Toby Bell, a former vice president of Gartner Research and internationally recognized enterprise content management expert, has joined Litera® (www.litera.com), a provider of Collaborative Content Lifecycle Management solutions (CCLM) and risk mitigation for many of the world’s leading law firms and corporations. Bell’s new title is executive vice president.

“Toby Bell is a world renowned authority whose deep understanding of the business case for content management is a valuable asset for Litera and our customers,” said Deepak Massand, Litera’s CEO. “We are honored that Toby has selected Litera as his new professional home and look forward to his contributions toward our continued growth.”

At Gartner, Bell covered technologies and trends in enterprise content management, business process management, and content strategy, valuation, mining and analytics. He was also involved with both AIIM and ILTA. Before joining Gartner he spent nearly 10 years with Arthur Andersen where he was a senior manager and director focused on technology consulting and legal practice management. He was responsible for identifying business problems and related emerging technology solutions that resulted in the highest immediate cost recovery for clients; coordinating and communicating global research and testing efforts related to advanced and emerging technologies; and setting direction for the firm’s technology architecture. Previous to that he was a manager at Ernst & Young.

“I’m excited to join Litera and help bring more light to a great story,” said Bell. “The longstanding focus on customer satisfaction, products, market opportunities, and commitment to partnerships are testimony to its leadership position in an emerging content market. Great intellectual property coupled with an inspiring vision drew me to join Deepak’s team.”

At Litera, Bell will be a member of the executive committee with responsibilities for strategic planning, marketing, alliances and business development.