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Lauren Barnes, Director of Information Governance at S&P Global Lauren has previously held enterprise-wide positions for Credit Suisse, Lehman Brothers and American Express. As a consultant, Barnes has also managed projects for a wide variety of organizations. |
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Chris Bednar, Senior Manager, Global Records Management for Bain & Company, Inc. Chris is Senior Manager, Global Records Management for Bain & Company, Inc. a management strategy consulting firm based in Boston with over 50 offices worldwide and has over 30 years of experience in information management. He manages the records and information management program for Bain’s global consulting and administrative functions strategizing with legal, IT security, privacy, and customer-facing business leaders to govern risk, properly dispose of client project materials, and improve use of information assets. He also manages Bain’s eDiscovery process, coordinates all legal technical projects, and advises on firm-wide IT projects and priorities. Chris has a BS in Music Education from Berklee College of Music, a Masters of Library and Information Sciences from Simmons College and is a Certified Records Manager. He has been a member of ARMA International for over 20 years, served at the chapter and regional levels and is currently region director for ARMA’s Northeast region. Chris has a handful of published articles and book chapters on Knowledge Management and Information Management and is an occasional speaker/panelist at ARMA conferences. |
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Michael Clark, Vice President, Google Cloud Joining the Google Cloud Americas leadership team in 2018, Michael Clark serves as the East Region Vice President for Google Cloud. In this capacity, Michael is responsible for delivering customer and shareholder value with a diverse team of field sales representatives, customer engineers, and solution architects. Prior to joining Google Cloud, Michael spent 20 years at Microsoft where he held a number of senior leadership roles focused on Corporate and Enterprise customers. Michael lives with his wife and three children in the Washington DC Area. Outside of work, Michael loves spending time outdoors running, cycling, and hiking with his family. |
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Eliot Danner, Director of Customer Engineering for Google Cloud’s East Region His background includes work with a wide range of national and international Fortune 500 companies and governments. Prior to joining Google, Eliot started and ran a number of small technology businesses developing niche solutions to complex problems in data management. He is an inventor and multiple patent holder. In addition to his work at Google, Eliot is an avid pilot and promoter of general aviation. |
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Ron Hedges, Senior Counsel with Dentons US LLP. Ron served as a United States Magistrate Judge in the District of New Jersey for over 20 years. Ron speaks and writes on a variety of topics, many of which are related to electronic information, including procedural and substantive criminal law, information governance, litigation management, and integration of new technologies such as artificial intelligence, block chain and telemedicine into existing information governance policies and procedures. Among other things, Ron is the co-chair of the Pretrial Practice and Discovery Committee of the ABA Section of Litigation. He is the lead author of a guide for federal judges on electronically stored information. Ron is also the co-senior editor of The Sedona Conference Cooperation Proclamation, Resources for the Judiciary, Third Edition. (June 2020). His biography is available at https://www.dentons.com/en/ronald-hedges. |
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Val Mack Val is a web3 software engineer and smart contract developer. She is currently helping to build a free and open source peer-to-peer data management protocol called Ceramic Network, spearheaded by the NYC startup 3Box Labs. She graduated from Cornell University with undergraduate and master’s degrees in Computing and Information Sciences. |
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John Mancini John is a leading and well-known information management visionary with a unique ability to connect business objectives with critical success factors for information management requirements. He is the Past President of AIIM - the Association for Intelligent Information Management, and he is a frequent keynote speaker and author of more than 30 eBooks on a variety of topics. John´s specialties include consensus-building with executive leadership to create strategic focus, action, and accountability; conversant and experienced in major technology issues and trends; and extensive public speaking and public relations work. He can be found on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook as jmancini77. |
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Carl Mazzanti, President and Founding Partner of eMazzanti Technologies Carl Mazzanti is the President and Founding Partner of eMazzanti Technologies, Microsoft’s 2015, 2013 and 2012 Partner of the Year, and one of the premier IT consulting services for businesses throughout the New York metropolitan area and internationally. His firm specializes in cloud solutions, multi-site implementations, outsourced network management, remote monitoring, and support based on Microsoft and related technologies for customers ranging from law firms to high-end retail and multinational corporations. |
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Sharon Morris, Prudential Insurance and Columbia University Sharon Morris lives to put the appropriate context to data. Sharon started her career as a researcher. She worked for several non-profit organizations where she co-authored several research studies. She then worked with several financial service companies, Chase, Federal Home Loan Bank of NY, FannieMae, where she used her analytics and research skills to monitor the voice of the customer and to develop in-house statistical sampling methods. In 2002, Sharon was tapped to develop the first RIM program at the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York. She went on-to hold several IG and DG roles while, always using her data analytics skills. In 2014, while working for PwC she refocused on her career in data science. Sharon is currently a manager in the Data Science and AI organization at Prudential, and an Adjunct Associate for the M.S. data analytics program at Columbia University. |
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Victoria North, Director of Knowledge Services, Kirkland & Ellis LLP Victoria’s career in information spans more than 30 years. She has gained the majority of her experience working in the legal sector but has also worked for accountancy firms KMPG and Grant Thornton. Victoria has taken an active interest in professional development for the information profession. Victoria joined the London office of Kirkland & Ellis at the beginning of 2012 and was responsible for managing Research Services, Information Governance and New Business and Conflicts. In January 2017 Victoria re-located to Kirkland’s New York office to take on the role of Director of Knowledge Services. In her current role Victoria supports more than thirty Knowledge Attorneys with the collection and organization of knowledge content and responding to requests for information using internal data. She manages a team of eight across the US and Europe. She is currently President of Special Libraries Association’s New York Community. She is a former Chair of the British and Irish Association of Law Librarian (BIALL) and has been involved in organizing and participating in numerous seminars and conferences for information professionals. |
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Kristi Robison Kristi Robison has more than 20 years of experience as an information technology consultant leading diverse global project teams, with a consistent focus on maximizing collaboration and knowledge sharing. She has designed several data transformations to Cloud Services with an emphasis on governance, sustainability, and information lifecycle management. Her work includes policy, process, and project management along with training and communications development and delivery. Her IT experience covers a breadth of topics including UX/UI design, change management for people and systems, and user adoption guidance. She was a Compliance session moderator at Microsoft’s 2020 Ignite conference. |
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William Saffady, PhD., IG and RIM Consulting Services William Saffady is a records management consultant, researcher, and author based in New York City. His latest books are Managing Information Risks, which was published by Rowman & Littlefield in 2020, and the fourth edition of Records and Information Management: Fundamentals of Professional Practice, which will be published by Rowman & Littlefield in the Spring of 2021. He is currently completing a research report on global requirements for personnel records, which will be published by the ARMA International Educational Foundation in 2021. As a consultant, Dr. Saffady provides a variety of analytical services, including developing strategic plans and governance models for records management programs, conducting needs assessments and gap analysis for recordkeeping systems, preparing record retention policies and schedules, performing domestic and international legal research for record retention, developing technical specifications for procurement of records management products and services, and preparing cost calculations and justifications for specific records management projects. |
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Cindy Shea-Zuvich Cindy has 25 years of experience in Information Governance and Records Management consulting delivering a unified, integrated, and simplified structure for companies seeking a compliant, efficient, and cost-effective program model. |
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Atle Skjekkeland, President at The Digital Value Institute Atle is an information innovator and educator. His interest in the impact of cloud, social, mobile, IoT, and artificial intelligence has made him a frequent keynoter and workshop facilitator at information management events across the world. Atle led for almost a decade of AIIM´s information management think-tank in EMEA and North America, also served several years as the General Secretary of the DLM Forum for the European Commission, responsible for creating standards for electronic records management and digital archiving. An expert contributor, he participated in several taskforces about the future of Enterprise IT with industry experts like Geoffrey Moore [best-selling author of Crossing the Chasm] and Andrew McAfee [best-selling author of Race Against the Machine]. Atle has developed and delivered custom information management programs for several large organizations like Chevron, European Central Bank, Equinor, Konica Minolta, and Oracle. Since the introduction of Microsoft Office 365 Retention and Sensitivity labels, he has specialized in integration with other Microsoft products to automate information governance and protection for global enterprises. |
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Greg Smith, VP of Service Delivery, eMazzanti Technologies Greg has been involved in information governance, data transformation and eDiscovery for the past 15 years. He has been helping customers navigate various regulatory and legal obstacles such as GDPR and advising customers on best practices in retention and information management. As VP of Service Delivery, he is scoping, planning, and managing migrations, providing solutions and project management as well as conducting training for companies of all sizes across North America. |
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Leslie Smith, Information Governance Retention Analyst, Proskauer Rose, LLP Leslie is an Information Governance Retention Analyst at Proskauer, LLP where she is responsible for assisting in the implementation and management of the Firm’s global disposition program and ensuring firm adherence to its retention policy. In addition, Leslie serves as a member of ARMA NYC's Membership Committee where she aids in hospitality, new member outreach, and in the Spring Annual Conference. |
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David Smythe, Principal in Global Digital Solutions at Iron Mountain. David brings over 20 years of financial and broader industry experience having developed global information governance programs, eDiscovery, data protection and banking support functions. Prior positions involved strategic planning, program development and operations normalization for structured data preservation and eDiscovery. Related efforts included data retention, defensible disposition, data mapping, workflow automation and application decommissioning. These work efforts have yielded enhanced control and process efficiencies along with substantial cost reduction. He holds an Economics degree and an MBA. |
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Ann K. Snyder, Manager of Content Development at ARMA International Ann K. Snyder is the Manager of Content Development at ARMA International. Immediately prior to joining ARMA, Snyder served as senior manager of information governance at a biotech company. Snyder’s experience includes data remediation; data mining/analytics; e-discovery; IG process building/improvements; IG technologies; IG program maturity assessment/gap analysis; long-term digital preservation; IG program training; IG frameworks, programs, committees. |
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Jason Stearns, President of the ARMA International Board of Directors Jason C. Stearns is President of the ARMA International Board of Directors. He has served on the board since 2017. Previously, Jason served as chair of the IGP board of directors and was president of the ARMA Metro NYC Chapter. Jason is also the Information Governance Program Manager in the Legal & Compliance department at Citadel. He has held similar roles at BlackRock, UBS AG, and 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 a certified IGP. Jason is currently studying for a Master’s in Legal Studies, Cybersecurity and Information Privacy Compliance from Drexel University's Thomas R. Kline School of Law. |
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Jennifer Watters-Farley Jennifer is the Information Governance Operations Manager-US East for Latham & Watkins, LLP. She has spent her career at several law firms in NYC.
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Susan Whitmire, CRM, FAI, CIP, IBM Susan Whitmire, CRM, FAI, CIP, is an Information Governance Technical Specialist at IBM where she helps organizations find the right solutions for governing their information by bringing together practitioner experience in information management and governance strategy with IBM solutions. She has 30+ years as an Information Governance (IG) practitioner, mostly in insurance. Her experience includes IG program development/implementation, delivering electronic records management and email management solutions, and legal hold/eDiscovery program development. Susan earned her CRM designation in 1995 and inducted into the ARMA International Company of Fellows in 2009 as Fellow #42. |
