Danger Mouse is often called the world's greatest secret agent—so secret, in fact, that his codename has a codename.  His skills are of a wide variety, including the ability to shatter metal with his voice, perform military style push-ups on his index finger, and reach a 7th level of meditation.

Danger Mouse seems fitting for Sonia Zeledon’s cross-functional success and wide reaching career success.  It takes incredible depth to move from firms like Skadden/White & Case into the startup world and then to dive into leading corporate compliance at bigger companies like her current role running Ethics, Compliance and Privacy at Hershey’s.

Travis LeBlanc is not a wacky inspector with goofy tools he uses to solve crimes.  Travis is a deeply skilled public and private sector litigator  - and that job often entails crafting Go Go Gadget arguments out of seemingly thin air, developing creative solutions and detecting innovative angles on problems.  Plus he’s dealt with his fair share of investigations, something Inspector Gadget would appreciate.

Justin has lots of superpowers.  Yes, he started a privacy focused tech company and is helping it grow rapidly.  And yes, he was a litigator and corporate lawyer at a large DC firm.  And then he was Acting Under Secretary at the Commerce Department during the Obama administration, negotiating the Privacy Shield on behalf of the US.  But, the most critical of his super powers is his ability to create a circle of friends, colleagues and people who just wanna talk shop and learn from each other.  While he’s accomplished a lot, in his heart Justin is a guy that wants to connect good people, create useful tech, chat and learn over a meal or drink.

Gary Kibel is AdTech old school.  He’s been in the privacy game for decades and has constantly stayed on top of changing tech, challenging regulation and new laws.  He does it all with a sense of humor, kindness and warmth that all of this friends and colleagues appreciate.  Video Killed the Radio Star is a classic 80s pop song that is a good mirror for Gary’s ability to adjust with changing tech and shifting norms.

Judy Estes has held a variety of roles in the legal leadership at Mastercard.  She is a leader of teams with a practical business-minded approach.  But, what really sets her apart is the ability to instantly see the bigger picture - her eye is always on the larger, more decisive business goals.

She is also not shy with an opinion, joke or decision (at Andy’s expense).  She loves the song “Every Breath You Take”, a song privacy nerds loved to add onto their Twitter posts about their “GDPR Spotify Playlist” in 2018.  For Judy though, it’s more about how she balances a busy family life with the rigor of leadership at Mastercard.

For our convo with Heather Federman, we turn to one of the great voices of the 80s, Rod Stewart, and his classic, “Forever Young”. This song has become an American anthem emblematic of the youthful vigorous spirit of the country.  There is no more vigorous spirit in the privacy world than Heather.  She is a force of nature and is working on some of the most complex issues in data privacy.

When you ask Shane Jacobs what his career goals are, he doesn’t say the normal things we hear so often.  Shane’s goal is for the human race to be multi-planetary.  Shane wants to see the world change via his work.  Data has played an increasingly important role in space suit development.  We will discuss biometric data and other data which inform innovation.  He may wear a space helmet.  Space Oddity is from 1969, but its such a good song we have to cheat here.

PE’s anthem Fight the Power is more of a personal descriptor for our friend Anjali Dahiya.  If you are friends with her, you know that she does not shy away from anything and challenges old/antiquated ideas, actions of people/governments that defy sensibility and moral, ethical norms.  She is a fighter in all the best ways we need lawyers to be fighting for people.  Her career path has now taken her to a place where she can do a lot of good - Facebook Ad Policy.

Nobody puts Data in a corner

We saw the writing on the wall

There's no way we could disguise it secretly, data is everywhere

Data, Just remember

You're the one thing

I can't get enough of

But I've had the time of my life

And I've searched through every open door

Till I found the truth

And I owe it all to you

The GDPR was a watershed moment for global data privacy. Ashley Slavik who made her start in the early days of the GDPR.  She moved from the US to the EU and has seen the connections and differences up close and in practice.

In her role as CPO at Veeva, she manages a lot of different aspects of data privacy and globally - a huge challenge. But the key is to face each new obstacle with the right attitude - remember, data is everywhere and privacy can be the time of your life.

We speak with Derek Zolner who leads legal at Centro after a stint at Oracle and many years in private practice.  We will discuss the shift from litigation to commercial legal work and on-house counseling.  Do litigators make good in-house lawyers and can they learn data and privacy?  In this case, YES.  We’ll also discuss Chicago as a town for in-house jobs, legal work and pizza.  And the band Chicago who are just flat out EPIC and in the pantheon of cheese-80s rock.  “Look Away” is how many people also feel about AdTech too.