In this episode of Meeting of the Minds - The Legal AI Podcast, hosts Hal Marcus and Memme Onwudiwe sit down with Donovan Bell, Senior Director and Head of Global Operations for Corporate Affairs, Policy, Integrity, Trade, and Legal at Intel, to discuss how Intel’s legal operations team is navigating organizational change and AI adoption simultaneously.

What You'll Learn:

• Why agentic AI requires a decision architecture before deployment
• How to foster healthy skepticism in AI adoption
• The four essential qualities to hire for in legal ops talent
• How to balance aggressive AI adoption with human psychology
• Why orchestration drives meaningful transformation
• How to apply agile frameworks to legal ops innovation
• Why contract lifecycle management becomes your competitive intelligence engine

About the Guest:

Donovan Bell is Senior Director and Head of Global Operations for Corporate Affairs, Policy, Integrity, Trade, and Legal at Intel, bringing over 15 years of experience in technology-driven organizational transformation. With a background spanning Microsoft, Walmart, and other Fortune 500 companies, Donovan specializes in orchestrating intelligence across legal operations, AI adoption, and people-centric change management. He also serves on the Board of the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium (CLOC) and co-chairs the Inclusion and Social Impact Council, while also teaching as an adjunct professor and program director in project management.

• Donovan Bell on LinkedIn
• Intel Website
• Hal Marcus on LinkedIn: Hal Marcus
• Memme Onwudiwe on LinkedIn: Memme Onwudiwe

Theme music: "Load" Copyright © 1996 by Hal Marcus.

What if your contracts could become a strategic asset instead of a bottleneck? In this episode of Meeting of the Minds - The Legal AI Podcast, hosts Hal Marcus and Memme Onwudiwe sit down with Anthony Tacker, Director of Procurement and Risk at FlexGen, to explore how purpose-built legal AI is transforming contract management, accelerating deal cycles, and enabling smarter risk mitigation.

What You'll Learn:

• How to reduce contract analysis time from days to hours using purpose-built AI
• The key differences between generalized AI models and specialized legal AI and why it matters for risk and compliance
• Proven strategies for embedding tariff protections and adapting to shifting government policies
• How to structure an effective procurement-legal partnership for faster, more accurate outcomes
• Methods to identify and mitigate multi-party contract risks across large contract portfolios
• Why AI is enabling a shift from hourly billing to value-based pricing models in legal and procurement services

About the Guest:

Anthony Tacker is the Director of Procurement and Risk at FlexGen and an accomplished project management executive and business operations leader. With extensive experience managing complex, multi-million-dollar capital projects and service contracts, Anthony has built a reputation for driving operational excellence and delivering measurable business results.

He has successfully led global teams and negotiated high-value, multi-year contracts across North America, Aruba, the Netherlands, and Venezuela, building strong relationships with top-tier heavy industry clients. Known for turning around underperforming operations, Anthony combines strategic vision with hands-on leadership to improve performance, mitigate risk, and accelerate growth.

Episode Resources

• Anthony Tacker on LinkedIn
• FlexGen Website
• Workday Contract Management: Website
• Hal Marcus on LinkedIn: Hal Marcus
• Memme Onwudiwe on LinkedIn: Memme Onwudiwe

Theme music: "Load" Copyright © 1996 by Hal Marcus.

• How to balance centralized data governance with democratized AI innovation
• Why API and Model Context Protocol (MCP) integration is now non-negotiable
• The "Start Simple, Impact-Driven" framework for AI implementation
• How to position Legal Ops as a strategic thought partner, not a delivery function
• Why contract data is a multi-stakeholder goldmine
• The critical importance of finding internal champions and managing tech debt

• Olivier Plummer on LinkedIn: Olivier Plummer
• Coinbase Website
• Workday Contract Management: Website
• Hal Marcus on LinkedIn: Hal Marcus
• Memme Onwudiwe on LinkedIn: Memme Onwudiwe