{"id":53046,"date":"2026-03-10T16:12:29","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T16:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solifi.wpenginepowered.com\/news\/solifi-appoints-kevin-smith-chief-legal-officer\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T17:32:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T17:32:03","slug":"solifi-appoints-kevin-smith-chief-legal-officer","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.solifi.com\/de\/news\/solifi-appoints-kevin-smith-chief-legal-officer\/","title":{"rendered":"Solifi Appoints Kevin Smith as Chief Legal Officer to Strengthen Global Governance and Support Next Phase of Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Veteran legal executive brings more than 25 years of experience guiding high-growth tech companies through complex transactions, compliance and global expansion.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Solifi, a global provider of secured finance software solutions, today announced the appointment of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/kevinsmith15\/\">Kevin Smith<\/a> as Chief Legal Officer (CLO). In this role, Kevin will manage global legal strategy, corporate governance, regulatory compliance and risk management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Smith brings more than 25 years of experience as a trusted advisor to high-growth and global technology companies on complex and strategic matters across transactions, governance, risk and compliance. He joins Solifi from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jaggaer.com\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.jaggaer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">JAGGAER<\/a>, a global leader in enterprise procurement and supplier collaboration, where he served as general counsel and led global legal operations and compliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prior to JAGGAER, Kevin held senior legal leadership roles at Red Hat, including through the company\u2019s acquisition by IBM, one of the largest software acquisitions in history. Earlier in his career, he practiced corporate law at WilmerHale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cKevin is a proven legal leader who combines strategic business judgment with deep transactional and governance expertise,\u201d said Dan Corazzi, CEO of Solifi. \u201cHis experience guiding complex global organizations through growth, transformation and private equity transitions will be instrumental as Solifi continues to scale and strengthen our position as the trusted partner in secured finance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Smith expressed enthusiasm about joining Solifi at a pivotal moment in its growth: \u201cSolifi built a strong foundation as a global technology partner in secured finance. I look forward to helping the company scale responsibly, navigate complexity and support its next phase of growth.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This appointment reflects Solifi\u2019s ongoing investments in leadership to support Solifi\u2019s ongoing growth, platform innovation and operational excellence across North America, EMEA and APAC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Solifi strengthens leadership with Kevin Smith as Chief Legal Officer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":53044,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","inline_featured_image":false},"blog_category":[1278],"class_list":["post-53046","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","blog_category-all"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.8 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Solifi News | Solifi Appoints Kevin 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