Experience

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  Metzger, shadyac & schwarz

  Aug 1980 - Nov 1986

  Records clerk/legal assistant
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  Leboeuf, lamb, leiby & macrae

  Dec 1986 - Oct 1993

  Records manager

  Washington D.C. office

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  Shaw pittman potts & trowbridge

  Oct 1993 - Apr 1998

  Records manager

  Washington DC office

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  Howery & simon

  May 1998 - Mar 1999

  Records manager

  Washington D.C. office

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  Mcdermott will & emery

  Apr 1999 - May 2005

  Records manager

  Washington D.C office

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  United states department of the interior/minerals management service

  May 2005 - Apr 2009

  Bureau records officer
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  Mcdermott will & emery llp

  May 2009 - Jun 2015

  Director of information governance

  The Records Management department of the McDermott firm was formally re-branded as an Information Governance operation in April 2013. Increased visibility to internal clients promoted awareness regarding: • A centralized Information Governance organization model• Development and implementation of an enterprise-wide Information Governance Policy overseeing: * the life-cycle management of media-neutral information with functional model retention scheduling governing legal and Firm operations business line content* Improved content coding and classification using official organization repositories for better data protection and structure• Contractual consolidation of all enterprise off-site storage holdings under a single provider • Matter Mobility (policy-governed oversight of acceptance and release of information)• Legal Holds Management • Data collection and export coordination for internal investigations and Firm defense matters • DMS Matter Management of Billable Matter Workspaces using matter-centric collaboration design • Retention and disposition of media neutral content• Coordination of Secured Disposal Services of recycled physical documents in compliance with HIPAA and data protection requirements.• Analysis and modification of personnel recruitment models to incorporate service expansion requirements Show less

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  Strategic investment group

  Jul 2015 - Mar 2016

  Director of information governance

  This position involved the design of a governance framework (steering committee leadership; policy and retention schedule development) aligning SEC regulations with the organizations's business requirements. Additional project work included informal market research evaluating document and records management system solutions. We were also able to complete the consolidation of all inactive physical content under a single commercial off-site data storage provider.

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  Drinker biddle & reath llp

  Mar 2016 - Feb 2020

  Director of information governance

  Prior to the unification of our two firms, and the creation of Faegre Drinker, this position involved oversight of the Drinker Biddle inward facing Information Governance program. The retention and disposition component of this effort involved policy alignment of statutory and business requirements.

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  Faegre drinker

  Feb 2020 - Feb 2024

  Director of information governance

  This leadership position was responsible for direction and oversight of the Firm's inward facing Information Governance program. Our strategic focus centered on the the design of an information governance framework (Policies; Standard Operating Procedures, Process, retention, disposition, data protection, privacy, risk mitigation and cost containment) through collaboration with the Firm's legal and business operations leadership. We introduced to the Firm governance principles, processes and benefits covering information management with an emphasis on accessibility, matter mobility, data security and corresponding technical solutions. Our responsibilities included providing legal holds management support to the Office of the General Counsel. and coordinating the data collection and export of potentially responsive information to relevant actions i.e. internal investigations, subpoena, government audit and client requirements. Our efforts also included responsible budget management through cost containment and vendor relations efficiencies. Developing and encouraging the core competencies and professional development of our department practitioners was always a success driver. Show less