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The Power of Privacy a Conversation with Teresa Schoch Privacy Attorney
By Robert Smallwood
Born near Oxford, England to an English rose and an American soldier, Teresa Pritchard Schoch grew up as a dual citizen learning to behave properly whether in the mountains of Tennessee, or in London town. She loved school and was drawn to literature, art and music. She worked her way ...
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From Rocket Man to Bird Man: The Worlds of Christopher Surdak
By Robert Smallwood
Christopher Surdak is an industry-recognized expert in Mobility, Social Media and Analytics, Big Data, Information Security, Regulatory Compliance, Artificial Intelligence and Cloud Computing with over 25 years of experience. Chris was literally a rocket scientist - he began his career with Lockheed Martin Astrospace, where he was a spacecraft systems ...
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Interview with Andrew Ysasi
By Robert Smallwood
Andrew Ysasi has over 20 years of professional experience in records management, including sales, IT, and management roles, leading to ten years of executive management at Kent Records Management, which was acquired earlier this year by Vital Records Control (VRC). He is passionate about helping people and organizations succeed and ...
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Interview with Matthew Bernstein
By Matthew Bernstein
BANKING ON IG Matthew Bernstein is the founder of MC Bernstein Data. The company helps organizations meet the significant and increasing IG risks they face by changing the way systems and people manage information. They employ a proprietary Information Governance Operating Framework to efficiently assess and remediate IG risks. Their ...
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Interview with Monica Crocker
By Monica Crocker
Monica Crocker is the Group Records Coordinator for Wells Fargo’s Wealth & Investment Management business. In her role, she mitigates the risk associated with electronic and physical records. She began her career as a Digital Imaging Consultant in 1993, defining electronic content and records management strategies for government organizations across ...
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Interview with Ken Withers
By Ken Withers
Ken Withers is the Deputy Executive Director of The Sedona Conference. Since 1989, he has published several widely-distributed papers on electronic discovery, hosted a popular website on electronic discovery and electronic records management issues, and given presentations at more than 300 conferences and workshops for legal, records management, and industry ...
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IG Down Under – Interview with Susan Bennett
By Susan Bennett
Susan Bennett is a leading Information Governance expert and an international privacy lawyer, based in Sydney, Australia. She established her own business seven years ago, Sibenco Legal & Advisory, and subsequently Information Governance ANZ. Prior to this, Susan spent over 20 years specializing in large-scale commercial litigation, inquiries, and royal ...
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Interview with Devie Mohan – FinTech Leader
By Devie Mohan
Fintech from Across the Pond Devie is a fintech marketing strategy and research professional with years of experience. She has worked in strategy, marketing, and analysis roles in firms like Goldman Sachs, Thomson Reuters, Ericsson, IBM, USAID, and SunTec. She is a consultant and researcher for several fintech startups, banking ...
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A.I. GOVERNANCE Interview with Nicolas Economou
By Nicolas Economou
Nicolas Economou is the chief executive of H5, a legal automation provider. He was a pioneer in advancing the application of artificial intelligence (AI) in legal systems and in advocating norms for its governance. He chairs the Law Committees of the IEEE Global Initiative on Ethics of Autonomous and Intelligent ...
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The Trailblazer Interview with George Socha – Creator of the IG Reference Model
By George Socha
George Socha is a Managing Director in BDO’s Forensic Technology Services practice. Named an “E-Discovery Trailblazer” by The American Lawyer, he assists corporate, law firm, and government clients with all facets of electronic discovery, including information governance, as an expert witness and consultant. George has served clients in ...
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Doctor Blockchain Interview with Vickie Lemieux
By Vicki Lemieux
Vicki Lemieux is an associate professor of archival science at the iSchool and lead of the Blockchain research cluster at the University of British Columbia –Canada’s largest and most diverse research cluster devoted to blockchain technology. Her current research is focused on risk to the availability of trustworthy records, ...
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Interview with Infonomics Author Doug Laney
By Robert Smallwood
Doug Laney is vice president and distinguished analyst with the Gartner Chief Data Officer (CDO) research and advisory team. Doug researches and advises clients on information monetization and valuation, open and syndicated data, analytics centers of excellence, data governance and Big data-based innovation. He is the author of Gartner’s Enterprise ...
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High Standards Interview with Sonia Luna
By Robert Smallwood
Sonia Luna is the founder, CEO and President at Aviva Spectrum. Winner of the 2018 California Cannabis Awards as "Best Accountant," Mrs. Luna has more than 18 years of compliance, internal and external audit experience. In 2014 she was appointed by SEC Chair Mary Jo White to the Advisory ...
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Interview with Cybersecurity Leader Oz Alashe
By Oz Alashe
British military leadership prepared him for defense against cyber threats. Oz Alashe MBE leads the UK cybersecurity firm CybSafe and has been the driving force behind the CybSafe concept, vision and platform. Oz is a former Lieutenant Colonel in the British Army and UK Special Forces. He has a ...
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Interview with Pat Franks
By Mark Driskill
Dr. Pat Franks authored Records and Information Management (2013, 2018) and co-edited the Encyclopedia of Archival Science (2015), Teaching and Learning in Virtual Environments: Archives, Museums, and Libraries (2016), and the International Directory of National Archives (2018). Currently she leads a team exploring Blockchain Technologies through the 3D PDF ...
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Interview eDiscovery Expert Ron Hedges
By IGW Staff
The Honorable Ronald Hedges is a former U.S. federal judge, and member of the Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice group at Denton’s, the world’s largest law firm. He has extensive experience in e-discovery and in the management of complex litigation and has served as a special master, arbitrator and ...
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For the Record interview with Richard Kessler
By Richard Kessler
Richard Kessler is a Director in the Cyber Services practice at KPMG, and specializes in IG, data governance, and operational risk control. He is part of the Strategy and Governance pillar with a specific focus on enterprise data and IG, and privacy. He advises firms on ways to design ...
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Interview with Ashish Gadnis
By Ashish Gadnis
Helping third world Citizens establish Identities with Blockchain Growing up in poverty in Bombay, Ashish never forgot how it felt to stand in food lines to survive. He went on to build a successful career as a serial entrepreneur, serving as founder and CEO of multiple technology startups delivering global ...
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Law and Order: an Interview with John Isaza
By John Isaza
John Isaza, Esq., FAI heads the Information Governance & Records Management practice at Rimon Law Firm in Orange County, California, and is CEO and Co-founder of Information Governance Solutions LLC. Mr. Isaza is internationally recognized in the fields of IG, as well as RIM. He is one of the country’s ...
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CGOCs Heidi Maher – The Visionary an interview
By Heidi Maher
Heidi Maher had a unique childhood, growing up in Iran, where her mother worked as a nurse volunteer for the U.N. When the political environment changed for the worse after the 1979 Iranian revolution, her family immigrated to the United States. During that process her family lost their life savings, ...
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IG Leadership: Robert Smallwood
By IGW Staff
Robert F. Smallwood, MBA, CIP, IGP is a thought leader in Information Governance, having published seven books on IG topics, including the world’s first IG textbook, which is being used in many graduate university programs, as well to guide corporate IG programs. His latest book is Information Governance for Healthcare ...
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An Interview with Nickolas Rhodes
By IGW Staff
Content Packing Pioneer For over 25 years Nickolas Rhodes has been part of senior management for several successful start-up and early-stage companies in programming content and video technology. In launching and building these businesses, he was a strategist for the acquisition of $225 million in committed equity and an operating ...
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An Interview with Jason R. Baron
By IGW Staff
Of Counsel to the Information Governance and eDiscovery Group at Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Mr. Baron’s career has included serving as lead trial counsel for the Justice Department in landmark litigation involving the preservation of White House emails, and being appointed as the first Director of Litigation at the ...
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An Interview with Bob Seiner
By IGW Staff
“I enjoy solving problems with practical solutions and I like working with people who are passionate about improving how their organizations operate. ” Today we caught up with Bob Seiner in Pittsburgh. Bob is President and Principal Consultant of KIK Consulting & Educational Services (KIKConsulting.com). Robert S. (Bob) Seiner is well-recognized ...
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An Interview with Paula Lederman
By IGW Staff
Paula is a leading RIM Expert, Partner at IMERGE Consulting Today we are talking with Paula Lederman, Partner at IMERGE Consulting. Paula has over 15 years of consulting and training experience in the field of content and information management in both the public and private sectors. Her extensive education and ...
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An Interview with John J. Jablonski
By IGW Staff
Information Governance encompasses a variety of disciplines under one umbrella, and we here at InfoGov World realize we are attempting something groundbreaking by trying to pull them together. Among these disparate threads is eDiscovery: Electronic discovery (also e-discovery or eDiscovery) is locating, securing, and searching for data and documents that ...
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An Interview with Arlette Walls
By IGW Staff
Arlette Walls is Chair of the Pharmaceutical Records and Information Management Organization (PRIMO) Today we are talking with Arlette Walls, an Information & Compliance Manager based in Emeryville, CA. She has 13 years of experience in records management and Information Governance-related functions, including regulatory affairs, archiving, compliance, and information security/risk ...
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Cyber-Risk Insurance—an Interview with Judy Selby
By IGW Staff
Sitting down with the in-demand author and speaker Judy has over 25 years of experience in insurance coverage litigation. She has particular expertise in cyber insurance and coverage under various policy forms for today’s emerging risks. As well, she is a prolific author and sought-after speaker on insurance, cyber, technology, ...
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Canceled – IAPP Global Privacy Summit April 6th
Privacy Driven. Member Powered. The World’s Most Prestigious Privacy Conference This April, Washington, D.C., will ...
IG & Infonomic$ Summit: A 3-D Virtual Event, April 23
The path to leveraging information value: From Information Governance to Infonomics. Is data the new ...
The Sedona Conference Working Group 1 Midyear Meeting 2020
The Sedona Conference Working Group on Electronic Document Retention and Production (WG1) 2020 Midyear Meeting ...
MER Conference May 4-6th
The MER Conference delivers the very latest insights to eRIM decision-makers and influencers inspiring confidence ...
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