ILTA Voices

Description: ILTA's Knowledge Management Peer Group is pleased to

present this podcast featuring the perspectives of KM leaders Gina Lynch

of Paul Weiss and Ali Shahidi of Cooley, both of whom recently joined

these firms to lead their KM programs. Gina and Ali discuss their KM

roles at their prior and current firms, how and why Paul Weiss and

Cooley have defined the scope of KM, and their short- and long-term

project priorities. They also provide useful thoughts on the benefits of

longer-tenured KM leaders taking a fresh look at their firms, practices

and resources.

Speakers:

Chris Boyd is the Senior Director of Professional

Services for Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (WSGR), a 700-attorney

firm, leading the teams that recruit, develop and retain the firm's

attorneys. In the areas of knowledge management and professional

development, Chris and his team design, develop and market learning

tools that give each WSGR professional the skills and knowledge required

to deliver maximum value to clients. These tools include substantive

legal training programs, professional skills group classes and

one-on-one coaching, model and sample forms, profiles of past deals and

cases, and expertise locators.

Gina Lynch is the Director of

Knowledge Management and Business Intelligence at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind,

Wharton & Garrison, where she is responsible for all knowledge

initiatives and is currently working on information governance

standards, workflow solutions and client site strategy. She has been

leading knowledge initiatives in global law firms for over 20 years, and

prior to joining Paul Weiss worked at Bingham McCutchen as the director

of knowledge services, overseeing the library and CI teams. While

there, Gina co-chaired the team that implemented an award winning

Intranet that drove key metrics around business intelligence,

financials, clients and matters to firm partners and business group

managers.

Ali Shahidi is the Director of Knowledge Management

& Research Services at Cooley LLP. With over 20 years of experience

in the legal industry, Ali oversees the firm's knowledge management,

business analysis, practice innovation, application development, library

and research services functions.

Description: Is the Information Governance Professional (IGP)

certification right for you? Find out as Diane Carlisle of ARMA

International talks about the history and benefits of the IGP

certification with Jennifer Watters Farley, CRM IGP, in the first of a

series of ILTA podcasts on industry-related certifications.

Speakers:

Jennifer Watters Farley, CRM IGP, the Records Manager

at Sidley Austin LLP, is a records and information management

professional with over two decades of experience. She is a member of

ARMA International and the ARMA Metro NYC Chapter, where she continues

to coordinate the ASPIRE public speaking program. Ongoing professional

development is very important to Jennifer and she's excited to be part

of the development of this ILTA podcast series to encourage others to

continue their own professional growth.

Diane K. Carlisle, IGP,

CRM is the Executive Director of Content for ARMA International. She

provides direction for the development of ARMA's educational offerings,

oversees the Information Governance Professional credentialing program

and represents the association in various professional venues. In

addition, she works with executive leadership in executing ARMA

International's strategic plans. Diane has over 30 years of experience

in records and information management and has worked for organizations

in a variety of industries. Her primary specialties are information

governance strategy and policy development, the role of records

management in litigation support and information governance, and the

creation and application of international and national level standards.

Diane is a frequent speaker/writer on records and information management

topics.

Join us for a series of discussions examining various

aspects of Office 365, its applicability to ILTA membership and

strategies for incorporating it into your work environment. This session

will focus on SharePoint Online administration.

Moderator:

Larry Kuhn, an Account Technology

Stategist at Microsoft, joined the company as an enterprise consultant

in 2001. As a consultant, he helped numerous global enterprise customers

plan, design and deploy solutions based on SharePoint and .NET

technologies. In his current role as a Technology Strategist, Larry

assists his customers with solving their business challenges and seizing

market opportunities using Microsoft-based solutions. With over 25

years of experience in the software industry, his experience spans areas

of end-user productivity, application development and project

management.

Speaker:

Michael Blumenthal, a Technical

Solution Evangelist with PSC Group and a Microsoft Office 365 MVP, is an

experienced SharePoint architect and business technology advisor. With

two decades of development, infrastructure and administration

experience, he has deep SharePoint expertise and has designed,

implemented and supported intranets, extranets and Internet sites for

clients in diverse markets. Michael holds numerous Microsoft

certifications (including most of the SharePoint certifications) and the

Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) from the Project

Management Institute. He is a frequent speaker on technology topics at

Chicago-area technology events and user groups. For more information

about PSC Group, please visit http://www.psclistens.com.

Join us for this series of podcasts as we discuss tips

and techniques for driving change in a law firm. Four ILTA members who

hold leadership positions within their law firms share their insights,

strategies and best practices to build support for information

governance, knowledge management and enterprise content management

initiatives.

Speaker: Brian Donato has worked in the information technology

field for over 27 years, spending the last 15 years with Vorys. He

currently serves as the firm's Security Officer, is the technical

advisor for its privacy and health care practice groups, and has

assisted on a number of representations involving forensic

investigations. With experience ranging from software developer to

process engineer and IT director, he has a broad background in

technology and business. Brian is a member of ILTA's LegalSEC steering

committee and a task force leader for ILTA's Law Firm Information

Governance Symposium work group.

Join us for this series of podcasts as we discuss tips

and techniques for driving change in a law firm. Four ILTA members who

hold leadership positions within their law firms share their insights,

strategies and best practices to build support for information

governance, knowledge management and enterprise content management

initiatives.

Speaker: Erin Adell is responsible for facilitating and leading

Taft's knowledge management initiative through improved search,

knowledge sharing and collaborative technology. Her work includes

planning, designing and implementing document management systems,

enterprise search technology, automated analysis software and matter

management processes. A legal professional in online legal research and

library services for over nine years, Erin maintains best practices at

Taft's Indianapolis location.

Join us for this series of podcasts as we discuss tips

and techniques for driving change in a law firm. Four ILTA members who

hold leadership positions within their law firms share their insights,

strategies and best practices to build support for information

governance, knowledge management and enterprise content management

initiatives.

Speaker: Ginevra Saylor is the National Director of Knowledge

Management with Dentons Canada LLP, where she develops and implements

the firm's knowledge management innovation strategy and initiatives. She

leads the knowledge management lawyers, business intelligence,

information services, process improvement and intranet teams. Ginevra

practiced law for 10 years and has been working in law firm KM for the

past 16 years.

Join us for this series of podcasts as we discuss tips

and techniques for driving change in a law firm. Four ILTA members who

hold leadership positions within their law firms share their insights,

strategies and best practices to build support for information

governance, knowledge management and enterprise content management

initiatives.

Speaker: Matt Coatney is an AI software executive, inventor and

developer with 15 years of experience in bringing advanced technologies

to market in the healthcare, e-commerce, finance and legal industries.

He creates value for organizations by timing introduction of AI just as

technologies become viable, focusing on tangible business outcomes and

applying design principles to maximize acceptance and adoption. Matt's

previous successes include intelligent decision support tools LeadScope

for drug discovery, Lexis Search Advantage and Document Profiling for

legal content analysis and discovery, and predictive cost modeling for

the U.S. Air Force. He writes and speaks frequently about

commercializing AI advances, and his work has appeared in books,

technical journals and international conferences. Matt is a member of

the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence and the

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) including AI, bioinformatics

and knowledge discovery special interest groups.

Join us for a series of discussions examining various aspects of Office 365, its applicability to ILTA membership and strategies for incorporating it into your work environment. This session will focus on Exchange online.

Moderator: Tim Hooks, IT Director at American Municipal Power, Inc.

Speaker: Larry Kuhn, an Account Technology Stategist at Microsoft, joined the company as an enterprise consultant in 2001. As a consultant, he helped numerous global enterprise customers plan, design and deploy solutions based on SharePoint and .NET technologies. In his current role as a Technology Strategist, Larry assists his customers with solving their business challenges and seizing market opportunities using Microsoft-based solutions. With over 25 years of experience in the software industry, his experience spans areas of end-user productivity, application development and project management.

Additional Resources:

Information Rights Management in Exchange Online

Governance and compliance track videos from Ignite Conference

Data loss prevention

Compliance Features in Exchange Online

Office 365 Trust Center

Exchange Online Protection features

CodeTwo product that works with Office 365

Exclaimer now supports Office 365

Exchange - Transport Rules, Disclaimers-based approach for centralized auto signatures

Email Migration to Office 365: Behind the Scenes with the Migration Velocity Team

The Exchange Server Deployment Assistant

What you need to know about a staged email migration to Office 365

Migrate multiple email accounts to Office 365

Over the past year, we have seen an increase in hack attempts and in security breaches from inside and outside the organization. Standard methods of user authentication are no longer enough to protect an organization's data. Multifactor authentication technology can help! See how you can secure access to SharePoint using on-premises and Windows Azure federation services combined with multifactor authentication. Whether on the premises or in the cloud, these powerful tools can create a secure mechanism for your users to access SharePoint.

Description:

Digitization

offers law firms significant opportunities, but also presents huge

threats. While many of the top law firms are greatly progressing in

their cyber security efforts, a vast majority of small to mid-sized

firms still do not fully understand the risks and implications of

failing to adequately protect their rich repositories of personal

information, corporate secrets and intellectual property.

facing law firms today and the importance of focusing on cyber security

efforts.

Richard Martinez is an IT professional in the legal

industry with 19 years of experience in infrastructure, cyber security,

SEO/SEM/SEP, project management and team building. Holding a Certified

Ethical Hacker certification and serving as the IT Manager in an Am Law

20 firm, he also consults with small to mid-size businesses on their

digital efforts from attracting new clients to retaining, optimizing and

securing their data once it is received. Previous roles in multiple Am

Law 100 firms give Richard a unique perspective of the legal technology

process from an out-sourced and in-house perspective.

Brandt has been the CIO for several top 100 U.S. law firms, and has 30

years of experience in the field of legal automation. He now consults to

law firms and professionals on projects as diverse as process and

electronic workflow management, knowledge management, information

governance and security, BYOD/S, communities of practice and IT

executive coaching. Jeffrey is also the Editor of the popular PinHawk

Legal Technology Digest and is a frequent educational speaker at

industry conferences.