkyTouch, he led the development of the firm’s comprehensive market, business and sales strategies.

“This is an exciting and transformative period for the legal technology industry,” said Paransky. “I am thrilled to join an organization that is a market leader in enterprise legal management solutions, with a rich history as the industry’s most innovative software and solutions provider. I look forward to ensuring that ELM Solutions continues to offer cutting edge products and best-in-class service to help make our customers successful as the legal services market continues to evolve.”

Paransky graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the School of Engineering and Applied Science and a B.A. in Economics from the College of Arts and Sciences.

About Wolters Kluwer Governance, Risk & Compliance

Wolters Kluwer Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) is a division of Wolters Kluwer which provides legal, finance, risk and compliance professionals and small business owners with a broad spectrum of solutions, services and expertise needed to help manage myriad governance, risk and compliance needs in dynamic markets and regulatory environments.

Wolters Kluwer N.V. (AEX: WKL) is a global leader in information services and solutions for professionals in the health, tax and accounting, risk and compliance, finance and legal sectors. Wolters Kluwer reported 2016 annual revenues of €4.3 billion. The company, headquartered in Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands, serves customers in over 180 countries, maintains operations in over 40 countries and employs 19,000 people worldwide.

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