Kirk and his team at M&A Insurance Solutions built ContractsCompare in 2019 using natural language processing (NLP), artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning (ML). ContractsCompare was originally released under the name M&A EasyReader and was a finalist in the “LegalLaunch: Product Innovation Competition” at AmLaw Media’s Legalweek Conference held in February 2020.
Kirk is a serial entrepreneur and deal-maker who is passionate about building InsurTech (www.RW-Exchange.com) and LegalTech (www.ContractsCompare.com) solutions for the greater M&A markets.
Prior to M&A Insurance Solutions, Kirk was a Senior Vice President and Leader of the Transaction Risk / M&A Insurance practice at Equity Risk Partners (a Hub International Company). Prior to Equity Risk Partners, Kirk spent 7 years in Aon, most recently helping build the Aon Transaction Solutions team, the first U.S. retail brokerage firm to focus on delivering M&A insurance solutions to private equity, legal and corporate clients.
Kirk was a recipient of the Annual 40-Under-40 M&A Advisor Recognition Awards for his contribution to the overall M&A community through structuring representations and warranties insurance solutions. He has been a speaker/panelist/author for numerous contributions, including the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) and LexisNexis Practice Advisor.
Kirk graduated with an MBA in IT Strategy and Finance from Bentley University.
