As the ghost of Christmas past did for Ebenezer Scrooge, I would like to take you back in time, back to the year 1818, and back to the year that the business you now call LexisNexis was formed.
In 1818 Christmas wasn’t recognised as a holiday by most businesses, gifts weren’t shared, cards weren’t sent and brightly decorated trees did not brighten up our living rooms. In fact, in the early 1800s Christmas played second fiddle entirely to the New Year. Fast forward to the early 1840s and the first Christmas cards started to appear thanks to Sir Henry Cole and courtesy of the latest technology in the printing world. The Industrialisation of the Victorian period created greater prosperity particularly in the middle classes who had the income to afford presents and decorations.
The technology that arose enabled the mass production of tree ornaments, the first Christmas Crackers and a new national infrastructure which enabled those goods and people to travel around more easily. Like Christmas, LexisNexis has flourished because of technological advancement. Starting with the revolution in printing of our early legal publications through to the use of Artificial Intelligence to aid the delivery of legal process and knowledge in the twenty teens. As we stand on the threshold of 200 years for LexisNexis I wonder what the ghost of Christmas Yet to Come will be able to tell us about the future of our solutions and how they might help you in the years to come.
Stay in touch with us in 2018 with our events, magazines and webinars to find out more.
Happy Christmas All. Simon
About the Author: Simon Farthing
Simon leads the Go-To-Market (GTM) function at LexisNexis® Enterprise Solutions with overall responsibility for the Sales, Business Development, Marketing, Sales Operations & Client Engagement Teams. Simon is responsible for ensuring that we develop and enhance our customer relationships and grow our presence within our chosen markets, helping our valued clients gain greater value from their investment with us.
Experience
Simon has been with LexisNexis for six years. He has worked on a number of key strategic client growth programmes leading our Client Engagement Team across the Enterprise Solutions portfolio. He has also acted as Global Account Director for some of our largest international clients. He is a qualified Lawyer, Project Manager and Business Analyst. Simon has over twenty years’ experience in the legal services sector and spent many years of his career practicing law within a number of notable regional practices and subsequently headed IT, Development and Comms for a Top 100, 450 user Law Firm, in his time there implementing Lexis Visualfiles, Microsoft CRM, iManage, Bighand, Artiion and Aderant solutions, to name a few.
Other Hobbies/areas of interest
Simon is a competitive sailor, a technology addict, a motorsports enthusiast and enjoys spending time outdoors with his family.
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