In her current role as Director of Practice Services, Katherine Lowry leads BakerHostetler’s legal research and development team: IncuBaker. This service helps lawyers and clients navigate the intersection of digital business, emerging technology, and law. She manages transformational technology initiatives, such as augmentation of legal services using AI and intelligent automation, increasing enterprise data maturity and data literacy, developing smart legal contracts, and the delivery of information and research services. Most notably, Katherine has led the team in extensive analysis and market research to identify issues that can be automated for business post-signature, using new technology to streamline operations and improve client services. Katherine is regularly called on to share her expertise with organizations including ILTA, AALL, ALA, LEI, and her self-created Blockchain Cincinnati Meetup Group, which has nearly 400 members. She has been recognized as ILTA’s 2019 Thought Leader of the Year as well as PLLIP-SIS’s 2019 Innovative Professional of the Year.