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.

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.

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 and is a finalist for ILTA’s 2017 & 2018 Distinguished Peer Award for Innovative Consultant of the Year.

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.

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.

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.

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.