Hello, my name is Mary Ryan.
I’m a Legal Operations Professional and Solution Architect based in Melbourne, Australia.
I’m currently available for consulting or contract engagements.
I practiced law in a traditional sense for 15 years as a property and contracts lawyer.
Then I discovered legal operations, legal document and process automation.
It was an exciting new direction to my career and one that combined my tech skills with my legal experience.
Automating the production of legal and non-legal documents (and/or processes) enables Legal teams to scale particular types of work without the need to bring in new personnel. Don’t have the tools or skills to automate? Talk to me about how I can help. I’ll look at the tools you already have in your stack or assist you to explore other avenues. Legal and non-legal automation
Quality solution design for legal document and process automation based on my extensive experience as a property and contracts lawyer and as a developer in no-code solutions. Solutions are rightsized to the problems.Solution design
I have designed, collaborated, developed and authored a broad range of solutions, including for legal, regulatory and administrative automated processes and documents. Talk to me about what you need.Solution authoring
A deep understanding of “the problem” is required for effective problem solving. The problem may be defined differently by different stakeholders. Aligning a solution to the expectations of a client or a business is invaluable.What problems are you trying to solve?Problem solving
Data provides invaluable insights that can assist with work prioritisation, risk assessment, project and spend management, and many other things. Talk to me about how you can use data to better understand your team, and tell the stories that matter to your clients.Data and analytics
Knowledge and information management
Too often, knowledge and information is lost or buried in unreachable or hard-to-find places (or - least usefully - in emails). This increases the load on the individual to find useful information, refer to work previously done, or trying to find the right person to speak to. Talk to me about how you can better manage and share your knowledge / retain the knowledge of your team.