Rochelle Blease
Senior Vice President of Business Development

Rochelle Blease is senior vice president of Business Development for Wolters Kluwer's Financial & Compliance Services, where she is responsible for strategic and business development planning, as well as the acquisition strategy for the company. She reports directly to the chief executive officer of Wolters Kluwer Financial & Compliance Services.

Blease has had a broad range of leadership roles since joining Bankers Systems, Inc. (which was acquired by Wolters Kluwer) in 1993. She has held several senior level roles in software product development, software sales, marketing, segment management and market research. She also led business case development for many organic growth projects in banking, mortgage, insurance and securities, as well as the company’s global expansion initiative.

She was promoted to vice president in 2003 and currently heads the development of the company’s rolling three-year growth plan, and is responsible for the development and execution of the company’s acquisition strategy. She has evaluated more that 150 potential acquisitions and has completed a number of small and mid-size deals, including VMP® Mortgage Solutions, PCi, GulfPak, AppOne and FRSGlobal.  Over the past eight years she has served in this role, the company has tripled the size of its portfolio and has expanded its global footprint to serve customers in six continents and more than 100 countries.

Prior to joining Bankers Systems, Inc./Wolters Kluwer Financial Services, Blease was an attorney in private practice with a focus on commercial and real estate litigation, and bankruptcy, representing secured creditors (financial institutions).

Blease holds a Juris Doctorate, magna cum laude, from California Western School of Law, and a bachelor of science from North Dakota State University.