CLOC Member Spotlight: Matt Rubbelke

03/07/2025 | Comment

The CLOC Member Spotlight series profiles the incredible individuals within our community who are driving transformation in legal ops. Each spotlight provides inspiration, fosters connections, and gives readers a chance to learn more about their peers. By sharing these stories, we celebrate the diverse voices and talents that make CLOC a vibrant and connected community.

March 2025 Member Spotlight: Matt Rubbelke

Matt Rubbelke is the Senior Vendor Strategy and Governance Management Associate at Google and also serves as a CLOC community leader for CLOC New York. Keep reading to learn more about Matt.

About me:

I oversee Google’s Outside Counsel and Legal Vendor spend management initiatives (including negotiating commercial agreements and supporting scope, budget setting, and ongoing matter management for Google’s most critical matters). Prior to joining Google, I worked at an AMLaw 100 firm in Pricing and Legal Project Management. I leverage my firm experience in my role to enhance the relationship between Google and our vendors. My passion for this industry is fueled by my genuine curiosity/desire to improve legal service delivery models, law firm pricing structures, technology within the legal landscape, and the legal industry at large.

Why I love being a CLOC member:

I love that CLOC provides a forum to connect, commiserate, and solve problems collectively with peer legal ops professionals.

My advice for other legal ops professionals:

No matter what position you are in within your department, keep a pulse on your company’s docket. Be proactive by staying up to date through newsletter alerts, browser alerts, internal communications, townhalls, etc. Let this inform your strategies and initiatives. 

A fun fact about me:

Google’s Street View Car snapped a pic of me while I was walking my dog down the street. I’m barely visible (black shirt, walking east), but it’s a point of pride: https://maps.app.goo.gl/eULKAQwZxNzaG7pY9

CLOC Member Spotlights provide an opportunity to showcase members within our community who are making a difference in their organizations, in their CLOC groups, within the CLOC community and/or the industry as a whole. Do you know of a really cool thing a CLOC member is doing? We invite you to nominate a member of the CLOC Community for a future feature in the CLOC Member Spotlights Series.

CLOC Member Spotlight: Donovan Bell

02/10/2025 | Comment

The CLOC Member Spotlight series profiles the incredible individuals within our community who are driving transformation in legal ops. Each spotlight provides inspiration, fosters connections, and gives readers a chance to learn more about their peers. By sharing these stories, we celebrate the diverse voices and talents that make CLOC a vibrant and connected community.

February 2025 Member Spotlight: Donovan Bell

Donovan Bell is the Head of Legal, Trade & Government Affairs Operations at Intel.  Donovan also serves as a founding member of the CLOC Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) Council and leads the council’s CLOC Cares work group. Keep reading to learn more about Donovan.

About me:

My background buds out of technology, procurement, and operations across all facets of business with large enterprises such as Boeing, Microsoft, Walmart, Doosan Bobcat, and currently at Intel where I serve as the Head of Legal, Trade & Government Affairs Operations.

While aiming to be the driving force behind seamless, efficient, and innovative operations, I’ve found a home in Legal Operations with the added endeavor to elevate the industry leveraging my background and experiences to “lift as I climb” and help others who also serve on the front lines as business enablers. 

I’ve learned the importance of never burning bridges as community is small and the professional network that results has been one of the most fulfilling in my career.

Why I love being a CLOC member:

CLOC provides a voice and identity to those of us who have served in the ambiguous role as business enablers. Through forums, webinars, and resources, we tap into key traits like adaptability, continuous learning, and innovative thought leadership. CLOC fosters growth through its diverse community, unique backgrounds, perspectives, and skill sets. It’s hard not to grow when being a part of the CLOC community!

My advice for other legal ops professionals:

Leverage this community network to try new ideas and learn from each other. Many of us have similar challenges and experiences, and by sharing our insights, we can all grow and succeed together.

A fun fact about me:

Many of the leadership skills I’ve developed over the years can be attributed to my experience as a proud homeschooling father of 10 children. It’s fascinating to see the parallels between parenting and delivering world-class operations!

CLOC Member Spotlights provide an opportunity to showcase members within our community who are making a difference in their organizations, in their CLOC groups, within the CLOC community and/or the industry as a whole. Do you know of a really cool thing a CLOC member is doing? We invite you to nominate a member of the CLOC Community for a future feature in the CLOC Member Spotlights Series.

CLOC Member Spotlight: Dorothy Cullen

01/16/2025 | Comment

The CLOC Member Spotlight series profiles the incredible individuals within our community who are driving transformation in legal ops. Each spotlight provides inspiration, fosters connections, and gives readers a chance to learn more about their peers. By sharing these stories, we celebrate the diverse voices and talents that make CLOC a vibrant and connected community.

January 2025 Member Spotlight: Dorothy Cullen

Dorothy Cullen is the Senior Director of Legal Operations at Salesforce, as well as a community leader for the CLOC San Francisco Bay Area. Keep reading to learn more about Dorothy.

About me:

I’m incredibly grateful to be a member of the Legal Ops community, and a part of the exciting transformation happening in the legal industry today. I joined Legal Ops 5 years ago after a long career in IT, and have now fully embraced the pleasure of working in a business function, side by side with our legal stakeholders, delivering high value solutions. I’ve been at Salesforce for over 19 years, experiencing massive change, growth, product innovation, acquisitions, and technology disruption. 

As a Legal Ops leader, I have managed eDiscovery, data science, CLM, and our broad portfolio of projects. I have an exceptionally talented Innovation Delivery team that delivers next gen solutions for Legal and Corporate Affairs. We build on our own platform, integrating with partner apps and other cloud providers. 

I am now fully focused with that Innovation Team to accelerate our business into an AI-Agentic way of working, leveraging our Agentforce technology and data to architect the future of legal within a digital workforce. 

Simply amazing and fun!

Why I love being a CLOC member:

I was introduced to CLOC through my manager at a local holiday event, then at CGI in Vegas post-COVID. I was immediately impressed by the warm welcoming, friendly attitude and sharing environment. It was simply incredible to be in a room with like-minded professionals, facing the same challenges, having the same questions, evaluating the same technologies and operational improvements that we were also going through. I found I could easily “geek out” on legal tech for hours with other legal ops colleagues at all levels, industries and tenure. I love having CLOC as the home base for all things Legal Ops. It’s the place to share, learn, network, advance your career and have fun!

My advice for other legal ops professionals:

Get out there and be active on the community. Attend events. Network with people. Volunteer to speak or facilitate a session. It’s the broad perspectives and backgrounds that make this a rich, interesting and valuable place to engage. It’s also a great way to stay abreast of trends, technologies, and news in the industry.

A fun fact about me:

I recently took a 10-week sabbatical in October-November of last year, a benefit that is supported by our company based on years of service. I decided to stay involved in my profession, so took a GenAI for Legal course at Berkeley, attended Legal Ops webinars and forums, and kept an eye on the industry. 

During that pause, I traveled with my husband for a month, re-landscaped our yard and spent quality time with family and friends. Priceless.

CLOC Member Spotlights provide an opportunity to showcase members within our community who are making a difference in their organizations, in their CLOC groups, within the CLOC community and/or the industry as a whole. Do you know of a really cool thing a CLOC member is doing? We invite you to nominate a member of the CLOC Community for a future feature in the CLOC Member Spotlights Series.

CLOC Member Spotlight: Neil Cook

12/06/2024 | Comment

The CLOC Member Spotlight series profiles the incredible individuals within our community who are driving transformation in legal ops. Each spotlight provides inspiration, fosters connections, and gives readers a chance to learn more about their peers. By sharing these stories, we celebrate the diverse voices and talents that make CLOC a vibrant and connected community.

December 2024 Member Spotlight: Neil Cook

Neil Cook is the Legal Operations Director at Computershare. An active member of CLOC Australia, Neil also served as faculty for the Legal Ops 101 workshop at the 2024 APAC Summit. Keep reading to learn more about Neil.

About me:

I started my working life as a construction engineer, followed by many years in facilities management – which is how I ended up finding my way to working for Freehills in Australia, where I spent 15 years in both facilities and in a commercial management role in the corporate practice group.

As a result of being made redundant in 2016, I was fortunate that through my network I landed a legal operations role with an in-house team – one of the first in the Australian market at that time – and the rest, as they say, is history.

If I reflect on my career, especially as it relates to legal ops, you never know what’s around the corner and having a diverse background and set of skills really helps if you want to move into ops. Also, cultivating and valuing a good network is all important.

Why I love being a CLOC member:

As mentioned above, having a good network is very important. Not just from the perspective of it being a potential pathway to finding your next role, but most importantly because you can never have all the answers. To be successful and grow, you need to surround yourself with great people – people who are better at some things than you, and the CLOC Community gives you an opportunity to do that. The willingness of the community to share knowledge and experience is second to none, and I am incredibly grateful for those in my network for their patience and insights.

My advice for other legal ops professionals:

Find ways to push yourself outside of your comfort zone. If I think about those times in my career where I have grown the most, both professionally and personally, it has always come when I’ve been at my most uncomfortable. This could be through taking on a new project, building knowledge in an unfamiliar area, or tackling that interpersonal skill that you know you are weak on.

A fun fact about me:

I originally came from England where they don’t have many 50m swimming pools. So, when I had been living in Australia for a few years and thought it was a good idea to take up triathlons (as you do), I jumped into my local 50m pool and subsequently nearly drowned about 25m into my first training lap. But a few years later, I went on to complete three IronMan races where the first leg is a 3.8 kilometer swim. Through discomfort comes growth!

CLOC Member Spotlights provide an opportunity to showcase members within our community who are making a difference in their organizations, in their CLOC groups, within the CLOC community and/or the industry as a whole. Do you know of a really cool thing a CLOC member is doing? We invite you to nominate a member of the CLOC Community for a future feature in the CLOC Member Spotlights Series.

CLOC Member Spotlight: Guilherme Tocci

11/18/2024 | Comment

The CLOC Member Spotlight series profiles the incredible individuals within our community who are driving transformation in legal ops. Each spotlight provides inspiration, fosters connections, and gives readers a chance to learn more about their peers. By sharing these stories, we celebrate the diverse voices and talents that make CLOC a vibrant and connected community.

November 2024 Member Spotlight: Guilherme Tocci

Guilherme Tocci serves as the Head of Global Legal Operations at Wellhub (formerly Gympass). He is a founding group leader for CLOC Brasil. Keep reading to learn more about Guilherme.

About me:

I am the Head of Global Legal Operations at Wellhub and am also a founding leader of CLOC Brasil. I’ve worked in legal tech and in the law firm setting, and have also authored 3 books on Legal Ops, Creativity and Innovation. Prior to the launch of CLOC Brasil, I helped to co-create the Brazilian legal ops community that we referred to as CLOB.

Why I love being a CLOC member:

CLOC has a lot of amazing content about Legal Ops. Having a clear reference to the ‘north star’ of legal ops with the Core 12 wheel is great to reduce anxiety when starting out in legal ops, and to have a guide to structure your maturity in each of the functional areas. Additionally, the international networking through CLOC is invaluable – networking with countries and regions that are more developed in ops and to understand varying maturity levels from a global perspective is key.

My advice for other legal ops professionals:

Be open to collaborating and co-creating. What makes people more and more engaged with legal ops is the power of communities. It transforms organizations, legal structures, and people’s career & lives.

A fun fact about me:

After this year’s CLOC Global Institute (CGI 2024), I got married in Las Vegas and my wife and I celebrated afterward by going to a Rolling Stones concert.

CLOC Member Spotlights provide an opportunity to showcase members within our community who are making a difference in their organizations, in their CLOC groups, within the CLOC community and/or the industry as a whole. Do you know of a really cool thing a CLOC member is doing? We invite you to nominate a member of the CLOC Community for a future feature in the CLOC Member Spotlights Series.