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Oradores Biografias Kasim Alfalahi é vice-presidente sênior e diretor de IP da Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson. Alfalahi ingressou na Ericsson em 1995 como gerente de produtos de direitos de propriedade intelectual. Ele estava particularmente envolvido em patentes R D relacionadas com as normas. Ao fazê-lo, ele foi pioneiro no conceito de patentes como ativos de negócios dentro da empresa. Em 1999, Alfalahi foi nomeado diretor de licenciamento de patentes. Neste papel, que ocupou até assumir a sua posição actual em 2005, foi um contribuinte chave para a transformação do patenteamento da Ericsson de uma actividade limitada e distribuída para uma parte integrante do negócio global. Os direitos de propriedade intelectual e as receitas de licenciamento agora atraem US $ 1 bilhão de receita anual líquida. A carteira de patentes da Ericsson compreende mais de 30.000 patentes emitidas. Alfalahi recebeu seu mestrado em engenharia e gerenciamento pelo Link Ping Institute of Technology, Suécia. Ele fala árabe, inglês, espanhol e sueco. Robert Aronoff é sócio-gerente da Pluritas, uma empresa líder em estratégia e transações de PI com sede em San Francisco, Califórnia. Aronoff conta com mais de 25 anos de atuação em empresas da Fortune 500, empresas de consultoria em estratégia de negócios e tecnologia e empresas líderes de pequeno porte em empresas públicas. Ele trabalhou como consultor executivo ou de gerenciamento na Sun Microsystems (agora parte da Oracle), Eastman Kodak, Microsoft, Coopers Lybrand e Peat Marwick. O Sr. Aronoff também atuou como diretor-executivo fundador do Digital Imaging Group, um consórcio industrial que contava com o apoio financeiro e técnico da Kodak, Fuji, Canon, Intel, HP, IBM, Adobe, Agfa e Microsoft. Em várias de suas posições anteriores, ele foi responsável pelo desenvolvimento de estratégia de produtos e tecnologia e padrões relacionados, bem como patente de licenciamento e out-licenciamento. Ele fornece aos seus clientes uma visão profunda sobre o que facilita e impede valores de ativos de IP, além de fortes habilidades de negociação e contatos. Geoffrey Barker é COO e co-fundador da RPX Corporation. Antes de co-fundar o RPX, Barker foi vice-presidente de licenciamento da Intellectual Ventures (IV), onde ele e John Amster - CEO e co-fundador da RPX - compartilhavam a responsabilidade pela estratégia de desenvolvimento e licenciamento do portfólio de software IV. Anteriormente, Barker foi fundador, presidente e CEO da Vigilos, Inc, que desenvolveu uma plataforma para controlar e gerenciar os sistemas de segurança física das grandes empresas. Antes de fundar Vigilos, Barker foi co-fundador e co-CEO do The Cobalt Group, e ocupou cargos em trading, pesquisa e banca de investimento com a Kidder, a Peabody Company, a Salomon Brothers Inc ea Piper Jaffray Incorporated. Em junho de 2012, Barker foi o destinatário do prêmio Empreendedor do Ano do Ernst Young para o norte da Califórnia. O Sr. Barker é MBA da Universidade de Columbia e tem uma licenciatura em Economia pela Tufts University. Keith Bergelt é o CEO da Open Invention Network (OIN), empresa colaborativa que permite a inovação em código aberto e um ecossistema cada vez mais vibrante em torno do Linux. A OIN habilita e defende o Linux, por meio de seu programa de licenciamento de patentes e de esforços como o Linux Defenders (linuxdefenders). Antes de ingressar na OIN, o Sr. Bergelt atuou como CEO de dois fundos de hedge formados para desbloquear o considerável valor patrimonial da propriedade intelectual em empresas de médio porte. Ele arrecadou mais de US $ 300 milhões nessas empresas, ao mesmo tempo em que financiou empresas de carteiras centradas em IP de importantes patrocinadores financeiros. O Sr. Bergelt serviu previamente como um conselheiro sênior à divisão do investimento da tecnologia em Texas Pacific Group. Ele também chefiou desenvolvimento de negócios, propriedade intelectual e licenciamento da Cambridge Display Technology. Além disso, ele estabeleceu e atuou como gerente geral da unidade estratégica de gestão de ativos intelectuais e diretor de estratégia tecnológica da Motorola. Ele é palestrante freqüente em estratégia corporativa, finanças e gestão de IP. Ira Blumberg é vice-presidente de propriedade intelectual da Lenovo. Suas responsabilidades incluem supervisionar o licenciamento e gerenciamento do portfólio de patentes da Lenovo. Antes de ingressar na Lenovo, Blumberg era executivo de licenciamento da Intellectual Ventures, focada principalmente no Japão. De 2004 a 2010, ele foi vice-presidente de licenciamento da Rambus, onde negociou, redigiu e fechou contratos de licenciamento de patentes com valor superior a US $ 1,5 bilhão. Antes de ingressar na Rambus, o Sr. Blumberg foi diretor de licenciamento da Intel, onde negociou, redigiu e fechou o contrato de licença de patente entre a Intel ea LG Electronics, que se tornou a base do processo da Suprema Corte dos EUA. Também trabalhou na prática privada em Hughes Hubbard e Reed e em Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich Rosati. O Sr. Blumberg tem um JD da Universidade da Virgínia e um BS e MS da Universidade da Pensilvânia, em ciência aplicada e ciência da computação, respectivamente. Russell Boltwood é responsável por todos os aspectos operacionais e estratégicos da função jurídica do IP Transpacífico, incluindo a supervisão dos profissionais jurídicos internos e externos da empresa, a gestão de assuntos jurídicos corporativos e jurídicos gerais, o design de portfólio de IP, as estratégias de aquisição, licenciamento e monetização. Antes de ingressar na Transpacific IP, Boltwood era advogado da firma de advocacia Dillingham Murphy, LLP, com sede em São Francisco, onde assessorou empresas grandes, de médio porte e emergentes no que diz respeito a assuntos corporativos, de capital de risco, transacionais, de propriedade intelectual e desenvolvimento de negócios, Com ênfase na China, Brasil e outras economias emergentes. Membro da Ordem dos Advogados do Estado da Califórnia, Boltwood é reconhecido como Executivo de Licenciamento Certificado pela Licensing Executives Society e autor de vários artigos publicados sobre propriedade intelectual, governança corporativa e assuntos de inteligência competitiva. Ele também é bacharel em economia pela Universidade da Califórnia, em Berkeley. Jim Brelsford é o vice-presidente sênior de licenciamento de IP da SanDisk Corporation, líder global em soluções de sistemas de memória Flash, com receita de US $ 5,6 bilhões em 2011. Os produtos da SanDisk incluem drives de estado sólido para consumidores e no mercado corporativo, memória embutida em telefones celulares e ultrabooks e cartões de memória de câmera e telefone celular. A SanDisk licenciou sua propriedade intelectual há mais de 10 anos e gerou mais de US $ 2 bilhões nos últimos cinco anos em licenças e royalties. O Sr. Brelsford também serve como o oficial legal principal de SanDisk e foi nomeado o melhor conselho geral em Silicon Valley em 2010 pelo San Francisco Business Times eo San Jose Business Journal. Crystal Chen é sócio da Tsai, Lee Chen com sede em Taipei, Taiwan. Ela é admitida para praticar tanto na China continental como no Estado de Nova York nos Estados Unidos. A Sra. Chen iniciou a sua actividade em matéria de PI em 1996. Ela aconselha as empresas a processar a PI, a aplicar e a resolução de litígios transfronteiras. Possui vasta experiência na gestão de carteiras de marcas internacionais e assessoria em estratégias de litigação e negociação de liquidação em disputas de patentes e marcas registradas. Ela é uma escritora prolífica e palestrante, e constantemente fornece aos clientes com as atualizações sobre as leis de PI e práticas relacionadas com Taiwan e China. Ms Chen tem um LLB de Taiwan e um LLM em propriedade intelectual da Universidade de New Hampshire School of Law, anteriormente Franklin Pierce Law Center. Ela é membro do comitê da American IP Law Association e da IP Owners Association. Campbell Chiang é consultor de patentes da Qualcomm, Inc, onde seu papel atual inclui o apoio aos esforços do departamento de patentes da Qualcomm na China. Antes de ingressar na Qualcomm em 2010, Chiang estava em consultório particular com os escritórios de advogados Perkins Coie, LLP em Menlo Park, Califórnia e Kenyon Kenyon LLP em Nova York. Chiang é graduado em Direito pela Faculdade de Direito da Universidade Duke (2004) e licenciado em Ciência da Computação e Engenharia pela Universidade da Califórnia, Los Angeles (2001). Ele é admitido para a prática em Nova York e Califórnia, e perante o Escritório de Patentes e Marcas dos EUA. Kenneth Choy é um parceiro de Hong Kong em Edwards Wildman Palmer. Sua prática é ajudar os clientes a desenvolver, proteger e alavancar ativos intangíveis através da criação de portfólio, licenciamento, alianças estratégicas, aumento de capital e fusões e aquisições. Ele ajudou empresas de start-ups para multinacionais a crescer sua carteira de ativos intangíveis por mais de 25 anos. O Sr. Choy graduou-se da Universidade Estadual de San Francisco e obteve seu diploma de Direito da Northeastern University School of Law. Ele é admitido como advogado de Hong Kong e advogado em Nova York e Califórnia. Ele tem exercido a profissão privada nos Estados Unidos e em Hong Kong. Foi co-fundador de uma empresa de tecnologia e atuou como conselheiro geral nos Estados Unidos e na Ásia. Bill Coughlin começou como engenheiro elétrico trabalhando em um laboratório de pesquisa desenvolvendo baterias para veículos elétricos. Juntou então o chicote de fios, Dickey Pierce ao atender à escola de lei na noite. Após muitos anos como um sócio em chicote de fios, Dickey Pierce, Coughlin juntou-se Chrysler como seu conselho principal da marca registrada. Ele tornou-se consultor-chefe de patentes um ano depois, e trabalhou por um tempo em Stuttgart para a DaimlerChrysler como seu chefe legal IP. Hoje, Coughlin é presidente e CEO da Ford Global Technologies. Como tal, ele é responsável por todas as questões de PI em todo o mundo para a Ford Motor Company e suas subsidiárias. Ele também é membro do conselho de diretores da IP Owners Association e professor adjunto na Thomas M Cooley Law School em seu LLM programa de propriedade intelectual. Phil Davies é um advogado de patentes europeu e um parceiro no Lago Haseltine, com ampla experiência em uma ampla gama de física e tecnologias baseadas em comunicação. Ele trabalha com clientes que vão desde empresas FTSE 100 e Fortune 500 até pequenas e médias empresas inovadoras, oferecendo um processo eficaz de acusação de patentes e consultoria estratégica sobre IP. Davies ingressou no Lago Haseltine depois de 14 anos em um cargo de advogado interno na QinetiQ, uma organização formada por vários laboratórios de pesquisa do governo do Reino Unido, onde foi responsável pela estratégia de IP para vários grupos empresariais. Sua experiência se estende do trabalho com empresas spin-out para o gerenciamento de grandes carteiras de IP. Além de arquivar e processar patentes, o Sr. Davies trabalhou na elaboração de estratégias de PI, agricultura de invenção, paisagismo de patentes, due diligence IP e acordos de exploração de PI. Ele é membro do grupo Haseltine Lake s China, com foco em questões de PI relacionadas à China. Paul Fehlner é diretor de propriedade intelectual da Novartis Pharma. A equipe de IP é responsável pela obtenção e aplicação dos direitos de propriedade intelectual dos produtos Pharma s. A equipe atua como arquitetos IP, trabalhando para construir um portfólio holístico de IP. Isso inclui patentes, marcas registradas, exclusividades regulatórias e outros direitos de PI. Fehlner ingressou na Novartis em 2008, do escritório de advocacia Baker Botts, onde se especializou em aconselhamento em PI e planejamento estratégico nas indústrias de produtos farmacêuticos, biotecnologia e dispositivos médicos. Fehlner tem mais de 22 anos de experiência em Direito de Propriedade Intelectual, incluindo sete anos como sócio em Darby Darby, bem como trabalho anterior como consultor de biotecnologia para Rhone-Poulence Rorer e como associado da empresa de IP boutique Klauber Jackson. Ele começou sua carreira como um escriturário no grupo de biotecnologia e farmacêutica em Pennie Edmonds. Fehlner é bacharel em Química pela Haverford College, doutorado em imunologia e bioquímica pela Universidade Rockefeller e JD pela Fordham University School of Law. John Flock, sócio da Kenyon Kenyon LLP e co-presidente da firma elétrica / mecânica / informática, é um advogado de patentes de alta patente cuja experiência tem gerado prêmios de conquistas profissionais, elogios de Legal 500 e Benchmark e repetido American Law Journal Top Júri Veredicto reconhecimento. Flock combina mais de 20 anos de experiência em litígios de patentes com nove anos de serviço como ex-procurador de Nova York para litigar intensas batalhas legais surgidas nos fóruns mais populares para litígios de patentes, incluindo a Comissão de Comércio Internacional (ITC) . Flock oferece aos seus clientes o melhor em litígios de patentes com base em sua educação técnica, técnicas de ensaio e conhecimentos de tecnologia informática obtidos a partir de experiência na concepção e implementação de sistemas de computador. Ele recentemente atuou como advogado principal da Sony Corporation contra a LG Electronics em cinco litigios de alto perfil dos EUA (incluindo dois casos de ITC), e aconselha sobre a estratégia de litigio da Sony em cinco países asiáticos e europeus. Michael Friedman é diretor-gerente da OceanTomo, a empresa de banco de capital intelectual. Friedman gerencia a prática de investimentos para a empresa, que inclui a banca de investimento, a gestão de ativos ea pesquisa de investimentos. Além disso, Friedman supervisiona as colaborações empresariais da OceanTomo na China, especificamente a publicação do Índice 200 IP dos EUA e da China e o desenvolvimento do Centro de Serviços IP, em colaboração com uma importante bolsa de valores chinesa. O US-China 200 IP Index é o primeiro índice mundial baseado no valor da propriedade intelectual dos EUA e da China e é negociado na Bolsa de Valores de Nova York. O Centro de Serviços IP prestará serviços de facilitação de transferência de tecnologia, incluindo avaliação de IP, assessoria e execução de transações. O Sr. Friedman é membro do conselho de administração da Intellectual Property Exchange International, a primeira bolsa financeira mundial focada em IP e professor de Direito na Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Chicago. Horacio Guti rrez é vice-presidente corporativo e vice-conselheiro geral responsável pelo grupo mundial de IP da Microsoft. Nesta qualidade, o Sr. Guti rrez é responsável pelo portfólio mundial de IP da empresa - incluindo todas as suas patentes, direitos autorais, marcas comerciais e segredos comerciais - e para o desenvolvimento e execução da estratégia global de IP da empresa. O Sr. Guti rrez foi anteriormente sedeado em Paris, França, onde foi conselheiro geral associado da Microsoft para a Europa, Oriente Médio e África, supervisionando todos os assuntos legais, regulatórios e assuntos governamentais para a região. O Sr. Guti rrez é formado e tem exercido o direito em direito civil e jurisdições de common law. Graduou-se em Direito pela Faculdade de Direito de Harvard, onde participou como bolseiro Fulbright, JD summa cum laude pela Universidade de Miami e pós-graduação e pós-graduação pela Universidade Católica em Caracas, Venezuela. Ian Harvey foi CEO da BTG plc de 1985 a 2004 e presidente do IP Institute de 1999 a 2011. Ele recebeu seu diploma em ciências mecânicas da Universidade de Cambridge e trabalhou na indústria antes de realizar um MBA na Harvard Business School, após o qual trabalhou para O Banco Mundial na Ásia e África. Suas posições atuais incluem co-diretor e professor de curso na Tsinghua Business School (Pequim) IP Center adjunto professor na Escola de Negócios Imperial College, Londres conselheiro para o Northern Exchange Mercado de Tecnologia, Tianjin, China e um companheiro da Universidade de Nottingham. Ele é membro fundador da International IP Strategists Association e tem atuado em muitos outros conselhos internacionais e organizações consultivas, inclusive como presidente do Comitê Consultivo de PI do governo do Reino Unido (2001-2005). Ele está atualmente envolvido com o desenvolvimento da propriedade intelectual na China e está pressionando para que a propriedade intelectual seja ensinada como parte da estratégia em programas de escolas de negócios globalmente. Peter Holden é vice-presidente sênior de investimentos e aquisições da IPValue Management, Inc - uma empresa de licenciamento de patentes da Goldman Sachs / General Atlantic. Anteriormente, foi fundador e chefe do IP Investment Group da Coller Capital Ltd, uma empresa de private equity com mais de US $ 13,5 bilhões sob administração. Holden é amplamente reconhecido como pioneiro na alavancagem da propriedade intelectual como uma classe de ativos financeiros e, em 2011, foi reconhecido pela revista Intellectual Asset Management como uma das 50 principais pessoas influentes em propriedade intelectual. Sua experiência incluiu posições sênior na Panasonic no Japão, University Patents em Westport, Connecticut e Invisible Hand LLC em Nova York (um fundo de risco IP que ele fundou e liderou). Ele tem diplomas do Reino Unido e do Japão, e é um membro sênior da Wharton. Ele também aconselhou os governos do Reino Unido, da Coreia e dos EUA sobre a transferência de tecnologia ea formação de fundos soberanos. Antes de ingressar na Isis, Xiaowei Hu trabalhou para os Institutos de Tecnologia Avançada de Shenzhen da Academia Chinesa de Ciências. Com experiência em química e gestão de negócios, Hu tem desempenhado papéis em transferência de tecnologia, desenvolvimento de negócios e cooperação internacional por quatro anos. Ele gerenciou uma carteira de parceiros industriais e acadêmicos, incluindo Huawei, Tencent, Skyworthy, 999, Midea, ADSC, I2R e UBC. Ele se qualificou com mestrado em pesquisa educacional e economia de negócios internacionais de KU Leuven, e está envolvida na pesquisa em transferência de tecnologia e empreendedorismo inovador. Yuliang Huang é um gerente profissional com mais de 15 anos de experiência de gestão na indústria de cuidados de saúde (biofarmacêutica) em todo o Pacífico. Ele tem um histórico no início de negócios e gestão de empresas farmacêuticas nos Estados Unidos, Hong Kong e China, principalmente nas áreas de desenvolvimento de novos produtos e registro, marketing, vendas e desenvolvimento de negócios. Dr Huang é o fundador e CEO da DHY e fundador e CEO da Generon (Shanghai) Corporation, uma subsidiária da DHY. Zarif Imam juntou-se ICEBERG Capital Partners em 2011 como chefe de relações com clientes. Seu papel principal é o desenvolvimento de negócios e gerenciamento de relacionamentos de clientes-chave da empresa com compradores e vendedores. Antes de ingressar no ICEBERG, o Sr. Imam passou quase seis anos na ZTE Corporation como chefe global de financiamento com a responsabilidade de levantar capital para a ZTE e seus clientes na equipe de financiamento de clientes. De 1987 a 2006, Imam trabalhou para vários bancos em Londres, especializando-se no setor de telecomunicações, mídia e tecnologia. Durante esse período, ele trabalhou com as principais empresas de telecomunicações e tecnologia globalmente, assessorando-as na captação de capital. Shinji Ina é o gerente geral da aliança IP e departamento de licenciamento da Sony Corporation. Ele tem décadas de experiência no campo do IP e atualmente é responsável pela estratégia de IP para empresas de eletrônicos em todo o grupo de empresas da Sony, incluindo produtos de computação pessoal, audiovisual, de jogos e móveis. Ina tem não só uma vasta e vasta experiência na gestão de negociações transacionais bilaterais e litígios de patentes para a Sony, mas também tem sido ativo na liderança de um esforço de toda a indústria para criar novas estruturas e preventivas para efetivamente resolver uma crescente diversidade e complexo De IP. Tom Irving tem 36 anos de experiência em direito de propriedade intelectual em Finnegan s Washington DC e escritórios belgas. Sua prática inclui a devida diligência, acusação de patente, reedição, re-exame, interferências e aconselhamento (incluindo pré-contencioso), listas de patentes de Orange Book de medicamentos aprovados pela Food and Drug Administration (FDA), violação, Os campos químicos / farmacêuticos e litígios. Irving também atua como perito em litígios de patentes e esteve envolvido em vários litígios nos tribunais distritais dos EUA. Ele também esteve envolvido em questões de saúde pública e segurança relacionadas com a preparação de petições de cidadãos perante a FDA. Irving é professor principal do curso de Práticas de Patentes Químicas do Grupo de Recursos de Patentes (PRG). Ele também originou PRG s Orange Book e Due Diligence cursos. Além de lecionar em escolas de direito nos Estados Unidos e na China, Irving tem lecionado no Escritório de Patentes do Escritório de Propriedade Intelectual da República Popular da China. Pat Kennedy é o fundador e presidente da Cellport Systems, sediada nos EUA. Desde o início da Cellport em 1993, a empresa tem se concentrado em projetos avançados de conectividade e garantiu patentes essenciais no mercado de veículos conectados. Principais fornecedores de veículos como a Motorola, Continental e Harman lideram a lista. Kennedy possui 14 patentes e liderou a obtenção de dezenas de licenças e parcerias catalisadas pelas patentes telemáticas da Cellport. Em outubro de 2009, o primeiro livro de Kennedy, IdeaJacked, foi publicado. Kennedy é bacharel em Economia pela Universidade de Buffalo e atua em diversos conselhos públicos e privados. Johnson Kong é vice-presidente executivo e diretor da região Ásia-Pacífico na IP. Ele tem experiência em propriedade intelectual, negócios internacionais e tecnologias. O Sr. Kong é um especialista reconhecido na criação e implementação de estratégias de PI. Ele ajudou empresas multinacionais públicas e privadas a criar e implementar estratégias robustas de PI para apoiar os objetivos de negócios, como instituir boas práticas, superar barreiras à entrada no mercado, aumentar as margens de produto e de serviço, criar redes de distribuição, Receitas de licenciamento. O Sr. Kong co-presidiu e foi palestrante convidado em numerosos eventos oficiais de IP. Ele trabalhou com o Instituto de Pesquisa Aplicada de Ciência e Tecnologia, o Escritório IP de Cingapura, a Aliança de Inovação do Upstate, o Escritório de IP do Estado, o Instituto de IP da Coréia, o IP Office de Taiwan, o Instituto de Tecnologia e Pesquisa Industrial, A American IP Law Association, BusinessWeek e muitos outros. Al Kwok é o principal conselheiro de IP da Fundação STARS, presidente do Delta do Rio das Pérolas, da Associação Profissional dos Semicondutores Americanos da China, fundador da China International IP Services Ltd, fundador da Guangdong-Hong Kong International Science Park Membro fundador do Savantas Policy Institute. Kwok tem mais de 30 anos de experiência na indústria de semicondutores e liderou grandes mudanças de paradigma no negócio de semicondutores. O Sr. Kwok desempenhou um papel crítico em estabelecer as bases para o Eva de TI. Desde o seu regresso a Hong Kong em 2002, Kwok promoveu a evolução das aplicações e das plataformas de serviços, bem como a gestão da PI e da inovação na China. O Sr. Kwok foi o co-editor do primeiro manual internacional abrangente de treinamento em gestão de IP a ser publicado em chinês na China. Ele tem um BSES e um MSEE da Universidade do Texas, Austin. Michael Lasinski Michael Lasinski é fundador e diretor administrativo da 284 Partners, LLC, uma empresa de serviços profissionais focada em consultoria de litígios, análise de avaliação e estratégia de clientes. Ele é um líder reconhecido no campo da avaliação de PI e testemunhou em tribunal sobre tais assuntos. Ele aconselhou o comitê de credores não garantidos dos EUA da Nortel por meio de sua venda de registro de patentes ao Consórcio Rockstar por US $ 4,5 bilhões. O Sr. Lasinski é também o presidente passado imediato da Sociedade de Executivos de Licenciamento (EUA e Canadá) (LES). Ele foi nomeado um dos principais estrategistas mundiais de IP na Estratégia 300 da IAM. Ele é presidente de divisão para a Seção IP da American Bar Association e supervisiona o Comitê de Economia. Ele é o ex-presidente da Comissão de Avaliação e Tributação da LES e ex-vice-presidente da Comissão de Avaliação e Tributação de Proprietários de IP. O Sr. Lasinski é um contador público certificado. Fred Logue é fundador e diretor da New Morning Intellectual Property Limited, uma empresa de consultoria e terceirização especializada que ajuda as empresas a construir e manter operações de propriedade de IP na Irlanda. Durante sua carreira na área de tecnologia e IP, o Dr. Logue ocupou diversos cargos de engenharia e administração com algumas das maiores empresas de tecnologia do mundo, na Europa, nos Estados Unidos e no Japão. Foi gerente sênior de negócios da Lucent Technology s IP, onde ajudou a estabelecer e operar seu escritório na Irlanda. Dr Logue é bacharel em física e matemática pela University College Dublin e doutorado pelo Trinity College Dublin. Dr. Logue é também um advogado admitido para exercer como um advogado, tanto na Irlanda e Inglaterra e País de Gales. Ele está listado na Estratégia 300 da IAM como um dos principais estrategistas de IP do mundo e é membro da International IP Strategists Association e do Institute of Physics. Terry Ludlow é fundador, presidente e CEO da Chipworks. Ele é um pioneiro reconhecido em engenharia reversa de semicondutores e foi um dos primeiros a perceber seu valor para os grupos de IP. Ludlow fundou a Chipworks em 1992 para oferecer serviços de engenharia reversa de sistemas de semicondutores e microeletrônicos e análise de violação de patentes a empresas envolvidas em negociações de licenciamento e litigios. Como CEO, ele continua a fornecer a estratégia, visão e força motriz que ganharam Chipworks sua posição como a principal fonte de conhecimento do que está dentro da tecnologia. Daniel McCurdy é CEO da Allied Security Trust, responsável pela gestão da confiança, aquisições de patentes e desinvestimentos, e expansão da filiação. Ele continua sendo o presidente da PatentFreedom, a autoridade global on-line sobre entidades não-praticantes. De 2001 a 2008, McCurdy foi o CEO fundador da ThinkFire, uma empresa de consultoria de IP para muitas das principais empresas mundiais de tecnologia e empresas de private equity. Antes disso, de 2000 a 2001 foi presidente da Lucent Technologies IP, gerindo 300 funcionários e US $ 500 milhões em receita anual. Anteriormente à Lucent, atuou como vice-presidente fundador da unidade de negócios de ciências biológicas da IBM e vice-presidente de desenvolvimento corporativo da CIENA Corporation, onde foi responsável por fusões e aquisições. De 1982 a 1997, McCurdy ocupou diversos cargos de gestão de negócios e IP na IBM. McCurdy recebeu seu BA summa cum laude da Universidade da Carolina do Norte. Lisa McFall é co-fundadora e diretora-gerente da Ovidian Group, LLC. Ela tem amplo conhecimento em todas as facetas do gerenciamento de riscos estratégicos de PI, juntamente com aquisição de patentes, monetização e execução. Antes de se juntar à Ovidian, a Sra. McFall serviu como vice-presidente e conselheira geral associada da Yahoo. Ela gerenciou o extenso número de litígios de PI da Intel, bem como uma variedade de funções operacionais e assuntos transacionais complexos. Antes de 2004, a Sra. McFall passou 10 anos litigando casos de patentes, direitos autorais, marcas comerciais e segredos comerciais em Brown Bain e Wilson Sonsini Goodrich Rosati. A Sra. McFall recebeu seu JD com honras da Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Wisconsin, onde foi editora-chefe da Law Review e presidente do Moot Court Board. Ms McFall recebeu seu BA nas relações internacionais da universidade de Stanford, onde focalizou em relações civis / militares soviético-americanas. Mike McLean é vice-presidente de direitos de propriedade intelectual e serviços profissionais na UBM TechInsights e tem ocupado o mesmo papel na Semiconductor Insights desde março de 2008. Anteriormente, ocupou uma série de posições progressivamente sênior com a empresa. Desde que ingressou na empresa em 1996, ocupou cargos técnicos e gerenciais, incluindo o vice-presidente IPinsights, diretor de propriedade intelectual, analista de patentes, gerente de conta IP e gerente de operações IP. McLean liderou a criação da unidade de negócios de desenvolvimento de patentes dentro da Semiconductor Insights. Ele também trabalhou extensivamente com as práticas de tecnologia dos principais escritórios de advocacia, as equipes internas de consultoria corporativa de empresas de tecnologia chave e agências de licenciamento externo. McLean possui um bacharelado em engenharia com honras de primeira classe da Universidade de Queens e é um membro licenciado da Associação de Engenheiros Profissionais de Ontário. Em reconhecimento à sua forte perspicácia técnica e empresarial, McLean tem servido como testemunha em vários processos de PI em nome dos clientes da UBM TechInsights. Paul Melin é diretor de IP da Nokia, com responsabilidade global em assuntos como licenças de patentes, desenvolvimento de portfólio e questões regulatórias de IP, bem como aquisições, investimentos e desinvestimentos de IP. Ele liderou a organização de IP da Nokia desde julho de 2010, antes de liderar o licenciamento de patentes da Nokia, a estratégia de IP e as atividades de desenvolvimento de negócios. Antes de ingressar na Nokia em 2004, Melin passou sete anos como consultor de gestão com a McKinsey Company, assessorando clientes principalmente nos setores de tecnologia e telecomunicações em questões de estratégia, organização e operações. Melin é mestre em Gestão Industrial e Engenharia pela Universidade de Tecnologia de Helsínquia. Don Merino é vice-presidente sênior e gerente geral para vendas de licenciamento da Ásia na Intellectual Ventures, onde lidera os esforços de licenciamento da empresa na Ásia. A Intellectual Ventures, um fundo de investimento com US $ 5 bilhões sob gestão, inventa, adquire e licencia invenções patenteadas. Dr. Merino entrou para a Intellectual Ventures em 2004 e dirigiu a equipe de aquisições, que analisou mais de 100.000 ativos da invenção e esteve envolvida em mais de 1.500 transações de patentes. Antes de ingressar na Intellectual Ventures, o Dr. Merino passou quatro anos na Intel Corporation, onde foi diretor de desenvolvimento estratégico de negócios e gerenciou o programa de licenciamento da Intel. Anteriormente, o Dr. Merino foi diretor de licenciamento de Instrumento Geral, onde participou no desenvolvimento da Autoridade de Licenciamento MPEG. Ao se formar na Academia Naval dos Estados Unidos, o Dr. Merino serviu como oficial na Marinha dos Estados Unidos. Dr. Merino recebeu seu MEME e PhD do Stevens Institute of Technology. Luke Minford é um executivo baseado no escritório de Londres de Rouse. Ele passou 14 anos trabalhando na China, com os últimos seis como chefe da empresa s China prática, e tem uma vasta gama de experiência de lidar com a protecção da PI e aplicação na China. A experiência do Sr. Minford inclui aconselhamento sobre estratégia de IP, gestão, comercialização, protecção e execução e gestão de carteiras IP para vários proprietários de marcas multinacionais. Também esteve envolvido na criação e supervisão de programas regionais de proteção, estabelecendo e administrando um departamento interno de PI em nome de uma das maiores empresas de bens de consumo da China, estabelecendo e gerenciando coalizões de proprietários de marcas, assessorando e auxiliando na criação de programas abrangentes de licenciamento E aconselhamento sobre uma série de questões comerciais relacionadas com PI e não relacionadas com o IP relacionadas com investimentos estrangeiros diretos e indiretos na China. Minford é bacharel em inglês e LLB em Otago, Nova Zelândia. O Sr. Minford fala Chinês (mandarim). Daniel Papst graduated in 2000 from the University of Karlsruhe, Germany in electrical engineering and information technology, with a focus on electric drives and power electronics, earning a Dipl-Ing degree. As an intern at the Chicago IP boutique Welsh Katz Ltd, he gained patent law experience in the United States. Mr Papst started out at an IP law firm in Munich, Germany. A licensed German patent attorney since 2005, he joined Papst Licensing in the same year. In 2009 Mr Papst became one of the managing directors of Papst Licensing. He is a member of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property, the Association of IP Experts, the Licensing Executives Society International, the International IP Strategists Association and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Papst Licensing GmbH Co KG was established in 1992 by its founder Georg Papst, Mr Papst s late father, and is owned by him and his two brothers. Papst Licensing enables small and medium-sized enterprises to participate in the world patent monetisation and licensing market. Philip Parker is the founder and CEO of PJ Parker Co. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan, and is the largest patent broker of patents in Japan. Its clients include two-thirds of the top 20 Japanese high-tech firms. The firm concludes patent transactions between Japan, other Asian countries, and North America. Mr Parker was born in Australia and holds a PhD in systems engineering from the Australian National University. He studied in Japan at both Osaka University of Foreign Studies and Kyoto University, and has lived in Japan for the past 16 years. He speaks Japanese fluently. In his earlier career, he worked as a management consultant for Arthur D Little and AT Kearney. He also founded the company systemsGo, a pan-Asian systems integrator. Ruud Peters, a national of the Netherlands, has been CEO of Philips IP S since 1999 (now called chief IP officer), and is responsible for managing Philips worldwide IP portfolio creation and value extraction activities. He is also responsible for technical and formal standardisation activities in the fields of consumer lifestyle, healthcare, lighting and technology. He joined Philips IP S in 1977, and became director responsible for licensing in 1990. He participated in standards bodies such as the International Organisation for Standardisation and the European Telecommunications Standards Institute, where he was active in the formulation of IP policies. Currently, Philips IP S has around 400 people working in 11 countries around the world. Mr Peters is also a board member of three technology, IP licensing and trading companies. He has a background in physics. He was inducted into the IP Hall of Fame in 2010. Originally founded in 2004, Transpacific IP is Asia s leading IP firm managing a large patent portfolio across a broad range of technologies. It is growing in strength through ongoing acquisitions and patent filings. Mr Proulx is on the board of directors at the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore, a supervisor of the master s postgraduate programme at Peking University Intellectual Property School, chairman of the International IP Institute at Sichuan University, director at the China National Institute for Digital Copyright Research Centre and vice chairman of the Licensing Executives Society International. Mr Proulx has worked with organisations on strategic IP issues, including patent portfolio development strategy, maximising licensing opportunities and the acquisition of patents. He has provided management assessment expertise and due diligence assistance for private equity investors and acquisition groups. He has been recognised as one of the world s leading IP strategists by IAM Strategy 300 for 2012. Andrew Ramer is the CEO of Marqera, a global IP trading and advisory firm. Marqera delivers a range of products and services, including patent commercialisation, product commercialisation and incubation, and advisory services. Mr Ramer has developed a worldwide reputation in the IP marketplace, having built and led the world s first eight global live multi-lot IP auctions from inception, and has completed hundreds of IP transactions. Mr Ramer is a frequent lecturer on IP issues and has been quoted by some of the leading international media outlets, including The Wall Street Journal, Red Herring, Business Week, Barron s, Bloomberg, Reuters and The New York Times. Mr Ramer was selected as one of the world s 250 leading IP strategists by Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) magazine for the years 2009 to 2011. In 2011, Mr Ramer was also selected by IAM as one of the top 50 people to have shaped the global IP market. Andrew Sant is chief IP officer for Crown Packaging Technology, Inc part of Crown Holdings group of companies, the world s largest manufacturer of metal packaging containers. He has responsibility for all IP matters across the group, in multiple jurisdictions. Crown has a track record of bringing leading packaging innovations to market, requiring careful alignment of business and IP strategies. Mr Sant is based at the group s technical centre in Wantage in the United Kingdom. Mr Sant discovered intellectual property during his time as a technology consultant working for The Technology Partnership plc (TTP), near Cambridge. At TTP he created and ran a successful product development business supported by an underpinning IP strategy applying and exploiting the golden eggs business model with a portfolio of clients and licence agreements. Mr Sant read physics at Imperial College, London and completed his postgraduate studies with a PhD in applied optics, specialising in laser physics and light-scattering phenomena. J Bruce Schelkopf is vice president, deputy general counsel and chief IP counsel for Ingersoll Rand. He is responsible for leading, developing and managing all aspects of the company s global IP operation. Mr Schelkopf has held numerous executive leadership roles in legal, business and technology functions at IBM, GE, Cummins and Lockheed. He is a graduate of various engineering, business and law programmes, including at Stanford University, Rutgers, Pennsylvania State University and GE s Crotonville Leadership Programme. Mr Schelkopf is also an adjunct professor of law, routinely speaks on successfully executing global IP strategies for competitive advantage and is a practising inventor with patents pending and issued. He has received numerous industry awards, including Best Global IP Director at the International General Counsel Awards. Pallavi Shah is an IP licensing and patent sales executive at Hewlett-Packard. She is responsible for the monetisation of innovations through IP sales, licensing, technology transfer and channel/partner cultivation. Previously an IP strategist, she counselled senior business, technology and legal executives on cross-licensing, in-licensing, out-licensing, joint development and patent pools. Ms Shah has successfully incubated and launched new businesses and technologies in the publishing, mobile, big data and digital media sectors, among others. Before joining Hewlett-Packard, Ms Shah was senior market development manager for knowledge management and digital media at Sun Microsystems. She built over 120 partnerships and established a US 250 million new revenue pipeline through multiple joint ventures, equity investments and technology licensing. She has chaired many standards bodies, including the International Organisation for Standardisation s MPEG4-Java body. Previously, Ms Shah worked at Stanford Research Institute, where she pioneered the world s first interactive high-definition television. Ms Shah holds multiple patents in digital media, mobile technology and cloud computing. Roger Shang is chief patent and technology counsel at Alipay and Alibaba Group, which owns and controls Alibaba , Taobao, Alibaba Cloud Computing and Yahoo China. He is responsible for prosecuting and managing the global patent portfolio of all Alibaba Group and Alipay companies. He is also responsible for patent litigation, IP licensing, open source and other technology-focused legal matters. Before joining Alibaba, Mr Shang practised IP law at the law firms Weil Gotshal Manges LLP and Knobbe Martens Olson Bear LLP. He received his JD from New York University School of Law. Song Shang is the president of Shenzhen ZhongQing Digital Equipment Co, Ltd (ZDEC). He has been dedicated to light-emitting diode (LED) product innovation, technology development and business exploration for Chinese LED enterprises abroad for many years. In 1996, under his leadership, ZDEC developed the first global pulse-width modulation control chip, which was applied in LED displays. ZDEC owns hundreds of IP rights, which have been comprehensively applied in LED screen and light projects, including the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the 2009 China National Celebration and the 2010 Shanghai World Expo. ZDEC is one of the most influential members of the Shenzhen LED Patent Alliance. Jaime Siegel is the vice president and senior IP counsel for Sony Corporation of America. His responsibilities include the worldwide licensing of technology in and out of Sony, the enforcement of Sony s patent rights, the defence of Sony against third-party IP claims and strategic IP acquisitions. Mr Siegel is an expert in patent pools and previously served as chairman of the board of MPEG LA. He has been a member of the Audio Video Standard (AVS) ad hoc IP Rights Experts Group in China and Sony s representative on the AVS Patent Pool Administration Executive Committee. Before joining Sony over 12 years ago, Mr Siegel was an IP litigation associate at the law firms of Kenyon Kenyon and Fish Neave. He holds a degree in law and an undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering. Mr Siegel is also a national trustee of the Rock Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. Jon Taub joined Acacia Research Group in July 2007 as vice president. He was appointed senior vice president in October 2010 and executive vice president in October 2011. Before joining Acacia, he was director of strategic alliances for Microsoft s mobile and embedded devices division and business development manager for Microsoft s security business unit. Prior to joining Microsoft, Mr Taub was director of business development at Nortel Networks. He joined Nortel following the company s US 450 million acquisition of software infrastructure developer Epicon, Inc, where he headed business development. He was previously an IP and corporate law associate with Covington Burling in Washington DC and an analyst at Santander Investment in Madrid. Mr Taub holds a BS from the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, and a JD from Harvard Law School. Laure van Oudheusden Laure van Oudheusden is head of Philips IP S China. From 2009 until August 2012 she was the general manager of the Philips Group Innovation business group within Philips IP S. She was also a member of the executive management team for the organisation, which comprises 450 IP professionals globally. Before taking up this role, Ms van Oudheusden was general manager of the Philips IP S office in France from 2006 until 2009. She started her career at Philips IP S in 1996 as an IP counsel. Ms van Oudheusden is qualified before the French Patent and Trademark Office as well as before the European Patent Office. She obtained a master s from the Institut Sup rieur d Electronique de Paris with a major in telecommunications. Haibo Wang is the chief IP officer at ZTE. He graduated from Renmin University of China. Mr Wang is a member of various industry organisations he sits on the committee of the China IP Law Research Society and is a member of the IP strategy expert database at the State IP Office, vice chairman of the board of the Guangzhou IP Arbitration Court, vice executive president of the Shenzhen Patent Association, a member of the Shenzhen Judicial Expertise Expert Committee and the mediation expert for the South China branch of the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission. He is also a visiting professor at a number of universities. Mr Wang has been named in China s National IP Rights Experts Pool as one of China s Most Influential IP Rights Persons for 2011 and as one of the Global Telecommunications Business 40 Executives Under 40 Young Leaders. Mr Wang has extensive experience in corporate IP strategy and management, including global IP mapping, trademarks, copyrights and domain names, negotiation, licensing and investment. Hugo Wang is the director of patents and assistant general manager of the R D department at Tencent. Mr Wang holds a number of positions and responsibilities in various government and industry organisations, such as deputy IP researcher and member of the IP expert database at the State Intellectual Property Office. He sits on the IP committee of experts of the Intellectual Property Office of Shenzhen municipality and is a member of the senior judging committee of intellectual property at a senior and intermediate level for the professional technical qualifying committee of Shenzhen municipality. He is involved in various roles in associations across China, holding the positions of vice president of the Patent Protection Association of China, executive vice president of the Shenzhen Patent Association and founder and rotating chairman of the Chinese Enterprise Intellectual Property Salon. Mr Wang is also a contract research fellow at Shenzhen University s IP Research Centre and a lecturer at Xinhua College at Sun Yat-Sen University. Victoria Wang is founder and CEO of Victoria Wang Consulting Group, an IP service group that specialises in China-related international business and economy. She is also a counsel member of the IP Institute (UK) and former China research director at the institute. Dr Wang previously worked at Rouse, the Council on Foreign Relations in New York and a Beijing law school. She is qualified as an attorney at law in New York State and as a lawyer in China. She obtained her PhD in law from the China University of Politics and Law, as well as master s degrees in law from New York University Law School and Warwick University Law School. Joff Wild has been the editor of Intellectual Asset Management since it was established in 2004. As a journalist, he has specialised in covering intellectual property since the early 1990s. Prior to IAM, Mr Wild was editor of Managing Intellectual Property, Patent World and Copyright World, and was assistant editor of Trademark World. He has written on IP-related subjects for titles such as The Times, The Financial Times, Euromoney magazine, the American Lawyer and Latin Finance, and has appeared on BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Radio 4 to talk about intellectual property. He is also editor in chief of the IP Media Group and is responsible for the content of the IP Business Congress. Kai Wu is executive vice president and general manager of the R D unit at Goldwind Science Technology. Mr Wu holds a master s degree from the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He previously worked at the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology and SKF (China) in various roles, including R D, applied technology and marketing. Mr Wu joined Goldwind Science Technology in 2008. He held a number of positions in the company before taking on his current role, including assistant general manager and then general manager of the supply chain management centre, and assistant general manager of Beijing Goldwind Science Creation Windpower Equipment, a subsidiary of Goldwind Science Technology. Mr Wu has held his current post since January 2011. Xiangyang Xu, MBA, is the vice president of China Technology Exchange (CTEX) and the president of the China Beijing Stock Register and Custody Centre. Mr Xu is the chief designer, builder and manager of CTEX s professional IP management platform, offering a one-stop IP service. Mr Xu also works as the group leader of the patent evaluation and analysis system and operation research project hosted by the State IP Office of China. Mr Xu has more than 20 years experience working in IP licensing, IP trading, IP investment and consulting. Before joining CTEX, Mr Xu worked at the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation, as well as at Hewlett-Packard and the Lenovo Group, where he gained rich experience in enterprise management, IP trading and venture capital investment. Yang Xu is chief patent counsel at Simcere Pharmaceutical Group. He previously worked at Boston Biomedical Inc, ArQule, Inc and Merck Co, Inc. Mr Xu s legal expertise encompasses patent strategies, patent prosecution, IP due diligence and IP litigation. Mr Xu received his JD from the University of Texas Law School, his PhD in biochemistry and molecular biology from the University of Chicago and his BS from Beijing University. Mr Xu is registered to practise before the US Patent and Trademark Office and admitted to practise in Massachusetts. Perry Wu Yang is the president of Liu, Shen Associates and is qualified as a patent attorney and an attorney at law in China. He started his professional career in 1982 and has been working in the IP field for 30 years. From 1982 to 1992 Mr Yang worked for the CCPIT Patent and Trademark Law Office, before joining Liu, Shen Associates as a founding partner in 1993. Mr Yang graduated from Zhejiang University (BS 1982), majoring in mechanical engineering, and received professional training at IP law firms in Germany and the United Kingdom between 1984 and 1985. His areas of special interests and experience include patent filing, prosecution and invalidation proceedings in the field of mechanical engineering. Mr Yang is the president of the All-China Patent Agents Association and the vice president of the China Group of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property. Xuri Yang graduated from Peking University and now acts as chief inspector of intellectual property and intangible assets at Founder Group, supervising chairman of the Beijing IP Protection Association, chief chairman of the Beijing IP Development Salon, deputy secretary general of the DIAA, a member of the Copyright Protection Union and a member of the China Trademark Association. Mr Yang is responsible for facilitating Founder Group s work in intellectual property, standards and intangible assets in order to make Founder Group the model company for intellectual property in China. He has participated in pioneering domestic lawsuits, including those against HiTech and Blizzard. Parker Zhang is the head of patents at Baidu. Before joining Baidu, Mr Zhang worked as an IP consultant at HP s headquarters in California, United States, and was responsible for creating, protecting and developing global IP assets for departments such as HP Labs and HP Labs China. Before working at HP, Mr Zhang was an IP lawyer at Fenwick West LLP, a law firm headquartered in Silicon Valley that focuses on high technology, where he provided legal advice and services to hi-tech companies such as Google and Cisco. Mr Zhang was a software structure engineer in Microstrategy, Inc, a hi-tech company in Washington DC, before he worked as a lawyer. Mr Zhang holds a BS in computer science from Peking University, an MS in computer science from the University of Texas, Austin, and a JD from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He is admitted to practise in California in the United States and is qualified as a US patent attorney. Xuehong Zhang is the director of the legal and IP management department of Datang Telecom Technology and Industry Group, and general counsel of Datang Mobile. Ms Zhang is responsible for Datang Telecom Group s legal and IP affairs. She has extensive research and practical experience in corporate innovation in information technology, the construction and development of IP management systems and the realisation of IP value, standards and patents. Ms Zhang has a master s in information engineering from the Beijing University of Post and Telecommunications and a master s in civil law from Peking University. Ms Zhang sits on the committee of the Beijing IP Protection Association and has been named as one of Beijing s corporate IP experts by the Beijing IP Office. Yan Zhang is a senior IP law counsel for IBM Asia Pacific Growth Market Units (GMU). Ms Zhang is responsible for all of IBM s IP matters and issues across the Asia-Pacific region (excluding Japan). She manages the IP law departments in China, India and Taiwan, as well as an IBM virtual law firm in Korea. Her responsibilities include managing IBM patent and trademark portfolios in Asia-Pacific GMU countries. Her teams also participate in IP-related policies, legislation and practice-related lobbying. Ms Zhang previously worked for six years as a patent examiner in the China Patent Office and for seven years as a division director for international cooperation in the State Intellectual Property Office of China. Ms Zhang is qualified as an attorney at law and patent attorney in China. For three years she served as the chair of the Patent and Innovation Sub-committee of the Quality Brands Protection Committee, an industry association focusing on Chinese IP systems, environment improvement and reform. Yousheng Zhang is a deputy director for the Intellectual Property Administrative Office (IPO) and International Technology Transfer Centre at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. He is in charge of technology evaluation and commercialisation, patent licensing and partner development. Dr Zhang received his bachelor s degree and PhD from Tsinghua University. He carried out theoretical and experimental research in the areas of mechanical and electrical characterisation on nanowires at Tsinghua University, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and the National University of Singapore between January 2003 and August 2008. He joined the Tsinghua University IPO in September 2008 and focuses on finding ways to help universities and international partners to commercialise their technologies successfully. 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Prior to joining Delta Risk, Mr. Abrenio was a partner in LeClairRyan ), and the EU Data Protection Directive. In addition to providing legal services, Mr. Abrenio was responsible for supervising cybersecurity technical teams in the performance of breach risk assessments and related IT security strategies. In the event of a suspected data breach, he supervised LR s Rapid Response Team in responding to client needs throughout the country, including breach detection, termination, remediation, and recovery. He also assisted clients with all related federal and state data breach reporting requirements. Mr. Abrenio is a graduate of the Syracuse University College of Law and began his legal career as a judicial law clerk for the Circuit Court of Arlington County, Virginia. Christopher T. Anderson General Counsel / Director of Programming How To Manage A Small Law Firm Christopher is a passionate legal entrepreneur, who believes that owners of small law firms who treat their like the businesses that they are, will serve their clients better, treat their stakeholders better, and, help them, the owner meet their goals for success, personally, professionally, and financially. In sum, to be happier lawyers. Christopher is the proud father of an eight-year old boy, a private pilot, lawyer and entrepreneur. Christopher is also a National Speaker on topics including law firm management, law firm technology and security, Christopher began his career as an Assistant District Attorney in New York City, and in Athens, Georgia. Later he served as Associate General Counsel and Director of Client Services for RealLegal, a legal software company. Before joining LexisNexis as Product Manager for the LexisNexis Firm Manager application Chris was the managing partner of a full-service law firm in Georgia. Christopher is a graduate of Cornell University, received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1994, and is admitted to practice in the federal and state courts of New York and Georgia. James Arnold Managing Director of Forensic Services KPMG LLP Jim is a managing director in the St. Louis, Missouri, and Chicago, Illinois offices of KPMG s U. S. Forensic Technology Services (FTS) practice. His legal and business skills bring effective results in matters relating to Digital Evidence Recovery, Defensible Deletion and eDiscovery. Specifically, Jim helps clients identify and respond to investigations and litigation and proactively develop Defensible Deletion programs. Jim has over 25 years of practical business and legal experience, including over 15 years of private practice, in-house legal, and forensic consulting experience. Jim s industry experience includes manufacturing, financial services, power utilities, real estate management, and consumer products. Iram Arras Vice President, Product Strategy iCONECT Development, LLC As Vice President of Product Strategy, Iram Arras manages the iCONECT-XERA s market research function, including analysis of potential partner relationships and recommendations of market requirements for current and future products. Prior to iCONECT, Arras held various management positions with Control Risks North America s Legal Technology practice and LexisNexis. Across these roles, he achieved considerable recognition for his ability to effectively identify and address a cross-section of business challenges. As head of business development for all US legal technologies within the LexisNexis portfolio, he led a team of consultants responsible for providing AMLAW 250 law firms with the technology solutions necessary to manage matters such as cost recovery applications, document management solutions, business continuity solutions and eDiscovery services. Arras also helped design many of the products in the LexisNexis portfolio and participated on the design team for products and services such as TotalSearch, Plumtree Portals, Cost Recovery Manager, Hosted Concordance and Hosted Litigation Services, among others. Arras, fluent in Spanish, attended California State University, Los Angeles, where he majored in Political Science/Pre-law. He directs iCONECT s product management division from Los Angeles, California. Tom Barce Director of Consulting Services Kroll Ontrack, Inc Tom Barce is the Director of Consulting Services for Kroll Ontrack. Mr. Barce brings over 18 years of experience in directing and managing electronic discovery and litigation support initiatives, delivering strategic vision, consultative services, and project management expertise. He has extensive experience in responding to complex electronic discovery demands in numerous litigation and regulatory matters. Tom Barnett Special Counsel eDiscovery and Data Science Paul Hastings LLP In his capacity as Special Counsel, eDiscovery and Data Science, Tom leads a global team of eDiscovery subject matter experts and data scientists providing guidance to the firm and its clients in complex litigation, investigatory and enforcement matters, as well as process and technology development and improvement in data analytics, e-discovery, document review and IG programs. He is considered one of the world s leading experts in the areas of advanced data analytics, predictive coding and technology-assisted review. Tom chairs the firm s eDiscovery practice group and is a member of the Firm s Data Security and Privacy and Workplace Technology practice groups. Tom has built industry-leading teams and practice groups, created and implemented new service and product offerings related to optimizing legal review, e-discovery, regulatory response and litigation preparedness he led a multi-country R D effort that designed and brought to market one of the industry s first predictive coding legal review solutions. His academic whitepapers on data analytics and machine learning are cited numerous times throughout the landmark 2012 Rand study, Where the Money Goes, Understanding Litigant Expenditures for Producing Electronic Discovery. He previously served as Special Counsel in the litigation department at Sullivan Compliance Department. Tom is a graduate of the Cornell Law School, where he served on the Editorial Board of the Cornell Law Review. Jason R. Baron Information Governance and eDiscovery Group Drinker Biddle Reath LLP Former Director of Litigation, National Archives and Records Administration An internationally recognized speaker and author on the preservation of electronic documents, Jason serves as Of Counsel in the Information Governance and eDiscovery Group at Drinker Biddle in Washington, D. C. He also is Co-chair of the Information Governance Initiative, a vendor neutral consortium and think tank. Jason previously served as Director of Litigation for the US National Archives and Records Administration, and as a trial lawyer and senior counsel at the Department of Justice. In those capacities, Jason played a leading role in the government s adoption of electronic recordkeeping practices and acted as lead counsel in landmark cases involving the preservation of White House email. He has served on the Board of Directors of ARMA International and as Co-Chair of The Sedona Conference WG1 he is currently Chair of the D. C. Bar Litigation Section E-Discovery and Information Governance Committee, as well as an advisory board member of the Georgetown Advanced E-Discovery Institute and the Cardozo Data Law Initiative. Jason is a recipient of the prestigious international Emmett Leahy Award for his Outstanding Contributions and Accomplishments in the Records and Information Management Profession, as well as the Justice Tom C. Clark Outstanding Government Lawyer award given by the Federal Bar Association. The American Lawyer Magazine named him one of six s All Things Considered, at the National Press Club in a session covered live on C-Span, and has been quoted in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, TIME Magazine . and many other media outlets. Diane Barry Assistant Attorney General/eDiscovery Attorney Office of the Attorney General Commonwealth of Massachusetts Diane Barry is an assistant attorney general and the e-discovery attorney for the Office of the Attorney General, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Diane is a 25-year litigation attorney with specialization in ESI discovery and information retrieval. Her practice focuses on the use of rules in civil procedure to obtain or provide ESI discovery, planning cost-effective methods and process from preservation through collection, processing, review, production, analysis and presentation. She appears in court, provides consulting expertise, and qualifies as a testimonial expert. In addition to her direct work on litigation and investigation matters, Diane budgets, plans and manages the e-discovery and litigation support functions and services across the MAGO. Diane has significant expertise with selection of appropriate and cost effective computer tools for EDRM projects, including TAR tools and techniques. Diane is an active member of Sedona WorkGroup 1, and served on the writing panel for the Litigation Hold Commentary. Diane taught e-discovery law and practice at Boston University School of Law 2013-2015, and currently serves as the chapter director for the Women in eDiscovery Boston Chapter. Peter Baumann CEO and Co-Founder Active Navigation Sadie Khodorkovsky Executive Director, Legal Discovery Management JPMorgan Chase Co. Sadie focuses on the relationship between legal and its technology partners at JPMorgan. Over the last 10-plus years, Sadie s experience has covered a wide range of global projects, including forensic investigations, crisis-driven litigations and discovery readiness assessments. She has provided strategic guidance on various facets of e-discovery, technology onboarding and integration, and information governance. George Kiersted President Kiersted Systems With an extensive background in information technology and application development, George Kiersted identified the need for the special application of IT to the law and litigation sector nearly three decades ago. Since the founding of Kiersted in 1984, he has built the company into a proven leader in providing advanced technology services to law firms and corporate legal departments in the areas of e-Discovery, review, forensic services, matter management, legal hold and general support for complex litigation. The company was one of the first on the e-Discovery scene, and under George s guidance, has continued to develop powerful new processes, leveraging the latest technology and enhancing supporting technical systems to efficiently and accurately manage the vital e-Discovery process. Kiersted s extensive project experience also includes significant expertise in handling major government cases involving the FTC as well as civil and criminal government investigations. As a direct result of George s vision and leadership, large corporations and law firms consistently turn to Kiersted for unrivaled expertise and their highly efficient technology solutions. Kiersted has offices and operations centers in Houston, Texas and New York, New York. George can be reached at gkiersted kiersted . The company website is kiersted . Joanne Lane Associate Director, Investigations eDiscovery Merck Co. Inc. Leading Merck s investigations and e-discovery teams, Joanne applies practical technology and process solutions to reduce risk and increase efficiency, and she collaborates with diverse stakeholders and business partners. Joanne has been an active member of the legal technology and practice support communities for over 20 years, with experience at Fortune 500 companies and large and small law firms and leadership roles in industry associations. Hon. Elizabeth D. Laporte United States Magistrate Judge United States District Court Northern District of California ELIZABETH D. LAPORTE is a United States Magistrate Judge and the immediate past Chief United States Magistrate Judge for the Northern District of California. Appointed on April 4, 1998, Judge Laporte presides over numerous civil cases, including intellectual property, employment, civil rights and environmental cases. She also presides over criminal matters, conducts settlement conferences, and resolves discovery disputes. Judge Laporte is a member of the Board of Governors for the Northern California Chapter of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers and serves on the editorial board of the Federal Courts Law Review. She is also a Judicial Advisor to the Sedona Conference and Judicial Observer to its Working Group on Electronic Document Retention and Production, and chaired the Northern District of California Local Rules Committee Subcommittee on E-Discovery, which published its Guidelines and related forms in the Fall of 2012. Judge Laporte previously served as the Alternative Dispute Resolution Magistrate Judge for the Northern District of California. She is a former Chair of the Executive Board of the Ninth Circuit Magistrate Judges, and was a member of the Jury Trial Improvement Committee of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Judge Laporte regularly speaks and participates in panels concerning patent litigation, jury trials, e-discovery, employment law, settlement, and other topics. She is the recipient of the 2015 Electronic Discovery Institute Judicial Leadership Award and co-authored a 2015 article, A Practical Guide to Achieving Proportionality Under New Federal Rule of Civil Procedure. published in the Federal Courts Law Review. Judge Laporte is a graduate of Princeton University and Yale Law School and is a Marshall Scholar, with an M. A. from Oxford University. Prior to her appointment, she was a partner at a litigation firm and an Administrative Law Judge for the California Department of Insurance. Judge Laporte also served as Chief of Special Litigation for the San Francisco City Attorney s Office and was a law clerk to the Honorable Marilyn Hall Patel and a policy planner/economist at the Federal Trade Commission. Dean Leung Former Chief Information Officer Holland Knight LLP Dean Leung is Chief Information Officer at Holland Knight LLP and has over 20 years of IT experience working in international law firms. His work in advancing technology to drive efficiency, productivity and revenue generation has led to the authorship of many articles and international speaking engagements. Dean is an industry thought leader on the topics of mobility, virtualization, business continuity, and voice/data communications. Matthew Levy Vice President eDiscovery Hewlett Packard Enterprise Matthew Levy is a Vice President with Hewlett Packard Enterprise s Big Data group and a domain expert in information governance and eDiscovery. Matthew has over a decade of litigation experience and a concentrated background in eDiscovery and information governance. In addition to practicing law for thirteen years, he was the firm-wide eDiscovery manager at Wilson Sonsini and then Howard Rice. Matthew was a founding participant of the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) project launched in 2005 to address the lack of standards and guidelines in eDiscovery. He is a frequent speaker at conferences and seminars and has authored or been featured in numerous articles on information governance and eDiscovery. Robert Levy Counsel, Civil Justice Reform and Law Technology Exxon Mobil Corporation Robert is an attorney in the Law Department of Exxon Mobil Corporation. His duties include representing ExxonMobil on Civil Justice Reform initiatives and advising on Law Technology, including Electronic Discovery Issues and Records Management. He serves as President of the Civil Justice Reform Group and is the Co-Chair of the eDiscovery and Federal Rules Subcommittee. He is also on the Executive Committee of Lawyers for Civil Justice and chairs its Federal Rules Committee where he was active in leading LCJ s 2010 Duke Civil Litigation Conference and September 9, 2011 Mini-Conference on Preservation and Sanctions. Robert is a member of the Texas Supreme Court Advisory Committee and he is involved in the U. S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for Legal Reform as well as the American Tort Reform Association. He was an active member of The Sedona Conference Working Group 1 on Electronic Discovery for over 7 years. Prior to joining ExxonMobil, Robert was a partner at Haynes and Boone, LLP for over 14 years where he practiced in the Business Litigation Section, focusing on International Arbitration and Technology Litigation as well as advising on Records Management and Electronic Discovery issues. He also served as a briefing attorney for the Honorable Judge Robert Parker of the Eastern District of Texas. Robert has been practicing law for over 25 years and received his Law Degree from the University of Texas School of Law in 1986 where he graduated with honors. He also practiced at Johnson Manges. Drew Lewis Vice President of Innovation, General Counsel Paragon As a former commercial litigator with Baker Donelson and eDiscovery Counsel for Recommind, Mr. Lewis combines his experiences as a client of service providers and his time working within the software space to provide a holistic approach when it comes to discovery services. As part of a professional services organization that stresses the client experience above all else, Mr. Lewis consults with specialized litigation boutiques to help them in their unique discovery challenges. Mr. Lewis believes that by combining collaborative discovery design with the most advanced technologies, the discovery process can be cost efficient and substantively effective for all parties involved. Before founding Concord, Matt Lhoumeau worked with the CEOs of Iliad and RATP, Europe s principal telecommunication and public transportation operators. He also worked with former French President Nicolas Sarkozy during the 2007 Presidential campaign, building the policy program under the future Cabinet Secretary Emmanuelle Mignon. Concord is Matt at 17 years old, he founded one of Europe s main video game sites. Matt holds four different master s most prestigious schools - Sciences Po, HEC Paris, and INALCO. Eric Lieber Director of Legal Technology Toyota Motor Sales, USA Eric oversees e-discovery efforts and technology projects for the Legal and Corporate Responsibility department of Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc. He consults with legal teams on matter-specific ESI collections and on processing and production efforts. Eric also works with service providers on refining methodologies to ensure a high-level of quality and efficiency. Prior to joining Toyota, Eric was responsible for application development and system implementations at Gibson, Dunn Crutcher LLP. He has worked with legal technologies since 1993. Erez Liebermann Chief Counsel, Cybersecurity and Privacy VP Senior Counsel, Regulatory Law Prudential Financial, Inc. Michael Lisi Director of Litigation Support Fidelity Investments Michael Lisi is currently the Director of Litigation Support at Fidelity Investments, where he developed and advanced the Lit Support team for over six years. During that time, Mr. Lisi project-managed numerous discovery efforts for Litigation and Regulatory matters. Michael now owns the roadmap and implementation for new eDiscovery technology, including leading the selection of advanced review platform offerings and refining machine learning workflows. Additionally, Michael assists business units with compliant record keeping for social media and other varied technology initiatives. Prior to joining Fidelity, Michael graduated from Dartmouth College. Ralph Losey Shareholder Jackson Lewis LLP Ralph C. Losey is a Shareholder in the Orlando, Florida, office of Jackson Lewis P. C. He serves as the firm s College of Law, teaching e-discovery. He is also the co-founder of the IT-Lex foundation and the Electronic Discovery Best Practices group (EDBP ). Mr. Losey is a frequent speaker at e-discovery conferences and CLEs around the country and a leading contributor in the field of legal search, including recent landmark decisions on the use of predictive coding. John Loveland Managing Director Huron Legal Consilio John leads Huron s Information Governance, Risk and Compliance practice advising clients on areas that include information governance, protection of intellectual property, cyber risk mitigation and insurance, domestic and global regulatory compliance, and data privacy. John is a frequent speaker and published author and has testified in both federal and state courts. John is a seasoned technology industry executive and leader with experience working with public, private, start-up companies and governmental agencies. A pioneer in the eDiscovery and information risk management disciplines, John has led global teams in over 100 complex litigation matters, cyber breach response, fraud and corruption investigations, and intellectual property disputes. John joined Huron from a consulting firm he founded that provided information governance solutions including e-discovery, data privacy, compliance, security, and data disposition and management to large multi-national corporations. Prior to that he led the Information Risk Management, eDiscovery and Computer Forensics practices in the East region for both PwC and Navigant Consulting. Earlier in his career, John founded and sold a computer forensics and cyber security consultancy and was a senior business development executive several prominent Silicon Valley technology companies. Anthony S. Lowe Managing Attorney Litigation Operations, Associate General Counsel Freddie Mac The Honorable Frank Maas Chief United States Magistrate Judge United States District Court Southern District of New York Judge Maas is the Chief United States Magistrate Judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Before his appointment, Judge Maas was a law clerk and federal prosecutor in the Southern District of New York, a partner in the New York City office of a large upstate firm, and First Deputy Commissioner of the New York City Department of Investigation. As First Deputy Commissioner, he was responsible for the day-to-day operations of the City s internet security efforts. Judge Maas speaks frequently on topics related to e-discovery. Ele ganhou um B. A. degree from Harpur College of the State University of New York at Binghamton and a J. D. degree from the New York University School of Law, where he served as Articles Editor of the Journal of International Law and Politics. Edward B. MacMahon, Jr. Attorney Edward B. MacMahon, Jr. PLC Edward B. MacMahon, Jr. has as extensive trial practice in state and federal courts with a primary focus on complex and important civil and criminal matters requiring extensive pre-trial preparation, management of attorneys and staff and extended trials. He has had a thirty year career of first chair trial experience. Mr. MacMahon was the lead counsel in United States v. Jeffrey A. Sterling the case was tried in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia and involved alleging leaks of National Defense Information by a former Central Intelligence Agency agent to a writer for The New York Times . Mr. MacMahon was also the lead appointed trial counsel for United States v. Zacarias Moussaoui . in the United District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, a criminal action alleging conspiracy to participate in the terrorist acts of September 11, 2001. He was appointed twice to represent Moussaoui by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals regarding government interlocutory appeals of classified materials and witness access issues. Mr. MacMahon is admitted to practice in state and federal courts of the Commonwealth of Virginia and the District of Columbia. He is a member of the Bar of the State of New York, U. S. Supreme Court, Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals and a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. He is also admitted to the Bar of the International Criminal Court and Defense Bar for Special Tribunal for Lebanon at The Hague as well as a member of the International Criminal Bar. Mark Manoukian IT Director Kegler, Brown, Hill Ritter Mark has spent the last 18 years in legal IT at Kegler, Brown. He s been an active member of ILTA for several years and has held the position of Emerging Technologies Peer Group Vice President. Mark frequently gives presentations and writes about legal technology. John Marchese Executive Director Associate General Counsel CME Group John Marchese serves as Executive Director Watkins in its Washington, D. C. and Chicago offices, where he focused on complex commercial litigation. He earned a bachelor s degree from Georgetown University. He received his J. D. with honors, from The University of Chicago Law School, where he served on the editorial board of the University of Chicago Law Review. Hal Marcus Director of Product Marketing Recommind, Inc. A former IP and antitrust litigator, Hal Marcus began evangelizing technology to his colleagues at an Am Law 100 Wall Street firm before joining LexisNexis, commencing a career in litigation services that now spans two decades and includes executive and GC roles at companies like LiveNote, Law , and Thomson Reuters. Today, Hal brings his diverse experience to the knowledgeable team at Recommind, where he helps educate litigation professionals worldwide on industry-leading eDiscovery technology and advanced review workflows. An accomplished public speaker and industry writer, Hal has led hundreds of CLE presentations and conference seminars, and has had works published by the ABA Litigation Section, ILTA, and multiple bar associations. Michelle Mattei Associate Director, Healthcare Compliance Medivation, Inc Michelle Mattei, is currently the Associate Director, Healthcare Compliance, for Medivation. Medivation is a biotech based out of San Francisco. Michelle is currently working on a number of projects for Medivations Compliance department, these include: policy development and implementation initiatives, monitoring and auditing activities, Compliance training and educational initiatives, investigations, FCPA, Privacy and eDiscovery. Prior to joining Medivation in 2014 Michelle worked as the Operations Officer for the Office of the General Counsel at Eisai Inc. a leading Japanese based pharmaceutical company. Michelle also worked in the Legal Department of Mayne (USA) Inc. an Australian, generic injectible oncology pharmaceutical company. Before joining the pharmaceutical industry directly, Michelle worked as the Director of Global Projects, for Interconex, Inc. an international specialty logistics company. Michelle has lived/worked in Western Europe, S. America and Asia for a number of her project assignments. She has attained a post-Graduate certificate in Pharmaceutical Management. In addition she has an MBA in Corporate Finance and International Business, Diploma in U. S. Legal Studies and BS in Finance and Management. Wayne Matus Managing Director, Global Head of eDiscovery UBS AG Wayne is a Managing Director of UBS and the Global Head of eDiscovery. In this capacity he and his team work with eDiscovery stakeholders and partners, including inside and outside lawyers, Compliance Officers, Information Technology partners, and LPOs to manage the efficient and complete retrieval, review, and production of materials in internal investigations, regulatory investigations and litigation for all business divisions. Responsibilities also include Information Governance, privacy and cross border electronic data discovery and confidentiality management, within the context of eDiscovery. Prior to working at UBS, he was the national leader of Pillsbury Winthrop s Information Law and Electronic Discovery Practice, national co-leader of the Privacy and Security Management Practice and a trial lawyer with more than 30 years of experience handling complex commercial and IP litigation. He is the recipient of several awards, author of numerous publications, served on the faculty of several legal institutes and placed in the first tier of global and national legal rankings. Edward J. McAndrew Partner Ballard Spahr LLP Ed McAndrew is a partner Privacy Data Security Group at Ballard Spahr LLP, in Washington, D. C. and Philadelphia. Named a s most significant cyber cases, including the first U. S. prosecution of a foreign hacker for theft of trade secrets, and the first U. S. prosecution of a Chinese national for cybercrimes committed entirely from China. These cases involved hacking and cyber-theft of thousands of identities and over 1 billion in intellectual property from hundreds of technology companies. Ed serves by appointment on the Delaware Supreme Court s website at: courts. delaware. gov/declt/datasecurity. stm. Prior to joining the U. S. Department of Justice, Ed was a litigation partner at Reed Smith LLP, in Washington, D. C. At Reed Smith, Ed served as the Deputy Practice Group Leader of the Global Regulatory Enforcement Group, and engaged in an investigations and litigation practice focused on the Internet and emerging technologies, intellectual property, digital privacy, commercial, white collar and regulatory issues across various industry sectors. Ed is a frequent commentator, presenter and author on legal issues related to digital technology, cybercrime, computer forensics, data security and privacy, and Internet safety. Kathryn McCarthy FTI Technology Senior Managing Director Kathryn McCarthy is a Senior Managing Director in the FTI Consulting Technology practice and is based in Washington, D. C. She has over 18 years of experience in the legal industry with a special focus on Second Request antitrust investigations and electronic discovery processes. Over the course of her career, she has managed electronic discovery responses for over 40 second requests, and is an expert in optimizing electronic discovery software, workflow and legal professionals to ensure excellence in delivery for legal clients. In addition to her antitrust and electronic discovery process expertise, Ms. McCarthy regularly manages and advises on issues relating to global data privacy laws. Prior to joining FTI, Ms. McCarthy held the position of Counsel for Simpson Thacher. Ms. McCarthy earned a BA in Economics from Villanova University and a law degree, cum laude, from Albany Law School where she was an editor of its Law Review. She is admitted to practice in New York and Washington, D. C. She speaks regularly on various topics related to antitrust and electronic discovery. Rich McClain Chief Information Officer Hunton Williams LLP Rich leads the firm s IT group, which includes both centralized and decentralized infrastructures and staff in 20 locations throughout the U. S. Europe and Asia. Rich reports directly to the firm s managing partner and executive committee and is a member of the firm s Risk Management Committee. Along with the managing partner, CFO and two senior partners, Rich helps lead the firm s emerging technologies group. Prior to joining Hunton Williams, Rich founded McClain Group, Inc. and provided IT strategic planning, project management and operational advisory services to Global 1000 organizations, often serving as interim CIO. Rich is a member of the Department of Homeland Security s New York/New Jersey Electronic Cyber Crimes Task Force. Jim McCue Director of Information Systems Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin Robb, P. A Jim McCue is the Information Systems Manager of Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin Robb, a 75 attorney firm with offices in Albuquerque and Santa Fe, New Mexico. He has served in this position since 1992 and is on the management team at Rodey. Jim has a degree from the University of Iowa in Computer Science, with a minor in Business. Jim is responsible for all computer, telecommunications and cost recovery systems for the firm. Before coming to the Rodey Law Firm, he was a Technical Support Engineer for Strategic Data Systems, a legal computer consulting firm based in Dallas. He has 26 years of Information Technology experience. He has a particular interest in server virtualization, voice over IP, D/R and SANs. He has spoken at numerous of International Legal Technology Association and LegalTech events in the past. Jim has been a volunteer for ILTA for 13 years, most recently serving 6 years on the Board of Directors. He s a lifelong Cubs and Bears fan and is accustomed to regular disappointment. Brian McGovern Senior Vice President of Process and Information and Legal Chief Data Officer AIG Brian McGovern is Senior Vice President of Process and Information and Legal Chief Data Officer in the AIG Legal Operations Center. Brian is responsible for AIG s legal spend, globally. He brings more than 23 years of business operations and executive management experience to the group and has a proven track record for innovation, design, team-building and cost savings. Prior to his current role, he worked as Vice President, Global Head of Implementation and Process Performance Management at AIG. Prior to working with AIG, Brian held numerous leadership roles at Fortune 500 firms, including Americas Head of Business Process Management, Credit Suisse Private Banking, Vice President, Master Black Belt of Global Markets and Investment Banking at Merrill Lynch, and Director of Strategic Initiatives at GE. Brian has led teams in all roles that successfully implemented multiple large initiatives reducing costs, while improving efficiency and reporting. Brian lives in Connecticut with his wife and three children, and graduated college from his home state with a degree in Chemistry. He holds the distinction of being the lead inventor of United States Patent 7,937,374 and a co-inventor of 8,287,605. Hunter McMahon, JD, CIPT Vice President of Legal Consulting Services ALTEP Inc. Hunter McMahon s background in both law and technology provides clients dual insight into complex investigative and discovery matters, often surrounding ESI. Hunter acts as a 30(b)(6) witness and as an eDiscovery liaison for clients, advising on all stages of the EDRM in effort to increase defensibility, efficiency, and reasonability of the eDiscovery process. This includes assisting clients with information use and retention strategies, litigation response plans and workflows, preservation protocols, custodian interviews, meet and confer readiness, processing and search protocols, review strategies, production protocols, and more. As the COO of Legal Managed Services at Thomson Reuters, Greg leads operations for Thomson Reuters e-discovery technology and services, driving continued growth in both the United States and India (Mumbai and Delhi). Greg joined Thomson Reuters in 2007 where he led client development for the Pangea3 litigation service offering and later assumed leadership of Pangea3. Prior to Thomson Reuters, Greg managed the New York City sales and support staff for Applied Discovery, and began his career after law school with Howrey LLP. Greg is a frequent speaker and author on the subject of electronic discovery and legal outsourcing best practices and is a member of the Hispanic National Bar Association. He received a J. D. and a Master of Studies in Environmental Law, cum laude, from Vermont Law School. James A. Merrifield Information Governance Manager Robinson Cole LLP Jim Merrifield is the firm-wide Information Governance Manager at Robinson Cole LLP, a member of the firms Data Privacy Security Team, and Co-founder of the first ever conference focused exclusively on information governance, InfoGovCon. He is an respected advisor in the information governance community and active member of a number of industry associations including: ILTA, IAPP and ARMA. Jim s experience within information governance includes deployment of enterprise programs, policy development and enforcement, creation of disposition programs and technology solution evaluation. He has published numerous publications, frequently speaks on information governance and data privacy issues, and has provided consulting services to law firms and Fortune 500 companies. Jim is a certified information governance professional (IGP) and can be reached at jmerrifield rc . Connect with Jim on Linkedin and follow his blog posts on R C Data Privacy Security Insider . Beau Mersereau Director of Applications, Development and Support Fish Richardson P. C. Beau leads the application, development, support and training teams at Fish. He has been an active member of ILTA for over a decade and is currently a member of the Program Planning Council. In the past, he was a Regional Vice President for the Four Corners region of ILTA and a Peer Group Vice President. James L. Michalowicz Senior Manager Legal Operations Business Performance TE Connectivity James L. Michalowicz is the Senior Manager s TE Operating Advantage and Extraordinary Customer Experience programs. His areas of expertise include litigation management, eDiscovery, information governance and law department operations management. Mr. Michalowicz has worked 13 years in-house serving in various law department operation leadership roles at DuPont and Tyco International. He is a charter member of both the Sedona Conference Working Group One and Georgetown Advanced eDiscovery Institute advisory board. In addition, Mr. Michalowicz is a Six Sigma black belt and has developed legal analytics models to measure the performance of legal services. Collin Miller Director of Riskcovery Services ALTEP Inc. Peter Miller Senior Counsel Crowell Moring LLP Peter Miller is a senior counsel in Crowell and his knowledge of operational privacy, data security, federal procurement, and risk management issues. Peter joined Crowell and as a staff attorney in the Division of Advertising Practices where he investigated and litigated health and weight-loss claims. Before joining the FTC, he was a trial attorney in the Commercial Litigation Branch of the Department of Justice s Civil Division, where he litigated a variety of bankruptcy and non-bankruptcy matters involving government funds and programs. Peter advises and counsels clients on FTC consumer protection issues, including advertising, privacy and data security. He also provides support to clients throughout the FTC investigation and enforcement process, from initial contact through responses to staff requests, meetings with FTC staff and commissioners, and, if necessary, administrative or federal district court litigation. Peter is a participating member of The Sedona Conference Working Group 11 on Data Security and Privacy Liability, and he is part of the drafting team for Working Group 11 s Data Privacy Primer. Peter is a Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM), a Certified Information Privacy Professional with government and private sector concentrations (CIPP/G/US), and a Certified Information Privacy Technologist (CIPT). Co-leader and one of the original attorneys in Morgan Lewis s practice encompasses all phases of eDiscovery, from preservation and collection to review and production of large volumes of electronically stored information (ESI). Toni Minick Director, Product Management LexisNexis InterAction LexisNexis Toni Minick joined LexisNexis in 2005 and currently serves as Director of Product Management for the company s leading client relationship and business development offering, InterAction. Her background in product management and software user experiences spans more than 15 years, 12 of which have been focused on legal software solutions. From that knowledge base of customer understanding, Toni is committed to helping users address problems in simple and elegant ways. She is particularly passionate about supporting the unique needs of professionals at service organizations to track and manage their marketing and business development pipeline and strategies, and providing the analytics to measure ROI and improve decision making. Toni is an accomplished speaker and thought leader who has presented at numerous events across the legal industry. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary Education from George Fox University. Julia Montgomery Solution Architect, Onguard Security Awareness Traveling Coaches, Inc. Julia is the principal architect of Traveling Coaches , Julia combined her experience working with lawyers with her experience as a Prosci Certified Change Management Practitioner to ensure the effectiveness and relevance of the program for an attorney audience. Before joining Traveling Coaches, Julia developed and led security awareness programs and information management policies as part of in-house legal technology teams, working hand-in-hand with Risk Management professionals, General Counsel, and Executive Committees to create policies and procedures which addressed security concerns without impeding day-to-day efficiencies. She is frequent speaker and author on such topics as change management, communication strategies, and information security education programs. Helen Morey Principal, Global New Business Development Operations Leader Mercer Helen runs New Business Development Operations, globally, at Mercer. As part of the Commercial Effectiveness Center of Excellence, her role is to strategize and ensure the execution of a clear, consistent global infrastructure of people and on/offline process with a specific eye toward the pitch/proposal and negotiating/contracting phases of CRM. She brings to bear experience in law, venture capital, software development, and global operations. In prior executive operations roles across both global advertising agencies and technology startups, she was responsible for delivering and executing on synchronized, executable ops model for maximizing IRR and managing infrastructure teams. Machelle Morey, Esq. Corporate Counsel Atlas Copco North America LLC Machelle currently serves as corporate counsel for Atlas Copco North America, LLC and has over 15 years of professional experience. Although Ms. Morey handles a variety of matters for the company her specialties include employment law, real estate and M A. Machelle received her J. D. from Georgia State University College of Law and her B. A. in political science from Spelman College. She is licensed to practice law in both New York and Georgia. Sylvan Sibito H Morley III Vice President of IT Infrastructure and Operations DaVita Kidney Care Sibito Morley is Vice President of IT Infrastructure and Operations at DaVita Kidney Care and is based in Denver. He is an experienced IT executive, business leader and legal professional, assisting clients in developing information strategies, then organizing and implementing those strategies through programs of business transformation. He successfully implemented enterprise-wide IT governance in multiple industries, including high-tech, automotive, aviation, and legal. By first reducing costs through process, organization, and technology improvement, Sibito helps companies reinvest those savings towards cross-functional programs that drive additional revenue and enhance business performance s J. Rueben Clark Law School, and a recurrent speaker at industry events regarding IT Governance, Cloud, Enterprise Content Management, and Portal and Collaboration technology. Jeff Nass Senior Counsel, eDiscovery Boehringer Ingelheim Jeffrey Nass spearheads the eDiscovery program for Boehringer Ingelheim USA, a pharmaceutical company, headquartered in Germany. In his role, Jeff advises on strategy and issue resolution across all phases of the EDRM and oversees the execution of tactical eDiscovery tasks on domestic and cross-border matters. Much of Jeff s current work focuses on the EU Data Directive and the establishment of practical, cost effective solutions designed to satisfy US discovery obligations while adhering to the principles of German Data Protection. Before joining Boehringer Ingelheim, Jeff served as Associate eDiscovery Counsel for Forest Laboratories, a pharmaceutical company, headquartered in New York. Jeff has over 12 years of experience in the fields of Records Management and Electronic Discovery. He has advised organizations on all aspects of evidence lifecycle management, including the development of record retention policies, legal hold strategies, discovery protocols, and document review techniques. Jeff has worked with clients in several highly regulated industries such as pharmaceuticals, financial services, oil and gas, and insurance. Jeff received his J. D. cum laude, from Pace University School of Law in 2006, his B. S. in Computer Engineering from Lehigh University in 1999, is a member of the State Bars of New York and New Jersey and is registered House Counsel in Connecticut. Sergey Nazarov is the CEO of SmartContract . the leading smart contract platform for fortune 1000 in-house counsels and top-tier law firms providing computable contracts that verify their own performance and perform fully automated dispute resolution. Previously Sergey was CEO of Secure Asset Exchange, and initially began his career on the investment team at FirstMark Capital. Dera J. Nevin Director, eDiscovery Services Proskauer Rose LLP Dera J. Nevin is the Director, eDiscovery Services at Proskauer Rose LLP. She is an accomplished e-discovery lawyer with significant operational experience developing and managing eDiscovery and practice support programs and teams. She maintains a focus on strategic process and technology initiatives and e-Discovery matter and program cost containment. She has significant experience recommending and implementing technology, building and evaluating e-discovery operations and spearheading strategic initiatives directed at increasing e-discovery program effectiveness. Her experience includes advising on all aspects of e-discovery in civil, criminal, regulatory and M A transactions and in internal investigations, and in transborder eDiscovery. She has managed review and production totals of over 500 million records. She has pioneered the use of e-discovery applications, including technology-assisted review and multi-lingual search. She has advised numerous corporations on the development and implementation of e-discovery programs and strategies, including litigation hold management and audit. She also has experience in related aspects of information governance, including records retention and disposition initiatives, including those arising from document conversion and system migration projects. Ms. Nevin is a founding member of the Legal Technology Professionals Institute, and serves on its Board, and is a part member of the EDRM Advisory Board Co-Chair of the EDRM Metrics Group. Ms. Nevin is also on the advisory board and teaches in the Bryan University e-Discovery Project Management (EDPM) post-graduate program. She is a frequent speaker on a variety of topics relating to electronic evidence management, including document review and production, large team coordination, international transmission of data and the law of privilege and privacy in the management and exchange of electronic records. She writes a regular column on e-Discovery in Canadian Lawyer magazine, and has published articles on e-Discovery in the Association of Corporate Counsel Magazine and in the LTN. Ms. Nevin graduated from the University of Toronto Faculty of Law (J. D.), and holds an M. A. and a B. A. (Hons.) from Queen s University. She is admitted to the bars of Ontario and NY. Clifford E. Nichols Senior Counsel Day Pitney LLP Cliff Nichols works in the Commercial Litigation department and the White Collar Defense and Internal Investigations practice group. He is Ediscovery Counsel and directs all electronic investigation. Mr. Nichols has significant and extensive experience representing financial institutions in connection with insider trading, fraud, SEC compliance and other wrongdoings. He also designs and directs civil ediscovery and government subpoena responses for a wide range of clients including universities, hospitals, private equity firms and manufacturing. Dirk Olin Director of Judicial Intelligence ALM Dirk Olin is Director of Judicial Intelligence at American Lawyer Media. He is the former Editor and Publisher of Corporate Responsibility Magazine . He is also co-author Rebuilding Justice (introduction by Sandra Day O Connor) which was featured on The PBS News Hour. Olin was founding director of the Institute for Judicial Studies, a think tank dedicated to increasing courtroom transparency. Before that, he served as national editor for The American Lawyer magazine, overseeing award-winning feature and opinion sections. His work has also appeared in The New York Times magazine and op-ed pages, as well as many other publications. A former visiting scholar with the Institute of Governmental Studies at UC Berkeley, and a recipient of the National Education Writer s Award, he began his career covering Congress after graduating from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern and Dartmouth College. Outside of work, he is President of the nonprofit International Debate Education Association. Eric O Neill Founding Partner The Georgetown Group LLC Eric O s Intelligence Program, Eric worked as a special surveillance group field operative tasked to surveil and monitor foreign, national, and domestic terrorists and spies. Eric currently runs The Georgetown Group, a premier investigative and security consultancy, where he specializes in counterintelligence operations, investigations into economic espionage, cyber security penetrations, internal investigations, and catching the trusted insider. Eric is an honors graduate of Auburn University. He earned his Juris Doctor degree from The George Washington University Law School, also with honors. Maureen O Neill Senior Vice President DiscoverReady LLC Maureen O Neill is Senior Vice President at DiscoverReady. Maureen advises clients on the development and execution of effective, cost-efficient information governance and discovery strategies. She speaks and writes frequently on significant information governance issues, such as current legal challenges around data security and privacy, the use of advanced analytical tools in litigation discovery, and methods for managing the proliferation of electronic information. Her presentations range from large industry conference sessions to one-on-one delivery of CLE programming to clients. Maureen also participates actively in the Sedona Conference Working Groups on Electronic Document Retention and Production, and Data Security and Privacy Liability. Prior to joining DiscoverReady, Maureen was a partner at Paul Hastings LLP, where she represented Fortune 100 and other multinational companies in complex employment litigation, including class and collective actions. Maureen developed unique experience in the production of data from complicated, voluminous databases such as human resources information systems and operational databases, and in using statistical analyses of those data in employment litigation. Maureen also co-chaired the Firm s E-Discovery Practice Group. In that role, she advised clients on various e-discovery issues, such as identifying and inventorying sources of electronic information, drafting legal hold notices, and developing protocols for document collection, storage, and management. She also consulted internally with attorneys at the Firm on e-discovery issues, and helped develop best practices for litigators engaged in e-discovery practice. Maureen graduated with Honors from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law, and received her undergraduate degree with honors from the University of Miami. She is admitted to practice in California and Georgia. Robert Owen Partner Sutherland Asbill Brennan LLP Bob Owen has decades of commercial litigation experience in New York and around the country. A nationally recognized adviser to financial services, energy and technology companies, Bob is known for efficient, creative and early dispute resolution. He has handled hundreds of cases before federal and state courts and arbitration panels throughout the United States. His accomplishments as a trial lawyer are recognized by the National Institute of Trial Advocacy which has invited him to teach trial skills at its flagship national program in Boulder, Colorado (seven times) and at many of its regional programs. Partner in Charge of Sutherland s New York office, Bob is also a nationally recognized authority in e-discovery, managing the costs and risks that e-discovery now adds to the litigation calculus. Chambers consistently rates him as one of five first rank leading individuals in e-discovery nationally, and reports that he is In addition, he is a member of the Advisory Board of the Georgetown Law Advanced Institute for eDiscovery and president of the non-profit Electronic Discovery Institute. Jason Parkman Chief Executive Officer Mitratech As Chief Executive Officer, Jason leads a talented management team to drive growth and innovation for Mitratech and its clients. Jason joined Mitratech in 2012, and has more than 15 years of experience leading legal technology, software and services businesses. In the three years since Jason joined Mitratech, his team has produced the strongest years of growth and client success in the business Scott. Jason is originally from Los Angeles, and received his Bachelor s Degrees in legal studies and philosophy from the University of California-Santa Cruz. He received his MA in philosophy from the University of Chicago. The Honorable Andrew J. Peck Magistrate Judge United States District Court Southern District of New York Magistrate Judge Andrew J. Peck was appointed United States Magistrate Judge for the Southern District of New York on February 27, 1995, and served as Chief Magistrate Judge in 2004-2005. He graduated with honors from Cornell University in 1974 and from Duke University School of Law in 1977, where he was Notes Comments Editor of the Duke Law Journal. Judge Peck is a member of the Duke Law School Board of Visitors (2012 to Present). Judge Peck served as law clerk to Judge Paul Roney of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh (then the Fifth) Circuit, during the 1977-1978 term. Judge Peck was a litigator at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton Garrison from 1978-1995. Judge Peck is a frequent lecturer on issues relating to electronic discovery and is a member of the Sedona Conference and the Sedona Conference Judicial Advisory Board. He was awarded the Champion of Technology Award for 2011 by Law Technology News, the 2013 Judicial Leadership Award by the Electronic Discovery Institute ( EDI ), and honored by the American Lawyer as a Judicial E-Discovery Innovator (in Top 50 Innovators of the Last 50 Years). Judge Peck is a judicial observer to the Legal Tech Educational Advisory Board (2015 to present). Judge Peck s key e-discovery opinions: Rio Tinto PLC v. Vale S. A. 14 Civ. 3042, 2015 WL 4367250 (S. D.N. Y. July 15, 2015) (appointing TAR Special Master) Rio Tinto PLC v. Vale S. A. 306 F. R.D. 125 (S. D.N. Y. 2015) (black letter law that producing party can use TAR) Da Silva Moore v. Publicis Groupe, 287 F. R.D. 182 (S. D.N. Y. 2012) (Peck, M. J.) (first judical decision approving use of predictive coding), aff d, 2012 WL 1446534 (S. D.N. Y. Apr. 26, 2012) William A. Gross Constr. Assocs. Inc. v. Am. Mfrs. Mut. Ins. Co. 256 F. R.D. 134 (S. D.N. Y. 2009) (Peck, M. J.) (keyword search) In re NTL, Inc. Sec. Litig. 244 F. R.D. 179 (S. D.N. Y. 2007) (Peck, M. J.) (spoliation Anti-Monopoly, Inc. v. Hasbro, Inc. 94 Civ. 2120, 1995 WL 649934 (S. D.N. Y. Nov. 3, 1995) (Peck, M. J.). In his spare time, Judge Peck is a member of the Baker Street Irregulars and other Sherlock Holmes societies. Judge Peck also has served as a member of the Board of Directors and as Executive Vice President of the Mystery Writers of America, Inc. ( MWA ), which awards the Edgar Award each year for the best works in the mystery field, and currently is a member of the MWA New York Chapter Board of Directors. Farrah Pepper Executive Counsel Discovery General Electric Company Farrah Pepper is Executive Counsel for Discovery at GE, where she serves as the company s dedicated legal expert on discovery strategy and policy. Ms. Pepper is an active member of The Sedona Conference s Electronic Discovery and Information Law Practice Group. Molly Perry Chief Operating Officer for the Office of the General Counsel Hewlett Packard Enterprise Molly Tynan Perry is the Chief Operating Officer for the Office of the General Counsel at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (and formerly Hewlett-Packard Company) based in Palo Alto, California. Prior to her role as COO, Perry was Director of Operations for HP s Enterprise business. Prior to joining HP in December 1995, Perry held financial management positions with Convex Computer Corporation, including worldwide controllership functions, public reporting, and worldwide tax strategy and compliance. Before the move to Convex, Perry was a director with Arthur Young (now Ernst Young) in Dallas, Texas, where she practiced as a Certified Public Accountant, focused on airlines and high tech industries, and multinational tax planning. Perry received a BBA in Accounting from the University of Texas in Austin. Joshua Petty Vice President and Deputy General Counsel Booz Allen Hamilton Chris Pogue Senior Vice President Cyber Threat Analysis Nuix Chris Pogue has 14 years s growing cybersecurity team. Daniel J. Polatsek Partner Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP Dan Polatsek concentrates his practice in corporate litigation, white collar criminal defense and internal investigations. His clients span several different industries including financial services, insurance, banking, healthcare and commercial lending. With respect to corporate litigation, Dan has represented corporations and senior executives against claims of fraud, RICO, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, and fraudulent transfer claims. With respect to white collar criminal defense matters, Dan has represented large companies, corporate executives and other individuals in cases of mail fraud, tax fraud, bank fraud, violations of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, in addition to other complex crimes. Dan also regularly represents uncharged companies and individuals through the grand jury investigation process, and has conducted numerous internal investigations on behalf of corporate clients on issues involving criminal misconduct, breaches of fiduciary duty and other types of corporate malfeasance. Alex Ponce de Leon Discovery Counsel Google Inc. Alex Ponce de Leon is corporate counsel for Google Inc. focusing on discovery issues. He develops and implements innovative and efficient discovery strategies for a wide variety of litigation matters, including, complex litigation, patent cases, and internal investigations. Besides managing his own discovery caseload, he also implements new discovery policies and procedures designed to reduce costs and mitigate legal risk across the company. He is a member of the California Bar Association s Council on Access and Fairness. Prior to joining Google, Alex was a senior litigation counsel at the Intel Corporation where he primarily focused on discovery and general litigation matters. While at Intel he received over a dozen departmental honors and earned a 2014 Intel Achievement Award. Alex began his legal career as an associate at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman where he worked on large and complex litigation cases. Before practicing law, Alex was a policy advisor for the California State Legislature and a management consultant for Accenture where he worked advising the City of Boston. He received his BA from Brown University, his MSc from the London School of Economics, and his JD from Northwestern University School of Law. Sharyn M. Procaccio Vice President, Assistant General Counsel Hunt Companies, Inc. Ms. Procaccio currently serves as vice president, assistant general counsel for Hunt Companies, Inc. Her primary responsibilities include managing the company s involvement in litigation, and other legal matters, including compliance, and information governance. Ms. Procaccio advises the company on pending and threatened litigation as well as risk mitigation and exposure. She also provides her legal expertise to the company for regular corporate training. Prior to joining Hunt Companies, Ms. Procaccio worked as a litigator for eight years at the Chicago office of Katten Muchin Rosenman, LLP. She represented a wide spectrum of clients in all aspects of litigation, including at the state, federal and appellate levels, and regularly counselled clients in navigating the requirements pertaining to the preservation and production of electronically stored information (ESI). Prior to joining Katten, Ms. Procaccio served as a judicial extern to The Honorable Michael M. Mihm of the Central District of Illinois. Ms. Procaccio earned her BA from Lake Forest College and her JD, from . Ms. Procaccio is admitted to the State Bar of Illinois, the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, the District Court of Colorado, and the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Marty Provin Executive VP Jordan Lawrence Marty Provin is Executive Vice President of Jordan Lawrence, a leading solution provider for records retention, data privacy and information governance. He has over 20 years of experience in information technology and governance. Marty joined Jordan Lawrence in 2003 and advises in-house counsel, compliance and privacy professionals in the areas of records management, data privacy and e-discovery and the confluence of technology in these areas. He plays a key role in helping companies develop effective, defensible and cost effective information governance programs that address information across all platforms and media. He is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP) and frequent contributor in the legal and privacy communities. Prior to joining Jordan Lawrence in 2003, Marty spent 13 years in the technology industry where he worked with Fortune 500 Companies in developing solutions to manage workflow and increase efficiency. Dawn Radcliffe Manager, Discovery Legal Support TransCanadaPipelines, Ltd Dawn manages technology programs and resources, and develops strategic technology roadmaps, in particular for those systems and processes dedicated to the law department (e. g. discovery, legal hold, matter management, e-billing, document management, etc.) for TransCanada Pipelines. She is also responsible for monitoring the legal function workflow and identifying opportunities to enhance department productivity in order to improve operational effectiveness in the delivery of legal services to the enterprise. She serves as liaison with the corporate IT department regarding technical support of the law department and integration of the law department s processes with companywide systems and initiatives. Sandra Rampersaud Litigation Attorney Cravath, Swaine Moore LLP Sandra Rampersaud is an attorney in Cravath s practice also requires her to understand advances in information technology and the legal implications of its use. She works closely with our clients and case teams in matters involving complex records preservation and collection issues, and devising cost-effective and defensible review strategies. Ms. Rampersaud has spoken on e-discovery issues at a number of presentations. Ms. Rampersaud was born in London, United Kingdom. She received a B. A. summa cum laude from the University of Massachusetts in 1992 and a J. D. magna cum laude from Brooklyn Law School in 2003, where she was a Notes and Comments Editor of the Law Review and a member of the Moot Court Honor Society. Ms. Rampersaud joined Cravath in 2011. Prior to joining Cravath, Ms. Rampersaud was associated with a law firm in New York, where her practice focused on antitrust, commodities, securities and energy litigation. In 2003, Ms. Rampersaud served a one-year clerkship with Hon. Joan M. Azrack of the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. She is admitted to practice before the state courts of New York and Connecticut and, on the Federal level, before the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of New York. Ms. Rampersaud is a member of the Sedona Conference Working Group Series on Electronic Document Retention and Production and actively participates on drafting subcommittees for its publications. She recently spoke at the Sedona Conference Association, Denis McInerney American Inns of Court from 2004 to 2012 where she was a team leader from 2006 to 2010. Ms. Rampersaud may be reached by phone at 212-474-3772 or by email at sjrampersaud cravath . Kenneth N. Rashbaum advises multinational corporations and healthcare organizations in the areas of privacy, cyber-security and e-discovery. He counsels multinational corporations on information governance and its compliance with federal, state, and non-U. S. laws the interface of e-commerce and legal and regulatory liabilities in areas such as cyber-security and breach response. Ken has vast experience in preparation of protocols for compliance with data protection and privacy laws in the U. S. and other countries conduct of information security and data breach response assessments, investigations and remediation initiatives and policies for social media legal and regulatory compliance. Ken serves as special e-discovery counsel for complex litigation and in matters in which electronic evidence from beyond the U. S. is required. He has been recognized internationally as a thought leader in electronic discovery and disclosure, and has served as national e-discovery counsel for multinational pharmaceutical corporations and global e-discovery counsel in products liability and IP litigation. Ken was appointed to the faculty of the Federal Judicial Center for its September, 2010 session and the Georgetown Advanced E-Discovery Institute (November 2009 and December 2012 sessions) to lead sessions on international e-discovery issues and challenges. In his capacity as a nationally known expert on data privacy, Ken counsels healthcare organizations on compliance with federal, state and judicial standards governing protected health information. He has served as HIPAA and privacy counsel to major hospital systems, health plans, physicians and provided counsel on risk management issues in access, uses and disclosures of electronic patient information. Ken is an Adjunct Professor of Law, Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University. Prior to joining Barton, Ken was a senior litigation partner in the New York office of Sedgwick LLP (formerly Sedgwick, Detert, Moran Arnold) where he was the Co-Chair of the E-Discovery, Compliance and Data Management Practice Group. Scott Reents Senior Associate and Discovery Counsel Clearly Gottlieb Steen Hamilton LLP Scott Reents is a senior attorney based in the New York office. Mr. Reents specializes in e-discovery, litigating e-discovery issues and planning and supervising e-discovery for various litigation, arbitration, and enforcement matters. Mr. Reents has advised numerous Fortune 100 companies and major financial institutions clients on e-discovery issues in securities litigations, shareholder class actions, bankruptcy-related litigation, and other complex commercial disputes in various federal and state courts. He has worked extensively on e-discovery issues for internal investigations and regulatory enforcement matters, including matters before the U. S. Department of Justice, the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the New York Attorney General, and various foreign regulators. Mr. Reents was counsel to Vale in Rio Tinto v. Vale . in which he litigated a number of important issues related to the parties s predictive coding process. While those issues were under consideration, Vale prevailed in the lawsuit on a motion to dismiss. Mr. Reents is a member of Working Group 1 of The Sedona Conference, and is a frequent speaker and writer on e-discovery issues. Omar Richardson Manager Compliance, Global Anti-Corruption American Express Jessica is an associate in the litigation department and is a member of the firm s Office, where she tried cases ranging from drug possession to arson. Kara Ricupero Head of eDiscovery and Records and Information Management eBay RJon Robins Owner How To Manage A Small Law Firm In 2006 RJon Robins founded How To MANAGE a Small Law Firm in order to provide high-level law firm management and marketing advice, consultation and coaching to solo and small law firms across the United States. The firm has since helped thousands of lawyers who subscribe to RJon law firm. RJon also conducts high-level mastermind weekend retreats and private VIP days that lawyers travel from around the country to attend and then rave about. Mr. Robins is a Member of The Florida Bar and is authorized to appear before the Southern District Federal Court. Mr. Robins is a member of The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners and lives in Miami Florida with his wife and their cats, dog, peacocks and wild iguanas in their yard. Gail Rodgers is a partner in the New York City office of DLA Piper. She concentrates her practice in pharmaceutical and medical device litigation, mass torts and government and internal investigations. Gail represents clients on a wide variety of compliance matters, including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) as well as advising and enhancing compliance programs in response to investigations. Gail handles investigations regarding bribery, corruption and potential sanctions and export control violations. She also advises on issues stemming from investigations, including concerns regarding data breach and data privacy. She has extensive experience in a wide variety of state and federal litigation, including providing strategic advice at each stage of litigation, managing national discovery teams, and implementation of national resolution programs. Gail acts as litigator and litigation manager handling individual matters in a lead capacity while also supervising and coordinating the work of attorneys drawn from multiple outside law firms. She also has significant experience as resolution counsel and has coordinated teams in the evaluation of individual and class action claims, resulting in the resolution of thousands of claims. Gail handles commercial litigation matters involving multiple international jurisdictions. She also provides strategic business advice regarding avoidance of litigation and handling of complaints and claims regarding pharmaceutical, medical device and nutritional supplements. Dana Rosen Senior Vice President General Counsel ALM Jessica Ross Vice President, Litigation Regulatory Deutsche Bank Jessica Perazzelli Ross is Counsel in the Litigation and Regulatory Enforcement Group at Deutsche Bank New York, specializing in e-discovery and global data privacy. Her work centers on defensible and cost-effective end-to-end e-discovery processes to respond to internal and external data requests, as well as developing and enforcing best practices for the Bank Watkins and as an antitrust associate at Skadden Arps. Ms. Ross holds a JD from Notre Dame Law School and a BA from Georgetown University. Sophie Ross Senior Managing Director FTI Technology Sophie Ross is a Senior Managing Director in the FTI Technology practice and is based in San Francisco. Ms. Ross heads the Western Region for FTI Technology, as well as leads FTI s Managed Review business from inception, through the building phase, to the current ongoing management and growth. Ms. Ross specializes in helping clients manage their overall e-Discovery and review through predictable pricing models and by simplifying the multi layers of discovery management. Ms. Ross joined FTI through its acquisition of Strategic Discovery, a leader in the litigation discovery industry with innovative, comprehensive approaches to paper and electronic discovery as well as records management, where she served as the Chief Operating Officer and was responsible for data processing, IT and client support, HR administration, and accounting. Ms. Ross has served in the Israeli Navy Intelligence, possesses an international and European background and is fluent in 4 languages. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from Tel Aviv University, and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Todd Ruback, Esq. CIPP-US/E, CIPT Chief Privacy Officer V. P. Legal Affairs Ghostery Dan Rubins is the Founder of Legal Robot where he is bringing Artificial Intelligence to the Legal domain. Previously, he built enterprise software at Wells Fargo and McKesson, where he used design thinking to create better technology experiences. This work inspired him to innovate in high friction areas, like the Legal industry. He currently works to improve access to justice by applying machine learning and the blockchain to create new delivery models. Dan frequently contributes to hackathons and open source projects and has a degree from the University of California, Davis in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry. Gurinder Sangha is a serial entrepreneur, attorney and academic who is at the forefront of incorporating modern technology into the legal and financial services sectors. He is the founder and CEO of Lit IQ, which uses advances in computational linguistics technology to help lawyers draft precise and error-free legal documents, such as patents, contracts and regulations. Sangha is also the founder and former CEO of Intelligize, which helps business professionals research regulatory filings. Current customers include most of the AmLaw 100 law firms and three of the Big Four accounting firms. He is also a Fellow at CodeX, The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics. Prior to founding Intelligize, Sangha practiced securities law at the Hong Kong office of White Business. He speaks frequently and is quoted widely on entrepreneurship, product development, legal innovation and enterprise sales. He has been featured in numerous media outlets, including The Wall Street Journal, Barron s and various industry blogs. Gurinder earned his J. D. at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He received his B. A. in Economics and Commerce from the University of Toronto, graduating with high distinction. He is a member in good standing with the New York State Bar Association. Hon. Pamela Meade Sargent United States Magistrate Judge United States District Court Western District of Virginia Hon. Shira A. Scheindlin United States District Judge United States District Court Southern District of New York Shira A. Scheindlin is a United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York. She was nominated by President William J. Clinton on July 28, 1994. Before taking her current seat on the Southern District, Judge Scheindlin worked as a prosecutor (Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York), commercial lawyer (General Counsel for the New York City Department of Investigation and partner at Herzfeld s Standing Committee on Judicial Independence, the American Law Institute, a former Chair of the Commercial and Federal Litigation Section of the NYSBA, a former Board Member of the New York County Lawyers Association, the former counselor of the New York Inn of Court, and a member of various committees of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. She is the author of the first e-discovery casebook (together with Professor Dan Capra and the Sedona Conference) and many articles. Finally, she is an adjunct Professor at Cardozo Law School. On the subject of electronic records management, her opinions in Zubulake v. UBS Warburg LLC, and Pension Committee v. Banc of America Securities, have come to be recognized as case law landmarks. She is the recipient of many awards including the Fuld Award from the New York State Bar Association, the Weinfeld Award from the New York County Lawyers, and the Brennan Award from the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Rick Schoeneck Director of Electronic Discovery Accenture Rick is the Director of Electronic Discovery at the global management consulting, technology and outsourcing services company, Accenture. He is an information technology and e-discovery professional with over 25 years of IT experience. In his career at Accenture he has been a consultant, project manager, technical architect, information security professional and in 2005 began developing the e-discovery program for Accenture s corporate legal department. In 2006 he took on his new role as the Director of Electronic Discovery where he now oversees all electronic discovery activities for Accenture globally in support of the Employment Law, Internal Investigations and Litigation teams. Prior to his employment with Accenture, Rick served 9 years in the United States Air Force and received a bachelors of science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of North Dakota. Mike Schubert Chief Operational Officer IPRO Tech Michael Schubert serves as Chief Operational Officer at Ipro Tech, where he oversees all internal technical operations including management of support, training, the Ipro Cloud, software development and product design. Michael has nearly 15 years in the litigation support industry, having held senior leadership positions at litigation service providers and software companies, including Vice President of Production and Operations at Encore Litigation Solutions. He graduated from Marquette University with a B. S. in Business Administration and Information Technology. Judy Selby Former Partner and Co-leader, Information Governance Team BakerHostetler Judy is co-chair of BakerHostetler Technology Management Team. She also defends class action lawsuits and recently won the complete dismissal of a data breach class action in Polanco v. Omnicell, Inc. Civ. No. 13-1417 (NLH/KMW), slip op. (D. N.J. Dec. 26, 2013). Judy handles cutting edge privacy, data breach, information governance, cyber insurance and insurance coverage matters. She also has successfully completed a course on Tackling the Challenges of Big Data with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Professional Education, and she is a member of the newly formed ABA Big Data Committee and the Sedona Conference Data Security and Privacy Liability Working Group 11. She has over 20 years of experience in large scale first - and third-party complex insurance coverage matters, providing a full range of services from opinion work, coverage gap analysis, claims counseling, broker liability, settlement negotiations, international arbitration and all phases of insurance coverage litigation. Judy is a member of the Law360 Insurance Editorial Advisory Board, the Editorial Advisory Board of Law Technology News, the Professional Liability Underwriters Association, the Defense Research Institute, and the Claims and Litigation Management Alliance (CLM). She was selected as LawCrossing s Law Job Star in July 2014 and was featured in Law Technology News as a leading woman in technology in August 2014. Judy also was recently quoted in Reuters with regard to data breach class actions against Target. James Sherer Co-leader, Information Governance Practice Team BakerHostetler James Sherer co-chairs the Information Governance practice team and serves as part of the E-Discovery and Management and Privacy and Data Protection groups. His work focuses on litigation discovery management processes enterprise risk management records and information governance data privacy, security, and bank secrecy technology integration issues and related merger and acquisition diligence. Prior to joining BakerHostetler, James worked as in-house litigator with a Fortune 500 company and previously practiced litigation in New York. James holds CIPP/US, CIPP/E, and CIPM credentials as well as an MBA in finance is a member of The Sedona Conference and writes and presents on e-discovery, information governance, privacy, investigation, and merger and acquisition issues. Mike Silano Lead Solution Architect Box, Inc. Mike Silano is a Lead Solution Architect with Box, the world s leading enterprise software platform for content collaboration. In this role, Mike is responsible for working with enterprise customers to determine how best to design, deploy, and integrate Box into their environment. Prior to Box, Mike was a Practice Lead at HP working with customers who deployed ECM and RM solutions. Mike holds a BS in Computer Science from The Johns Hopkins University. Alison Silverstein Managing Director McDermott Discovery Alison B. Silverstein is the Managing Director of the Firm s Washington, D. C. office. She is a recognized industry expert in the analysis, negotiation and execution of data discovery for law firms and corporations. An experienced consultant, she has extensive knowledge of product strategy, data recovery, software development, operational techniques and recovery processes. She has provided a broad range of integrated discovery-management services to clients both nationally and internationally. Additionally, Alison has a 15 year track record of establishing and growing highly successful national business offerings for both private and public organizations, taking responsibility for development of business processes, marketing plans and new business. She has extensive experience with: Pre-litigation analysis of corporate data and documentation Consulting with large clients in the energy, pharmaceutical, medical, technology and transportation industries with regard to the creation andmaintenance of defensible project plans Formulating defensible collection plans, preservation and chain-of-custody issues, strategic searching, forensic data recovery and analysis, and client education Negotiating methodologies for collection and production of discoverable material Providing computer forensics and large-scale preservation, acquisition, analysis and production of e - mail and other electronic records inlitigation Providing expert analysis and preparation in a large number of litigations, wherein company has been retained as an expert Michael Simon is the Principal of Seventh Samurai, an eDiscovery and Information Governance expert consulting firm. Michael is a licensed attorney, with six and a half years experience as a trial attorney in Chicago. Michael is an adjunct professor at Boston University School of Law and at Michigan State University College of Law, teaching classes in eDiscovery. Michael has made over 100 presentations on legal technology topics as speaker, panelist and moderator at national and local events, law firms, corporations and law schools. He has written dozens of articles on eDiscovery and legal technology topics. He received his J. D. from Loyola University Chicago School of Law, where he was a published author and an Editor-at-Large of the law journal, and his B. A. cum laude from Tufts University in two majors that have nothing to do with what he does now. Christopher Sitter, EnCE eDiscovery Digital Forensics Senior Manager Juniper Networks Chris is the Head of Global eDiscovery, Digital Forensics, and Incident Response Technology for Juniper Networks based out of Silicon Valley. As a leading innovator in the eDiscovery technology space, he is well known for developing custom defensible solutions to execute on large scale discovery requests and federal investigations for Fortune 100 companies. As a Forensic Expert, Chris has assisted Federal and Local Government, as well as many private law firms with their cases. His consulting and expert witness testimony has led to convictions and settlements in numerous cases involving disputes over digital evidence and electronic data. He has recently completed the development of an entirely cloud based eDiscovery and forensic environment which spans the entire EDRM, can process over 1,000,000 emails a minute, and is in compliance with all international data privacy laws. David Smythe Information Lifecycle Management Firmwide Data Management JPMorgan Chase Co. David joined JPMC in March, 2014 to lead the Structured Data Program for eDiscovery after 20 years in information management with two investment banks. He recently moved into the ILM team and is now focused on the assessment, planning and outreach for watermarking and data loss prevention. His first effort in ILM was to develop an Electronic Data Disposition Process. Related efforts in the banking industry have included data retention, defensible disposition, data mapping, workflow automation and application decommissioning. Such work efforts have yielded enhanced control, process efficiencies and substantial cost reduction. The information governance expertise encompasses data and document management, eDiscovery, records and information management and consulting with large financial, pharmaceutical, industrial and not for profit organizations. This expertise includes strategic planning, program development, project management, skill and knowledge transfer, and integration with litigation, compliance, audit, corporate and line of business functions. Common initiatives throughout his career have been the development and implementation of information lifecycle management policies, procedures, technology and teams targeting high-impact initiatives, regulatory compliance (Dodd Frank, EMIR, SOX, privacy), operational excellence and cost reduction. Additional accomplishments were achieved in business research and performance measurement and metrics. The education includes a BA and an MBA. George Socha EDRM Consultant Socha Consulting LLC George Socha is a consultant and expert witness who focuses on the full range of electronic discovery activities. His clients include corporations, governmental agencies, legal vertical market software and services providers, investment firms and law firms. Ed Sohn Sr. Director, Client Services Thomson Reuters Legal Ed Sohn is a Global Director at Thomson Reuters award-winning legal outsourcing company, Pangea3, which employs approximately 1,000 full-time attorneys globally. After five and a half years as a Biglaw litigation associate, Ed spent over two years in New Delhi, India, managing hundreds of Indian attorneys and professionals in delivering high-value managed legal services. He now focuses on developing integrated technology and outsourced legal solutions. Prior to joining Pangea3, Ed was a Senior Attorney in Business Litigation at King S, Ed represented a variety of financial institutions and Fortune 50 companies in matters related to government investigations, healthcare litigation, class action and securities litigation, and commercial disputes. Through his experience as a litigator, Ed gained extensive experience managing eDiscovery including preservation, collection, review, production and fact investigation. Ed is a member of the State Bar of Georgia and the Northern District of Georgia. He is also a member of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, and formerly served as the Vice President of Programs of the Georgia Asian Pacific American Bar Association. Jeanne Somma Discovery Practice Director DiscoverReady LLC Jeanne is a Discovery Practice Director in DiscoverReady s New York office. In that capacity, Jeanne plays an essential role in the testing of new document review platforms and supporting products, and the development of review workflows to maximize the integration of highly trained professionals with state of the art review technology. Education: LLM, International Business and Trade, Fordham University School of Law J. D. Hofstra University School of Law BA, Syracuse University where she was the Director of the Sour Sitrus Society basketball pep band in 2003, when Syracuse Men s Basketball team won the NCAA national championship. Noteworthy: Wide range of subject matter expertise encompassing the financial, pharmaceutical, energy and technology sectors. Jeanne Somma is responsible for ensuring the high-quality delivery of DiscoverReady s team of full-time Discovery Practice attorneys. She is responsible for developing and implementing a rigorous training program that keeps the Discovery Practice up to date on best practices in the technology and legal sectors. Her focus on keeping the team abreast of the latest industry innovations enables DiscoverReady to set industry standards for quality, efficiency, and defensibility of document review. Prior to joining DiscoverReady, Jeanne was an Associate at Deloitte Financial Advisory Services in the Document Review service line. As an Associate at Deloitte, Jeanne managed teams of attorneys reviewing documents related to securities fraud, SEC investigations, internal investigations and financial misrepresentation. Her duties included organizing the review process and creating a quality management process to ensure consistency and accuracy of the production s coding. Jeanne is admitted to practice in New York and New Jersey. Michelle Spak Associate General Counsel Duke Energy Corporation Michelle Spak is Associate General Counsel in the Office of General Counsel for Duke Energy Corporation. Ms. Spak manages a variety of litigation for Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC, the regulated electric utility in North and South Carolina, including tort, employment, and commercial litigation. Ms. Spak is also routinely involved in complex litigation involving Duke Energy Corporation. In addition, Ms. Spak oversees the e-discovery group at Duke Energy. Before joining Duke Energy, Ms. Spak was an attorney at Vinson Elkins LLP in Dallas, Texas, specializing in complex commercial litigation, and served as a law clerk for Judge Michael W. McConnell on the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. Ms. Spak has spoken at e-discovery conferences across the country on the role of in-house counsel in managing e-discovery costs and on the use of technology to lessens the burdens of e-discovery. Ms. Spak is a member of Texas Bar and North Carolina Bar, and serves on the Board of the Augustine Literacy Project, Care Ring, and the Northwestern University Alumni Association. Allison Stanton Director of E-Discovery, FOIA, and Records US Department of Justice - Civil Division Ms. Allison Stanton is the Director of E-Discovery, FOIA, and Records for the United States Department of Justice s highest awards, for her work in the investigation that led to the multi-billion dollar settlement with JP Morgan for mortgage fraud. As part of her responsibilities, Ms. Stanton advises on complex e-discovery issues in civil litigation and investigations develops e-discovery policies, practices, and training for the Civil Division works with the other Department of Justice Divisions on e-discovery initiatives advises federal agencies on e-discovery and information management matters and provides guidance on proposed changes to procedural rules, regulations, and legislation affecting e-discovery. Ms. Stanton s technology needs are diverse and drive the need for innovation in the development of e-discovery law and technology. Ms. Stanton also leads the Civil Division s FOIA and records obligations. This information management is a key function that aids the Civil Division in achieving its litigation mission. One of Ms. Stanton priorities is the continued modernization of government FOIA and records processes by transforming paper-based systems to an advanced electronic workflow. She works closely with senior Department of Justice leadership and others around the federal government to develop and support innovative and efficient approaches to FOIA, records, and e-discovery. Ms. Stanton is an established author with more than 20 articles in various legal and technology publications. She has spoken at numerous national and international conferences. She teaches E-Discovery at American University s Washington College of Law and is the Former-Chair of the D. C. Bar E-Discovery Committee. Ms. Stanton graduated first in her law school class, receiving her law degree from the Washington College of Law, American University, summa cum laude, and received her undergraduate degree from Cornell University with honors. Ms. Stanton clerked in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia for the Honorable Barry R. Poretz. Prior to joining the Department of Justice, Ms. Stanton was an attorney with Hogan Lovells US LLP where she represented numerous clients in complex civil cases and criminal investigations, many of which included complex e-discovery issues. Ms. Stanton also developed proactive e-discovery plans for Fortune 500 companies, including document retention policies and litigation hold and response procedures. David L. Stanton Litigation Partner and Information Law Electronic Discovery Team Leader Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP David Stanton is a partner in the law firm s Executive Partner for Anti-Bribery/Anti-Corruption Compliance. Mr. Stanton s largest e-discovery projects. He also serves as discovery counsel, helping clients approach e-discovery as a repeatable business process to achieve lower costs and risks, and better litigation results, through the effective management of corporate data and the coordination of discoveryrelated activities. He collaborates with in-house attorneys and IT professionals on projects involving information management, records retention, cloud migrations and data disposition, as well as litigation readiness programs and litigation hold procedures. Jason Stearns Director, Legal and Compliance Group Blackrock Jason Stearns, Director, is a member of BlackRock s Legal and Compliance Group. He is responsible for the global implementation of Information Governance standards and requirements. Prior to BlackRock, Mr. Stearns worked at UBS as Director and Portfolio Manager, Group Information Governance where he was responsible for Information Governance strategy development, project management, and oversight. Prior to that, he was the Corporate Records Manager for New York Life Insurance Company. Mr. Stearns earned an MS in Applied Information Management from the University of Oregon and BA from Binghamton University. He is also a Certified Records Manager (ICRM) and Information Governance Professional (ARMA International). Kathleen Stimpson Litigation Technology Manager US Attorney s Office, District of Massachusetts Kathleen Stimpson has extensive consulting experience with legal teams on all aspects of eDiscovery and the use of litigation technologies to assist with case management and trial presentation. Kathleen s career also includes long-term board positions with litigation technology working groups and participation in software evaluation and deployment teams. She is currently the Litigation Technology Manager at the US Attorney Gray. Adam Storch Chief of Staff Chief Operating Officer Legal, Compliance Public Affairs Marsh McLennan Companies, Inc. Adam Storch is the Chief of Staff Marsh, Guy Carpenter, Mercer, and Oliver Wyman. The 56,000 employees of MMC provide advice to clients across an array of industries in the areas of risk, strategy, and human capital. Adam provides operational support to the General Counsel and Deputy General Counsel who oversee the Legal, Risk Management, Government Relations, and Corporate Communications departments. Adam works closely with the senior leadership team to plan and direct all administrative, financial, and operational activities, including the strategic planning process for the functional groups listed above. Prior to joining MMC in 2014, Adam was a Senior Officer of the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission since 2009. He served as the Division of Enforcement s first ever Managing Executive and Chief Operating Officer. He was responsible for strategic planning and all operational aspects of the Division, including information technology, eDiscovery, human capital management, procurement, budgeting, administrative services, project management, distributions to harmed investors, and records management. Along with the Director of the Division, he supervised the Office of Market Intelligence (OMI) and the Office of the Whistleblower (OWB). OMI is responsible for the collection, analysis, risk weighing, triage, referral, and monitoring of the thousands of tips, complaints and referrals that the Commission receives each year. OWB is responsible for handling whistleblower tips and complaints, and assisting whistleblowers. During his tenure, Adam had a leadership role in all of the significant change efforts within the Division, including the most significant reorganization of the Division since its establishment in 1972. Prior to working at the SEC, Adam was a Vice President in the Business Intelligence Group of Goldman Sachs, managing and leading a high-performance, results-driven team that identified and mitigated financial, regulatory, and operational risks, as well as corporate governance issues for the firm. Prior to Goldman, he was a consultant at Deloitte. Adam has an MBA from New York University, where he focused his studies on Finance, Entrepreneurship and Innovation. His undergraduate degree is from SUNY Buffalo. Adam lives in New York with his wife and his son. He enjoys tennis, hiking, walking and listening to podcasts. Jason Straight Chief Privacy Officer SVP UnitedLex Jason has more than a decade of experience assisting clients in managing information security risks, data breach incidents, data privacy obligations and complex electronic discovery challenges. Prior to joining UnitedLex, Jason held numerous leadership positions at a leading global investigations and cyber security company, most recently as a managing director in the cyber investigations practice. Jason began his career as an attorney at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver Jacobsen in New York. As a recognized domain expert and Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP), Jason is a frequent speaker and author on topics relating to data privacy, cyber security, data breach response and computer forensics. Tim Strong Managing Director Duff Phelps Tim Strong is a managing director at Duff Phelps and part of the Legal Management Consulting practice. He has 20 years of experience in legal and claims handling best practices, including the implementation of technology solutions to support legal, claims and compliance functions. Tim specializes in corporate legal strategy, operations and technology engagements. Tim and delivering compliance programs, including process improvement implementation, design and supporting technologies. Gabe Sukman Chief Operating Officer ClearstoneIP LLC Gabe is a patent attorney with 15 years of experience in the patent industry, including time as a USPTO examiner, registered patent prosecutor, and litigator. He co-founded ClearstoneIP to address the significant deficiencies in existing methods of broad-based patent infringement analysis. The Clearstone Elements platform harnesses the power and efficiency of a unique patent claim indexing system to provide unparalleled insight into actual patent coverage. Jim Sullivan Senior Discovery Services Consultant Kroll Ontrack, Inc Jim Sullivan is a Senior Discovery Services Consultant for Kroll Ontrack. Mr. Sullivan provides support, consultation, and development for ediscovery Review and Technology Assisted Review offered by Kroll Ontrack. Specifically, he advises clients on the utilization of TAR including automated workflow and machine-supervised learning designed to prioritize relevant material and classify unreviewed data. Prior to joining Kroll Ontrack, Mr. Sullivan spent two years in the field of Electronic Discovery. Mr. Sullivan received his J. D. from Hamline University School of Law and is admitted to the Minnesota State Bar. Mr. Sullivan received a B. S. in Computer Science and Mathematics from Minnesota State University Mankato. Amie Taal Vice President, Security and Investigations Deutsche Bank Ms. Taal is an internationally regarded expert in forensic investigation and cyber security. Currently the Vice President, Forensics and EDiscovery for Duetsche Bank, Ms. Taal has built a career in Europe, and the United States, helping companies identify and respond to information risks. Brett Tarr Counsel and Director of Ediscovery Caesars Entertainment Corporation Brett Tarr serves as E-Discovery Counsel and directs enterprise information governance for Caesars Entertainment. He has spent the last 12 years working exclusively in the areas of electronic discovery and information governance, and joined the law department at Caesars Entertainment in 2012 to build that organization s internal capabilities in managing electronically stored information for litigation, information governance, and privacy. Mr. Tarr has experience working in litigation for national law firms, developing workflows for e-discovery providers, and serving in-house legal roles for several companies. He has also provided consulting services, developed marketing programs, and authored articles on related topics for many leading organizations in this field. Recently, he has focused on development of analytics to drive the practice of law, incorporating metrics and reporting from a range of legal tools to drive cost reductions, risk optimization, and process efficiencies. Mr. Tarr participates in industry workgroups including EDRM, Sedona Conference, AIIM, ARMA, IAPP, as well as publishing content for ILTA, the Association of Corporate Counsel, and other national publications. He has authored and taught more than a dozen continuing legal education courses over the past 8 years on a range of topics including litigation preparedness, electronic discovery, computer forensics, development of defensible processes, analytics, and the importance of proactive information governance. Jack Thompson Legal Technology Analyst UPS World Headquarters John (aka Jack) has engaged in the business of law for over 10 years, specializing in legal operations, performance analysis, legal project management and technology management for corporate legal departments. Jack is an active participant in ILTA, speaking at conference sessions and currently serving on the Program Planning Council. Jack is a certified Project Manager and Six Sigma Black Belt and achieved a Master s of Business Administration focusing on global business operations. His current engagements include business financial analytics and process improvements for legal departments and constructing value management systems for a corporate legal enterprise. John Tredennick Founder and CEO Catalyst Repository Systems, Inc. John Tredennick is the founder and chief executive officer of Catalyst. A nationally known trial lawyer and longtime litigation partner at Holland The second edition of his latest book, TAR for Smart People, is being released at LegalTech New York 2016. Martin T. Tully is a litigation partner with the Chicago office of Akerman LLP and co-chair of the firm Thane Vallette Associate General Counsel HP Thane is responsible for setting the policy and procedure for the entire discovery phase of litigation for HP. This includes reviewing and revising the processes surrounding the identification, preservation, collection, processing and review of information. Additionally, Thane s role as Discovery Counsel includes responsibility for vendor selection and ensuring that HP obtains quality, cost efficient services from each of its selected vendors within the discovery practice. Before joining HPI, Thane was Senior Counsel in the litigation group for Allianz Global Corporate and Specialty. In this role he managed a large docket of complex commercial litigation matters and oversaw the company s litigation group. Thane graduated law school from the University of Southern California and was an editor on the Southern California Law Review. Richard Vestuto Director Deloitte Discovery Deloitte Advisory Richard Vestuto, a long-time e-discovery expert and information governance consultant, is currently a director with Deloitte s Discovery Advisory Services and its associated market offerings. In addition to consulting on litigation readiness, litigation response and litigation hold, Meet and Confer strategy, and Rule 30(b)(6) preparation and participation, Vestuto has consulted in more than 200 litigations and investigations, including cross-border issues involving the EU and other international privacy laws. Richard Vestuto, a licensed attorney, brings his legal training and technology experience to his consulting practice. He sits on the Board of Directors of ARMA International, the Information Governance and Records Management professional association. Prior to joining Deloitte, Vestuto worked for several national and international ediscovery providers. Clients engaged Vestuto for Meet and Confer consulting and Rule 30(b)(6) deposition preparation and participation. Besides his years of experience guiding clients through high-stakes, complex litigations, he has also been in senior roles with IT solution providers as well as top media and broadcasting corporations. He has served as an expert witness in numerous jurisdictions testifying and/or drafting affidavits and similar court submissions attesting to validity of searches, forensic investigation procedures and findings, eDiscovery procedures, cost-sharing, and spoliation. Vestuto has conducted more than 150 accredited CLE presentations. He has presented around the world on eDiscovery, data retention and compliance, computer forensics, FCPA matters, cross-border litigation, the Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Rules, early case assessment and other ESI related issues. Tracey Garland Vinson Senior Counsel and Director of E-Discovery Bayer Corporation Roland Vogl Lecturer in Law Stanford Law School Executive Director Stanford Program in Law, Science and Technology (LST) Dr. Roland Vogl is a lawyer, scholar and media entrepreneur who, after nearly fifteen years of professional and academic experience, has developed a strong expertise in intellectual property and media law, innovation, and legal informatics. Currently, he is Executive Director of the Stanford Program in Law, Science and Technology (LST) and a Lecturer in Law at Stanford Law School. He focuses his efforts on legal informatics work carried out in the Center for Legal Informatics (CodeX), which he co-founded and leads as Executive Director. Also, he researches international technology law through the Transatlantic Technology Law Forum (TTLF), a think-tank dedicated to transatlantic tech law and policy issues. Dr. Vogl initiated and spearheaded the development of the Stanford Intellectual Property Exchange, a Stanford research initiative focused on solving content licensing inefficiencies in higher education. The initiative was spun off from Stanford in Fall of 2012 as a privately held company, SIPX Inc. that provides a new way for universities and their affiliates to legally share educational content. Dr. Vogl is a co-founder of SIPX Inc. and serves on its Board of Directors. Dr. Vogl is also a Visiting Professor at the University of Vienna, Austria where he teaches about United States intellectual property law and a Senior Fellow (by courtesy) at the Berkeley Informatics Lab. His most recent interdisciplinary paper was published in the Fall 2013 edition of the Law, Innovation and Technology journal (co-authored with management scholar Robert Edgell). In addition, Dr. Vogl serves as a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Law Technology News . a publication of ALM (American Lawyer Media). Previously, he co-founded and served as CFOO of Vator. tv, a next-generation business social media company, leveraging community-generated content to create data services and news. His experience also includes working as the first teaching fellow of Stanford Law School West LLP, as a press associate at the European Parliament and as a law clerk at the European Commission s Directorate General for Audiovisual Media, Information and Communication. Vogl holds both a Dr. iur. (JSD) and a Mag. iur. (JD) from Leopold-Franzens University of Innsbruck, Austria as well as a JSM from Stanford Law School. Mark G. Walker Sr. eDiscovery Consultant iControl ESI Mark is a Senior Consultant for Texas based iControl ESI. A seasoned eDiscovery and trial services professional for more than three decades, Mark has a proven track record of success managing people, projects and processes across the EDRM. In addition to authoring books on discovery and litigation support, Mark has put his expertise to use in litigation large and small involving many of the world s largest corporations, including Halliburton, Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), CVS, Hospital Corporation of America, Intel, Dow Chemical, Miller Beer, SAP, AMD, Raytheon, Georgia Pacific, Exxon, Phillip Morris, Bristol Myers, Texas Instruments and Xerox, just to name a few. As an educator, Mark has been a conference speaker for more than 25 years and has authored a number of award-winning books, articles and white papers on Trial, Discovery and the application of technology. Prior to joining iControl in 2015, Mark served in senior executive positions at litigation support providers LCI, DSi, FCS and RLS where he oversaw all e-discovery and forensic services provided by the firms. Prior to RLS, he served in the legal department at AMD, and the law firms of Jackson Walker, Brown McCarroll and Susman Godfrey, LLP. Mark began his career in 1982 as the Court Coordinator for Judge Michael O 125th District Court, Harris County, Texas. Kermit Wallace Chief Information Officer Stroock Stroock Lavan LLP Kermit has over 25 years of experience in strategy, operations and project management experience that he applies to all areas of the firm s IT, litigation support and library departments in four national offices. Prior to joining Stroock, Kermit worked at a top Am Law 100 firm in New York and was responsible for IT operations at two software companies, a major financial services firm and the NYC public schools. Ben Weinberger VP of Solutions Prosperoware Ben is a lawyer and technologist with more than 20 years of experience in the strategic development, transformation and direction of IT and operations. He regularly writes and presents about legal operations. Ben previously served as the chief strategy officer for a global software and consultancy business focused on professional services firms. He has also directed operations, facilities and IT for a top-40 U. K. law firm and served as CIO of two Am Law 200 firms and the Los Angeles City Attorney s Office. He practiced law in Chicago where he worked for the State of Illinois after clerking for the Federal District Court. Doug Weiner Senior Counsel, Cyber Security Hewlett Packard Enterprise Doug Weiner works for the Office of the General Counsel at Hewlett Packard Enterprise and is the dedicated legal counsel for Cyber Security. As a technology-focused business attorney, he balances legal requirements with security initiatives to help support HPE s business objectives. In his role, Doug provides legal analysis and recommendations to HPE and, supplements strategic planning and risk assessment activities. He also partners with multiple HPE business legal teams on enterprise-wide cyber security matters and incident response programs. Prior to joining HPE, Doug held legal positions at Oracle, Tiger Industries and Gryphon Networks. He started his career as a technologist with product, marketing and business development roles at Intel. Doug earned an LLM degree in Global Law and Technology from Suffolk University Law School in Boston, MA Juris Doctor from Roger Williams University School of Law in Bristol, RI BS in Information Management Network Management from Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY. Doug is an avid outdoorsman, brews beer and enjoys spending time with family. He resides in Austin, TX with his wife and three daughters. Skip Westfall FVS Managing Director - FTS Practice Leader Grant Thornton LLP Skip Westfall is a Managing Director at Grant Thornton and serves as the firm s experience includes E-discovery, cyber security, computer forensics and data analytics. He consults with organizations on assessing and mitigating cyber risk. He has also led many investigations into different forms of cyber breaches, fraud and corporate espionage. Mr. Westfall has conducted several investigations internationally, including investigations in the EU and China. He has served as the interim CISO for the government of Puerto Rico. Additionally, he has provided e-discovery and cyber based expert witness testimony in several cases at both the State and Federal level. Mr. Westfall has held leadership roles for large privately held consulting firms. Kate White Client Engagement Innovation Stategist Davis Wright Tremaine LLP Kate s marketing and business development efforts around innovation. Greg Witczak Vice President Deutsche Bank Christina Wojcik, Esq. Vice President, Legal Services Seal Software Group Christina leads the Legal Service Channels division, globally, at Seal Software. As VP of Legal Services, she engages with legal industry partners to create best-in-class solutions to meet the complex contractual needs of Fortune 1000 organizations. As Practice Executive, Contract Management at IBM, Christina was responsible for Contract Management Strategy Best Practices at IBM. She worked closely with Fortune 500 companies to replace high-risk, manually-intensive contract management processes with proven, scalable technology that delivers complete risk oversight and obligation management to legal organizations, while streamlining the end-to-end process, thereby increasing revenue and reducing costs. Christina also worked with alliance partners to create innovative solutions that provide a robust legal technology offering. Joshua Wood Director, Office of Litigation Support US Department of Justice - Civil Division Joshua Wood is the Director of the Office of Litigation Support for the Civil Division of the Department of Justice. In this position Josh has supported and helped develop the litigation technology strategy for hundreds of cases. Josh is involved in and provides technical advice in many high profile matters at the Civil Division. Josh manages technical staff and case managers in addition to playing a key role in the selection and use of litigation support tools. Josh also works with Department of Justice attorneys to advise federal government agencies on technical e-discovery issues. Josh has worked in litigation support for over sixteen years, spending the last eleven years with the federal government. Michelle Woodyear Client Advisor LexisNexis InterAction LexisNexis Michelle has a strong analytic and technical background and extensive business experience which she utilizes in support of client firms at LexisNexis. She previously worked at the intersection of technology and marketing, developing the digital marketing and social business strategies for Am Law 100 firm Orrick, Herrington Sutcliffe LLP, where she slowly transitioned the firm from old school broadcast email marketing to targeted digital campaign management and inbound marketing. She also implemented marketing automation and analytics tools to measure the ROI of marketing initiatives, and expanded her digital marketing team from four to twelve employees supporting social media and blogs, a supercharged CRM, a responsive preference-based website, mobile apps, a webcasting platform, broadcast email, marketing dashboards, and more. Michelle s innovative social media outreach and internal training program for attorneys led to Orrick s ranking among the top 10 programs at AmLaw 100 firms by Good2BSocial. Michelle began her career in manufacturing and oil s worked in IT, Six Sigma/Lean and big data analysis, procurement, optimization, business development, marketing, and public relations. Michelle s breadth of knowledge and multi-industry experience gives her a unique perspective not typically found in legal marketing. Christopher Zegers Chief Information Officer Lowenstein Sandler PC Chris has been solving problems for law firms since 1997. From bringing the Internet to users s degree in information from the University of Michigan. Josh Zylbershlag Vice President, Client Experience Kroll Ontrack, Inc Josh Zylbershlag is the Vice President of the Client Experience Team at Kroll Ontrack, heading Kroll Ontrack s clients. Prior to this role, Josh spent sixteen years providing e-discovery advice and support at large law-firms. He obtained his Master of Science degree in IS Management from National University.