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Carter Named CEO and President of ALM
ALM, publisher of Law Journal Newsletters has named Bill Carter its president and chief executive officer.
Carter, 44, is a veteran of the legal information services industry. He was most recently a senior vice president at Thomson Reuters, where for two years he led the Small Law Business Unit. In that role, Carter oversaw services for law firms of 1 to 29 attorneys, including publications, software and legal research products.
Carter has also been a senior executive at LexisNexis, legal technology company Epiq Systems, consulting firm Gerson Lehrman Group, and events and marketing firm GES Exposition Services. From 1997 to 1999, he was a consultant with Bain & Co.
Charles Siegel, ALM's nonexecutive chairman, said Carter's varied experience positions him well to lead the company, which provides news and business information to the legal and real estate industries.
'Bill has a rich blend of strategic and operational skills that make him the ideal candidate for ALM,' Siegel said. 'His leadership experiences in business serving our markets, especially with digital transformations, product development and value creation, will help accelerate ALM's further growth and profitability. His sharp focus on the customer will be the framework for us going into the future.'
Carter has a master's degree in business from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, a master's degree in computer science from Georgia Institute of Technology and a bachelor's degree in computer science from Tulane University.
Carter said ALM will continue its migration toward digital platforms to serve a customer base that has been expanding its online and mobile capabilities.
'ALM is one of the most highly regarded business franchises in the U.S legal industry, producing and distributing unique, must-have information, news and reference content,' Carter said. 'I'm excited to assume the leadership of a media company that has transformed into a digitally focused enterprise providing value-added business information to its customers, and I look forward to working with the talented team of professionals at ALM to continue to drive strong growth of the company going forward.'
Carter replaces William Pollak, who served as president and chief executive officer from 1998 until last month.
Karen Sloan writes for ALM Media. She can be reached at [email protected].
ALM, publisher of Law Journal Newsletters has named Bill Carter its president and chief executive officer.
Carter, 44, is a veteran of the legal information services industry. He was most recently a senior vice president at Thomson Reuters, where for two years he led the Small Law Business Unit. In that role, Carter oversaw services for law firms of 1 to 29 attorneys, including publications, software and legal research products.
Carter has also been a senior executive at
Charles Siegel, ALM's nonexecutive chairman, said Carter's varied experience positions him well to lead the company, which provides news and business information to the legal and real estate industries.
'Bill has a rich blend of strategic and operational skills that make him the ideal candidate for ALM,' Siegel said. 'His leadership experiences in business serving our markets, especially with digital transformations, product development and value creation, will help accelerate ALM's further growth and profitability. His sharp focus on the customer will be the framework for us going into the future.'
Carter has a master's degree in business from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, a master's degree in computer science from Georgia Institute of Technology and a bachelor's degree in computer science from Tulane University.
Carter said ALM will continue its migration toward digital platforms to serve a customer base that has been expanding its online and mobile capabilities.
'ALM is one of the most highly regarded business franchises in the U.S legal industry, producing and distributing unique, must-have information, news and reference content,' Carter said. 'I'm excited to assume the leadership of a media company that has transformed into a digitally focused enterprise providing value-added business information to its customers, and I look forward to working with the talented team of professionals at ALM to continue to drive strong growth of the company going forward.'
Carter replaces William Pollak, who served as president and chief executive officer from 1998 until last month.
Karen Sloan writes for ALM Media. She can be reached at [email protected].
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