Pratik Patel

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Mr. Pratik Patel is a Co-Founder of Elevate Services and serves as its Vice President of Innovation. He is a Founding Member of Buena Vista Angels. He served as Vice President, Business Development and services at RFx Legal. He leads Elevate's consulting practice focused on the design, development, and delivery of practical solutions to help corporate law departments and government agencies reduce legal spending and help law firms improve profitability through the use of value-based pricing (AFAs). Patel joined Elevate as part of the acquisition of RFx LEGAL Analytics in 2012, prior to which he served as a founding member and partner at RFx LEGAL, a leading provider of legal spend management, analytics, and sourcing intelligence solutions, which he led from inception to becoming a recognized legal spend management provider. Prior to RFx LEGAL, he served as a senior managing consultant at Huron Legal, where he played a key role in the rapid growth of Huron's Legal consulting practice. During his time at Huron Legal, Patel worked closely with Fortune 500 General Counsel, Law Department Managers, and Legal Finance Managers to develop strategic roadmaps for enhancing various areas of their legal operations, including outside counsel management, law firm sourcing and selection, legal matter management, e-billing, contract lifecycle management, legal holds, e-discovery, and document management.