Voices in IG

Today we are visiting with data governance expert Sowmya Kandregula, Chief Data Officer at D.C.-area boutique consulting firm that specializes in integrating, consolidating and enriching data. 1. Where did you grow up? Go to school? I grew up in Vishakhapatnam, ...

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 ...

  Mike Quartararo has been solving problems in e-discovery and IG for 20 years. Mike is an author, teacher, and thought-leader, and holds certifications in e-discovery (CEDS) and project management (PMP). He has built his career upon strategic and innovative ...

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 ...

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). ...

Dr. Mansur Hasib is a leader in the cybersecurity discipline, and a respected author and teacher. He has 30 years of experience (including 12 as CIO) leading organizational transformations through digital leadership and cybersecurity strategy in healthcare, biotechnology, education, and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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) ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...