Highland Park, New Jersey, United States
As a true leader in the legal data intelligence space, I take my legal expertise as a licensed attorney and marry that with my twenty plus years of technical experience as a rare professional who has worked the entire EDRM spectrum in great detail. I have always been at the forefront of the many technical revolutions in the industry, guiding large organizations and clients through changes safely and effectively to ensure the real benefits of advancement are understood and provided. I’m also a dynamic and engaging speaker who both trained a large number of talented individuals in the industry, as well as being a dynamic and engaging speaker who takes a wide-variety of complex topics and makes them accessible and enjoyable for the audience.
Provide oversight for the eDiscovery operations at The MCS Group, including responsibility for all day-to-day operations. Create AI best practices in all eDiscovery areas creating quality improvements, whilw reducing cost. Consult on eDiscovery issues across the entire EDRM spectrum, providing detailed and innovative solutions for a wide-range of clients. Develop strategic guidance for the organization, implementing new workflows and concepts using a wide-variety of innovative tools. Provide dynamic and engaging presentations as part of overall commitment to sales and brand development. Identify appropriate segments to increase market share and revenue growth. Create mentoring and training program to standardize work across the organization and improve the skills of junior staff. Monitor all projects, making the necessary guidance and resources available to all clients. Design cost-saving initiatives to create value for the organizations and clients, reducing overall project spend up to 50%, depending on the initiative.
Managed a large portfolio of corporate client projects across the entire EDRM, driving results for all stakeholders. Created a development program for junior and overseas staff to improve performance and provide necessary skills to set the team up for success. Engaged with a cross-department team to enhance integration of various departments in order to improve internal eDiscovery products and generate new sales opportunities. Consulted with corporate clients and attorneys on various eDiscovery issues to improve client experience and satisfaction. Developed proprietary eDiscovery tools, including feature development, documentation and all internal and external training for the product. Utilized proprietary analytics tools to create workflows using continuous active learning and technology assisted review to reduce review burden and improve efficiency.
Build client relationships with a large portfolio of law firms by becoming a trusted advisor to law firms to ensure continued and future engagements and drive successful results. Manage a team of eDiscovery project managers and coordinators and coordinate workflow and assignments. Develop custom, repeatable, and defensible workflows for case teams, leveraging Relativity and Brainspace Analytics and identifying solutions that prioritize intelligent, rather than total spend. Create customizable training for attorneys based on their case and technical needs, as well as develop train the trainer programs to allow other staff to provide the same high level results. Actively mentor staff in the Enterprise department to allow for continued growth of staff for the benefit of the organization, clients and individuals. Facilitate interactions between various departments across the EDRM to provide single source solutions for clients.
Developed a complex project schedule to provide statewide standardized testing for elementary and high school students. Provided critical, client-facing support for vendor management and schedule synchronization. Identified timing and scheduling strategies to meet very aggressive client and vendor deadlines. Tracked and raised various risks and issues to ensure the timely completion of work across multiple departments.
Managed the internal electronic discovery needs for over 50 distinct cases concurrently in the Financial and Life Sciences industries. Consulted with attorneys on a wide variety of electronic discovery issues throughout the entire electronic discovery lifecycle, including collection, processing, review and production. Designed innovative document review workflows to leverage Relativity to improve document review quality and efficiency. Utilized Relativity technology-assisted review to provide greater efficiencies in both document identification and cost savings. Priced electronic discovery projects and identify cost savings for case teams. Developed firm-wide electronic discovery paralegal training. Mentored junior staff and paralegals on electronic discovery procedures and best practices. Provided critical oversight of electronic discovery vendors, including services and pricing. Engaged in internal and external relationship building, extending the value and reach of the litigation support department.