Speakers
Global Director of Knowledge & Research
Shearman & Sterling, LLP
Quality Assurance Manager
WilmerHale
Ryan LaMontagne has 17 years as a QA Professional and is an experienced QA Manager delivering hands-on innovative testing solutions. Demonstrated history working in the law practice industry, Financial Industry, and High Tech. Skilled in Test Program Development, Test Automation, Project Management, Vendor Management, and Leadership.
Executive Director
Ballard Spahr LLP
Mark Langdon is Executive Director of Ballard Spahr LLP, an AmLaw 100 firm with more than 500 attorneys in 15 offices practicing in Business and Finance, Intellectual Property, Litigation, Public Finance and Real Estate. As Executive Director, Mark oversees the business support operations of the firm, including human resources, finance and accounting, information services and technology, marketing, pricing and legal project management, office operations and facilities, research and information, and risk management. In addition, he provides strategic guidance and analysis to support and enhance client value and the overall profitability of the firm.
Mark earned a bachelor's degree in Accounting from Penn State University and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Before joining Ballard Spahr as its Director of Finance in 1989, Mr. Langdon practiced as a certified public accountant in the audit division of Arthur Andersen LLP, serving clients in the public and private sectors, and in the manufacturing, financial services, and professional services industries.
Perkins Coie
Lynne has extensive experience working with Professional Service firms on strategic, financial and operational initiatives. Her background includes working at Deloitte Consulting, serving as the COO for a privately-held investment advisory firm and over a decade of working in the legal industry. She attended Harvard Business School's executive education program on Leading Professional Service Firms, has an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin and is currently the Director of Business Planning for Perkins Coie.
Chief Information Officer
18th Judicial Circuit Courts of Florida
Josh Lazar is an IT Director with 15 years of experience in information technology. He is responsible for managing daily tasks and operations of IT and providing the strategic direction forward based on the vision of the principals of SEARCH. Mr. Lazar received his Bachelor’s degree and Master’s degree in Management of Information Systems from the University of Central Florida in 2001 and 2005 respectively. He is an Adjunct Instructor at UCF, educating students about technology for over a decade. He is a frequent speaker at several technology conferences discussing innovative technological solutions to improve how businesses serve their clients. Mr. Lazar proudly serves on the Advisory Board of Keep Orlando Beautiful, on the Executive Committee of the Society for Information Management of Central Florida, and the Program Planning Council of ILTA.
And: He is an avid traveler, visiting just as many US states as countries. Total count so far is 25 for each. Before he became a jet setter, he was a child model, where you could find him in the pages of Caldor and Service Merchandise.
Senior Technology & Change Management Consultant
Traveling Coaches, Inc.
In his role as Senior Technology and Change Management Consultant, Kenny consults with Traveling Coaches’ clients on a variety of projects, helping to develop and deploy customized programs with an emphasis on user adoption and increased return on investment. Kenny is a Prosci Certified Change Practitioner, a Certified Technical Trainer and has earned the trust of firms across the US, Canada, the UK and Australia.
Kenny has more than twenty years of combined experience as a law firm Trainer, Manager of Support & Training, Chief Information Officer, and now consultant. He combines his years of experience in the legal industry with a strategic approach to help law firms implement programs that allow lawyers to focus on the practice of law while minimizing risk to confidential, protected, and sensitive information. Kenny was a finalist for ILTA’s 2017 & 2018 Distinguished Peer Award for Innovative Consultant of the Year.
Principal Consultant
Growthplay, Inc
Brianna Leung is a Principal Consultant with GrowthPlay, a business development training and coaching firm. Brianna draws from nearly two decades of experience working with and for law firms to help lawyers and business leaders reach new levels of success leveraging marketing, business development and change management strategy. An engaging presenter, facilitator, coach, and trainer, Brianna’s strength is in helping professionals solve their business challenges by gaining a better understanding of the human factor.
Prior to joining GrowthPlay, Brianna was an independant marketing strategy and leadership consultant working primarily with law firms and service providers to the legal space. For many years, Brianna served on the leadership team at Traveling Coaches, where she created and led an award-winning change management consulting practice.
Recipient of the International Legal Technology Association's (ILTA's) Consultant of the Year award and a two-time finalist for ILTA's Thought Leader of the Year award, Brianna is a popular presenter and author. She is a Prosci-certified change management practitioner and graduated with honors from Thunderbird School of Global Management, receiving her MBA in global strategy and business intelligence.
Chief Customer Success Officer
iManage
Dean Leung has served over the past 19 years contributing to the wealth and depth of ILTA thought leadership in a variety of ways. He has had a long tenure as an ILTA member, officer, volunteer and most recently, business partner. In each capacity, he’s been honored with the privilege and deemed it a priority to volunteer time and resources to furthering the ILTA values and mission.
Presently, he serves in two volunteer capacities: ILTA Partner Advisory Council (Member-at-Large since 2017) and ILTA Knowledge Advisor (since 2015). Each of these roles affords him the opportunity to network with peers, influence the ILTA platform and community experience and drive thought leadership not only from his own point of view, but from that of other law firm leaders and technology solution providers.
Dean currently serves as the inaugural Chief Customer Success Officer at iManage and his extensive experience includes roles as a CIO for an AmLaw50 firm and former head of IT for a Canadian firm.
Senior Director of Client Relations
AAC Consulting
CEO
Prosperoware
Keith Lipman is the CEO and co-Founder of Prosperoware and a recognized thought leader who is regularly asked to speak about law firm operations and the transformation of the legal services industry. Keith has been twice shortlisted as an International Legal Technology Association Vendor Thought Leader of the Year finalist. He helped form as new standards body for the legal industry, SALI, with the goal to interconnect clients and law firms. He is a frequent contributor to multiple periodicals in the legal industry and speaker.
Prior to Prosperoware, Keith work at the entity now known as iManage and when it was a public company. He was responsible for product strategy in the legal vertical and he shifted how their product fundamentally operated. The result was growing market share from 25% to 80% when he left. Keith has worked in law firms as both a lawyer and an IT director.
Keith has earned his BA, JD, and MBA from Temple University.
CEO & Managing Director
LexisNexis
Michael Lipps is CEO/Managing Director of the LexisNexis Legal Software Solutions division and is responsible for the LexisNexis' Raleigh Technology & Software Center of Excellence campus located on North Carolina State University's Centennial Campus. In his role, he serves both the Legal and Professional markets, providing software workflow solutions that improve how firms manage spend management, client development and matter/practice management. He is responsible for a number of award-winning LexisNexis software applications including CounselLink, InterAction, PCLaw and more.
Mr. Lipps joined LexisNexis in 2009. Prior to that, he was with Intuit Inc. for 14 years, where he held a variety of product, marketing and business leadership roles, including General Manager, QuickBooks Financial Software.
Mr. Lipps studied Business Administration at California State University, Hayward. He is a trained Six Sigma Master Black Belt, and member of the Silicon Valley Product Management Association. He resides in Raleigh, NC with his wife and two children.
Dan, ILTA’s CEO, has extensive experience in association management. Most recently, he served as the Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary of CompTIA. During his tenure, CompTIA’s legal department was recognized by Inside Counsel magazine as one of the most innovative adopters of technology for legal efficiency in the US. Dan has a deep background in technology and has been a practicing lawyer both at a law firm and in-house, giving him insight into the multiple perspectives of ILTA’s members. His strong track-record of innovative thought, program development, and driving strategies benefit ILTA members and the industry.
DISCO
Alan Lockett is the Head of Data Science at CS Disco, Inc., where he oversees Disco's machine learning and data science efforts, including Disco's patent-pending deep learning approach to predictive coding. Prior to joining Disco, Dr. Lockett worked as a NSF-funded postdoctoral researcher in robotics and deep learning at the Dalle Molle Institute of Artificial Intelligence Studies. He received the Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Texas at Austin in 2012 for his studies in optimization theory, and has published over a dozen peer-reviewed scientific and mathematical papers on topics ranging from optimization to robotics and deep learning.
Senior Legal Technology and Litigation Support Administrator, AVP
Flagstar Bank
Vanessa is an Assistant Vice President and the Senior Legal Technology and Litigation Support Administrator with Flagstar Bank, headquartered in Troy, MI. She earned her B.A. from Adrian College and also has a Paralegal Certificate. Vanessa is a member of the State Bar of Michigan, Paralegal Section, International Legal Technology Association (Relationship Coordinating Team Member and Corporate Project Planning Committee), and ACC Legal Operations. Vanessa’s background and expertise is unique and diverse. She has worked in both the law firm and in a law department environments. Having this experience brings value to the attorney client relationship and allows her to understand both sides of the business model. In addition, she has extensive training and knowledge as a paralegal, as well as understanding the technological aspects and challenges the legal industry faces today. Vanessa has the confidence and ability to manage the legal issues while comprehending and understanding the technical side of the coin which allows her to interface with the IT department. In her current role she responsible for many high level cases, projects, reports and vendor relationships. She is also the administrator for the legal department’s software and other technologies.
Chief Technology Officer
Digital Defense, Inc.
Executive Director Innovation
King & Wood Mallesons
Michelle is a serial intrapreneur. She has had a career which has featured: first to market initiatives; wrangling data; maximising technology; business transformation; and innovation. Her passion for change that adds value, drives her personal and professional life. Michelle currently is the Executive Director of Innovation and is responsible for the design and delivery of the innovation strategy and portfolio for King & Wood Mallesons. Michelle has held previous roles in consulting, strategy and management. She is a Prince 2 project manager, a Prosci Change Management practitioner, d.school Design Thinker and a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt. Michelle is a member of King & Wood Mallesons’ Executive Leadership team and is a Fellow of the College of Law Practice Management. Michelle juggles an active career with her husband and their two gorgeous boys.
Partner
Hogan Lovells
Chris has been litigating patents and technology cases since the start of the first dot.com boom in the late 1990s. His experience spans cellular communications, microchips, HD video compression, high-temperature superconductors, bio-pharmaceuticals, and even an early patent for online pizza-ordering.
In addition to his deep litigation experience, Chris is an accomplished scholar. He holds a doctorate in law from Oxford University, and has held visiting faculty positions at UC Hastings, Berkeley Law, Stanford Law School and Oxford University. Chris serves on the Advisory Board for the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology, and is a faculty member of UC Hastings' Innovation Law Institute.
Director of End-User Computing Strategy
VMware, Inc.
Mark’s primary function is to assist customers in understanding the trends and directions of the End User Computing landscape. In this advisory role he will be giving tactical guidance on EUC initiatives and assisting in EUC strategy development in the areas of desktop transformation, mobile computing, DaaS, VDI, and desktop virtualization.
He joined VMware after spending 16 years at Gartner Research where he most recently served as vice president and research director, covering end-user computing with a primary focus on desktop virtualization, hosted virtual desktops, PC hardware, and server-based computing. During this time, he assisted clients in the selection of solutions appropriate for their needs and best practices for client-side policies and procedures. Prior to Gartner, Mark spent 9 years at KeyBank, a regional bank in Ohio where he was vice president overseeing infrastructure operations and desktop support.
Mark proudly calls Cleveland his home, has a BS in Computer Science from the University of Akron and also holds an MBA from Baldwin Wallace University.
Chief Information Officer
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
As Chief Information Officer, Andrea Markstrom is responsible for the strategic direction and oversight of Blank Rome’s information technology systems and support operation. Prior to joining Blank Rome, Andrea spent 25 years leading technology organizations for Faegre Baker Daniels and Target Corporation.
Information Governance Counsel
White & Case LLP
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).