Katrina Marie Baker currently works for Adobe as a Senior Learning Evangelist. Her independently operated consulting firm, Resources of Fun Learning, has advised learning executives across multiple industries, including aerospace, construction, legal, retail, technology, and transportation. Katrina speaks frequently at industry conferences and maintains YouTube channel Learn Tech Collective. She has authored books LMS Success (2018), The LMS Selection Checklist (2018), and Corporate Training Tips & Tricks (2017). Katrina is a former Director of Technology with the Association for Talent Development. She has been employed in global training capacities for Fortune 500 retailer Whole Foods Market, and two Global 100 law firms, Cooley LLP and Latham & Watkins LLP. Prior to working in learning and development, Katrina worked in music and video production for clients such as Disney Channel and Adult Swim.

Mr. Brandt started his career in the world of litigation support/eDiscovery. He has been a consultant, a vendor and the CIO for several top US law firms. He is a strategic executive with a proven ability to lead large scale change initiatives and drive business growth through integration of technology with the business and practice of law. With thirty years of experience in the field of legal automation, he has an established track record of effective IT leadership. He is an innovative problem solver and creative thinker with considerable experience implementing and managing change in diverse cultures.

He now works as the Chief Information Officer at Jackson Kelly PLLC in Charleston, West Virginia. Mr. Brandt is also the Editor of the popular PinHawk Law Technology Daily Digest (a daily aggregated newsletter with a circulation of about 16,000 legal and technology professionals), a respected thought leader in the legal technology community and frequent educational speaker at regional and national user, trade shows and industry conferences.

Shayne was brought onto the Conversant Group team in early 2018 as the new Chief Information Security Officer. With over 20 years of Information Technology (IT) experience, Shayne has built, worked in, lead, and/or managed a wide variety of IT Security organizations.  These include Director of Information Security & Architecture for Erlanger Health System (the nation's 6th largest public healthcare system), Senior Program Manager for Hydroelectric Cyber Security at the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), and the Information System Security Officer (ISSO) for BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee (BCBST).

In all of these opportunities, Shayne has worked to reduce IT risk by implementing robust internal control systems both as a practitioner and as an auditor. He understands the role of Information Security in support of corporate strategy and has obtained his Master’s in Business Administration (MBA).  He also holds several professional certifications including his CISSP, CISA, and GSEC.

As a professional and community leader, Shayne actively serves as a mentor, trainer, and advocate for the information security profession. He serves on a number of Boards of Directors including the local ISSA chapter, is a mentor for SANS, served multiple years as an examiner for the Tennessee Center for Performance Excellence (the state-level agency for the National Baldrige Awards), provided training at national conferences, and has published internationally.

Angela Dowd is the Director of Practice Innovation for Burns & Levinson LLP in Boston, Massachusetts. In her current role with the firm, she works with practice groups and administrative departments to increase efficiency and streamline business processes. She seeks to identify ways to translate strategic goals into clearly defined projects that will deliver business value.

In previous roles at Burns & Levinson, Angela worked first in Human Resources, next as a Trainer, and then as the Applications Manager. These roles have given her a broad understanding of the business needs of the firm and skills to develop and implement solutions.

For ILTA, Angela has been an active member since 2006.  She currently serves as the President of the Board of Directors and has previously served in numerous volunteer leadership roles as well as speaking at the annual conference and writing for Peer-to-Peer. Outside of ILTA, she has also spoken at the Association of Legal Administrators, Legal Marketing Association, and the Law Firm Alliance conferences.

Joy Heath Rush is the Chief Executive Officer of The International Legal Technology Association (ILTA), an organization that serves more than 24,000 international legal technology professionals in their support of the practice of law. As Chief Executive Officer, Joy oversees ILTA’s operations, a global network of volunteer leaders, and a professional staff of more than 30 employees.

Joy has spent virtually her entire career supporting lawyers and technologists in the practice of law, and she has deep familiarity with the complexities our member firms and organizations face in today’s vastly shifting and dynamically changing marketplace. She has worked at global law firm Sidley Austin LLP as well as Litera Microsystems in executive roles. She has a long history of leadership in peer networking groups associated with legal technology. Joy has had the opportunity to speak and write on a wide array of technology sessions, in CIO and leadership roundtables and talent management topics at legal events, including ILTACON, ABA Tech Show, Legal Tech NY, Legal Tech West Coast, ABA Law Practice Management, DRI, ALA, NALP, and ARMA, among others.

With 15+ years global experience across Information Governance (#infogov), he spent the last 4 years working with heavily-regulated clients worldwide on their GDPR journey. In parallel he was a workstream leader as part of IBM’s own global privacy program.He’s a frequently published speaker on GDPR & InfoGovacross AIIM, ARMA, MER, LegalTech, Insight,World of Watson, InfoGovCon, IPBA, DataWorks,Think & ILTA LegalSEC. Published in The Economist, Financial Times & InfoGov World.

2018 Top 50 Social Influencers in Risk,Compliance and Regtech.
2017 & 2016 Finalist Winner InfoCoalitionInfogov SME of the Year

Erich is a veteran information security professional with over 20 years’ experience in the medical, aerospace manufacturing and defense fields. He is the former security manager for the 2nd Regional Cyber Center-Western Hemisphere and holds CISSP, CISSP-ISSAP, MCITP and ITIL v3 certifications, among others. Erich has worked with information security professionals around the world to provide the tools, training and educational opportunities to succeed in InfoSec.

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.

Peter Lesser is the Director of Global Technology at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, where he has worked since 2006. He is responsible for the Firm's technology strategy, planning and implementation and oversees applications and user support, business systems, infrastructure and operations, security and development.

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.

Curt Meltzer, Litera Evangelist, has more than 30 years of experience in applying technology to the practice of law. His career has included work in litigation support, software, training, publishing, and management consulting. He has also been CIO for 4 law firms. He is a frequent speaker and writer on legal technology. Curt is also a member of the Bar of the District of Columbia.

Ian has over 25 years of experience in the IT industry, building security, information governance and records management software products for the enterprise. Ian is currently head of product management for iManage, responsible for a suite of security and information governance products for professional service firms.

Kathy works with professional service firms to achieve their goals in the areas of business continuity, disaster preparedness, risk management and compliance. Kathy, a certified business continuity professional, trains management professionals and all levels of staff at private service firms and facilitates table-top exercises in these focus areas. Kathy retired in 2017 after thirty- three years with international law firm Hunton & Williams, LLP and has more than thirty-seven years of experience in the legal industry. Additionally, Kathy served on the International Board of Directors for the Association of Legal Administrators (ALA), was a trustee for the Foundation of the Association of Legal Administrators, and currently serves on ALA's International Relations Committee. She continues to receive outstanding reviews as a frequent presenter at ALA conferences, ALA, ACP and other Association local chapters and with private service firms on disaster recovery, business continuity and risk management issues.

Jon Segger is Information Security Manager at Linklaters LLP, based in London.  Jon has 20 years’ experience working in the legal sector, many of these focussed on information security.

As Stoel Rives’ Information Security Officer, Jon Washburn works directly with the Chief Operating Officer and Firm Counsel to manage the firm’s information governance and security program. Jon is also a resource for the firm’s Privacy & Data Security practice, assisting the team with performing risk assessments, evaluating information systems architecture and security controls, and identifying information governance process improvements that may reduce the likelihood of a data breach.

Since 1997, Jon has held a number of IT infrastructure, security and information management leadership roles, successfully deploying national and international technology and data governance solutions while collaborating with other leaders to transform the culture of the legal industry. Jon is a regular contributor to Stoel Rives’ Global Privacy & Security Blog.

Andrey has worked in the security and networking areas for the past 16 years. The major focus in his professional career has been in infrastructure architecture, including the implementation of end-to-end security solutions. Prior to joining Dentons US LLP, Andrey held multiple security management and technical positions in the financial, insurance and retail industries.

As a part of BT Advise Professional Services, Andrey performed a “Trusted Security Advisor” role for Fortune 100 companies, carrying out assessments, and developing general security strategy.