Peter Lieber is the President and Principle of EIM International, a leader in the content and knowledge management arena. Peter is responsible for setting the overall direction and strategy for EIM, which serves the legal and corporate legal communities. With over 25 years of industry experience, Peter specializes in strategic planning and business analysis for a wide variety of law firms and legal departments. His depth of knowledge for managing enterprise information management systems has lifted EIM into the arena of subject matter experts for true content management. Peter is a respected member of the DMS community and is a widely recognized technology speaker.

Keynote speaker Josh Linkner is the author of the New York Times Bestselling book, Disciplined Dreaming: A Proven System to Drive Breakthrough Creativity, named one of the top 10 business books of 2011. He is a successful entrepreneur and he is the founder of ePrize, a successful agency providing digital marketing services for some of the world’s largest brands.

Duane Lites is the Director of Litigation Support at Jackson Walker LLP in Dallas, TX.  Duane has 22 years of experience managing the Litigation Support departments of major law firms. He is responsible for managing all Litigation Support technology services for the Firm’s attorneys, paralegals, and support staff. Duane frequently assists clients in the use of litigation technology and e-Discovery services.  He is a member of the Firm’s e-Discovery Consulting Group and works with the Firm’s management team to create and implement a strategy for the Litigation Support Department that emphasizes quality work product, customer care, and leading-edge technology solutions.

During his 30 years in litigation support, Duane has been a frequent speaker on litigation technology and electronic discovery. He is a Certified Computer Forensics Examiner (CCFE) and Certified e-Discovery Specialist (CEDS).

Motorcycle Messenger – 1 year

Corporate SW Development/Project Management - 9 years 

Legal Technology Management – 29 years

Guiding Principle – Laziness is the Mother of Invention.

Goal -  Learn what people need from technology – not what they want - and deliver quickly and cost effectively.

Greatest Accomplishment – Raising 4 amazing children with my wife of 32 years

Lia is the CEO and Founder of Acorn Legal Solutions.

Lia founded Acorn Legal Solutions in January of 2017 via acquisition of the eDiscovery operations of Elijah Ltd. Prior to founding Acorn, Lia was a Senior Project Engineer at a large Aerospace company. Lia founded Acorn to bring rigorous project management alongside technology-enabled efficiencies to the eDiscovery industry.

Under Lia’s leadership, Acorn has applied proprietary project management tools and predictive analytics workflows to complex litigation in Intellectual Property, Product Liability, Antitrust, Government Investigation and Class Action matters. Acorn works with a variety of technologies, including Relativity, Catalyst, StoryEngine and iConect Xera. Acorn’s team is certified in all platforms to the highest levels.

Lia has an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, BS in Mathematics from Case Western Reserve University and a BSE in Electrical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University.

Jessica Marlette leads White & Case's Content Governance Team and develops policies, procedures and best practices to further the firm’s information governance strategy.  Her team is responsible for developing and implementing content management strategies to both protect and leverage the firm’s information assets. Her educational background includes a JD from the University of Florida as well as an MA in Library and Information Science. Jessica is a member of the Florida Bar with over 10 years of experience in the legal field, serves as Co-Chair of the Leadership Committee for AIIM’s Women in Information Management (WIIM) special interest group, and is a member of the Law Firm Information Governance Symposium (LFIGS).

Jason Maust is a Project Manager who has specialized in large, enterprise technology focused projects in various industries for nearly 15 years. Currently at McGuireWoods LLP, a global, industry-leading law firm, he serves as Project Manager for a variety of technology projects spanning multiple disciplines and practice areas. Since joining the firm in 2015, many of his projects focus on critical applications, such as the Document Management System and various advanced security platforms. Other projects include the Agile implementation of ServiceNow as the firm’s service management platform and working on compliance efforts such as GDPR.

Prior to McGuireWoods, Jason was a Project Manager and Global Infrastructure Lead at Markel Corporation and, prior to its acquisition by Markel, Alterra Capital Services USA, LLC. After joining Markel/Alterra, an international Insurance/Reinsurance company, in 2011, his primary duties include executing projects focused on a variety of applications and infrastructure initiatives as well as maintaining vendor relationships. Initiatives Jason has managed include strategic planning for the risk management software/hardware, upgrading vital, mission-critical systems, and development of a global disaster recovery plan.

Before Alterra, Jason spent 5 years as a Senior Project Manager at Packet360, a national network infrastructure and storage company specializing in Cisco network, phone, security, and wireless implementations for medium-to-large businesses. These projects ranged from small, single office installations to upgrading the entire IP-based infrastructure for multi-hospital clients. Jason was awarded Most Outstanding Performer for the 1st Quarter of 2009. Prior to that, he served in various technology roles managing a suite of applications for United Way of Greater Richmond & Petersburg.

Jason graduated from James Madison University with a degree in Business Marketing in 2001. Currently living in Richmond, VA, he is a member of the James Madison University Technology Alumni Group and the Project Management Institute. In 2015, Jason became a Certified Scrum Master.