articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . march 2011 mindcrest mindcrest type private industry outsourced legal services founded 2001 area served worldwide website mindcrest.com mindcrest inc. is a legal services provider also known as legal process outsourcing or lpo headquartered in chicago illinois united states with operations in india . 1 mindcrest specializes in litigation support contracts compliance and legal research legal analytics and real estate . mindcrest s clients are international law firms and fortune 1000 corporations . 2 mindcrest was the first company to offer outsourced legal services from india . 3 in 2007 2008 2009 and 2010 mindcrest was recognized as an industry leader . 4 5 6 contents 1 history 2 corporate initiatives 2.1 data security 3 corporate affairs 3.1 low employee turnover 3.2 diversity in the workforce 3.3 key people 4 recognition 5 alliances 6 see also 7 references 8 further reading 9 external links history edit mindcrest was founded by ganesh natarajan 7 george hefferan 8 teju deshpande 9 and rohan dalal . 10 natarajan was a partner at international law firm mcguirewoods llp who frequently traveled to india and in 2001 he asked his colleague at the firm hefferan to launch mindcrest and the first third party outsourcing legal services company from india ensued . 11 they asked dalal an entrepreneur who was experienced in operations in india and in outsourced services and deshpande an it and process expert 12 to bring their expertise to the new venture . in 2006 mindcrest received 4 million in funding from talon asset management . 13 14 mindcrest opened its pune facility in 2007 15 and moved to an expanded mumbai facility in 2009 . also in 2009 mindcrest launched its real estate group . 16 mindcrest now has offices in the following locations chicago illinois mumbai india pune india san francisco california washington d.c. new york new york corporate initiatives edit data security edit mindcrest received its iso 27001 2005 certification for its pune facility in 2009 . corporate affairs edit low employee turnover edit mindcrest s attrition rates are in the single digits . the company has a recruiting process to ensure it hires employees that fit the environment . it retains its employees by offering a performance driven non hierarchical learning culture . 17 diversity in the workforce edit mindcrest has more than 60 % women in its workforce of more than 600 people . women have been the majority at mindcrest since its inception . 18 key people edit members of mindcrest s board of directors william e. wolf 19 coo talon asset management 20 manish kothari 21 president and co founder of alphasmart inc. walter freedman 22 previously coo of wheels inc. and previously ceo of yoplait usa ganesh natarajan 23 president and ceo mindcrest inc. george hefferan 24 vice president sales and general counsel mindcrest inc. recognition edit 2007 ranked top 5 lpo vendor by the black book of outsourcing . 25 won the frost & sullivan 2007 growth strategy leadership award for legal process outsourcing . 26 listed as frontrunner in valuenotes industry report . 27 2008 ranked top 5 lpo vendor by the black book of outsourcing . 28 ranked in the international association of outsourcing professional s list of the global outsourcing 100 . this list includes companies such as ibm infosys accenture eds hewlett packard and wipro . 29 nominated in the top 75 in 2008 by chicago innovation awards . 30 previous winners include motorola abbott laboratories sara lee united airlines walgreen co. and feedburner . 2009 ranked top lpo vendor by the black book of outsourcing 31 won the frost & sullivan 2009 global core legal services excellence in outsourcing award 5 ranked in the international association of outsourcing professional s list of the global outsourcing 100 . this list includes companies such as ibm infosys accenture eds hewlett packard and wipro 32 nominated in the top 40 in 2009 by chicago innovation awards . 33 previous winners include motorola abbott laboratories sara lee united airlines walgreen co. and feedburner . 2010 listed on short list of 8 lpos by hyperion research . 6 alliances edit mindcrest was selected by the association of corporate counsel acc as the legal process outsourcing company in its acc alliance program . 34 see also edit business process outsourcing in india cyber security standards iso iec 27001 offshoring outsourcing international organization for standardization list of iso standards references edit your legal solutions leader mindcrest . mindcrest.com . barlyn suzanne . call my lawyer ... in india time 3 april 2008 . lpos gaining from turmoil msn india october 2008 . offshoring legal services to india valuenotes july 2007 . a b frost & sullivan presents the 2009 customer value enhancement awards frost & sullivan 18 december 2009 . a b legal process outsourcing lpo vendor list hyperion research 8 january 2010 . your legal solutions leader mindcrest . mindcrest.com . your legal solutions leader mindcrest . mindcrest.com . your legal solutions leader mindcrest . mindcrest.com . your legal solutions leader mindcrest . mindcrest.com . sachdev ameet . law firms slow to outsource chicago tribune 19 january 2004 . perez juan carlos . google to reveal apps enhancements pc world 8 june 2009 . https www.talonmanagement.com mindcrest secures 4m investment from talon asset management prweb march 2007 . mindcrest launches new facility in pune business line 24 april 2007 . mindcrest launches global real estate due diligence group . team of experienced attorneys to provide abstracting and analysis for real estate transactions worldwide prweb june 2009 . gupta vinita . the right cultural fit express computer december 2009 . shah vishaal . corporates bet on fairer sex the times of india 8 may 2007 . your legal solutions leader mindcrest . mindcrest.com . https www.talonmanagement.com talon web me.get web.websections.show & ms1215 862 wwolf your legal solutions leader mindcrest . mindcrest.com . your legal solutions leader mindcrest . mindcrest.com . your legal solutions leader mindcrest . mindcrest.com . your legal solutions leader mindcrest . mindcrest.com . the black book of outsourcing 2007 . theblackbookofoutsourcing.com . your legal solutions leader mindcrest . mindcrest.com . offshoring legal services to india an update . sourcingnotes.com . the black book of outsourcing 2008 . theblackbookofoutsourcing.com . the 2008 global outsourcing 100 iaop website . your legal solutions leader mindcrest . mindcrest.com . mindcrest named top legal process outsourcer in black book of outsourcing 2009 india law journal 2009 . the 2009 global outsourcing 100 iaop website . 2009 finalists acc alliance . acc.com . further reading edit danny ecker 2010 the legal industry s new look chicago business today steven r. strahler 2010 new law firm reality the changes rocking the legal profession will outlast the recession crain s sheri qualters 2009 flextime among the new criteria for clients evaluation of law firms law.com george hefferan and colleen mcgill 2009 link the benefits of legal outsourcing acc docket george hefferan 2009 link new financial regulations will increase compliance burdens the national law journal kate o sullivan 2008 trials and tabulations cfo magazine suzanne barlyn 2008 call my lawyer ... in india time sandra guy 2007 outsourcing the lawyers chicago sun times ann meyer 2007 for starters firms turn to india chicago tribune moushumi anand 2006 legal research growing globally daily herald kevin g. hall 2005 more complex jobs moving offshore knight ridder newspapers tom mcghee 2005 legal industry sees more work sent offshore denver post bill myers 2005 cost cutting pushes lawyer jobs overseas chicago daily law bulletin jennifer fried 2004 outsourcing reaches corporate counsel corporate counsel david ferrara 2004 offshoring may come but growth slow for legal work chicago lawyer jill schachner chanen 2004 moving to mumbai more firms are outsourcing support services to india . will legal work be next aba journal ellen l. rosen 2004 corporate america sending more legal work to bombay new york times geanne rosenberg 2004 offshore legal work makes gains the national law journal external links edit mindcrest official website iso 27001 and iso 27002 user group iso 17799 and iso 27001 wiki retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title mindcrest & oldid 742713523 categories outsourcing companieshidden categories orphaned articles from march 2011all orphaned articlespages using infobox company with unsupported parametersofficial website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to 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