Baird Brueseke is leader in the Cyber Security and Content Services industries.  Baird is skilled in Systems Architecture, Network Design and Enterprise Content Management.  He is a published author with Academic Papers focusing on MOOCs and cloud- based education methods.

Phillip Kizun is an experienced and results-oriented chief privacy officer, governance, and business professional. He is proficient at developing and leading sophisticated global data privacy compliance programs, testing programs, and monitoring of trends.

An Account Executive and Licensed Attorney with a background in eDiscovery and Information Governance enterprise solutions, consulting and sales engineering. I’ve advised Fortune 500 companies and FED/SLED clients on eDiscovery, data governance and electronically stored information (ESI); developed service offerings and partner programs; and architected, built, and delivered customized enterprise software solutions and initiatives. 

Nicholas Wittenberg is an attorney focusing on legal technology policy serving as an Associate Vice President for Deloitte, previously serving as Senior Legal Counsel in The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.

Shetal Mehta is a Senior Manager at Deloitte within the Discovery and Disclosure practice with a focus on Government and Public Services. Ms. Mehta advises clients on legal and technical eDiscovery issues, particularly on large-scale litigation matters. She has over 17 years of experience in the eDiscovery field. Ms. Mehta is an attorney and prior to Deloitte, she was Discovery Counsel at Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough LLP.

Global Records & Information Mgmt Governance Manager with Procter & Gamble

Cincinnati, Ohio

Randy Moeller has a diverse 35+ years of experience in IG and records management at the corporate level. He has worked with goals to improve workforce effectiveness and reduce internal cost while ensuring compliance with laws and regulations.

Sue Trombley is an experienced Information Management/Governance subject matter expert with a demonstrated history of working in the global information management sector. She has a passion for providing insights and practical advice on topics such as privacy and security, clean-up of data, expanding the role of Information management professionals, and new ways of working as innovation outpaces regulation. She is a frequent public speaker and RIM/IG advocate. She is also an avid explorer of nature, hiking trails, art museums and theaters around the world. Sue is a fan of fast cars, working out, books, needlepoint, and the New York Times crossword puzzle.

David R. Cohen graduated from Harvard Law School in 1983. He is a litigation partner at Reed Smith LLP, where he leads the firm’s Records & E-Discovery (RED) Practice Group. He is admitted to practice before courts in New York, Pennsylvania, the Third, Fifth and Federal Circuits, and has been admitted pro hac vice in numerous other jurisdictions. Mr. Cohen has served as Special Discovery Counsel or National Discovery Counsel for many clients ranging from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies.  

Chicago, Illinois

https://corporate.mcdonalds.com/corpmcd/home.html

Cheryl Strom is an experienced Records and Information Management (RIM) Senior Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the IG and legal industries. She holds total strategic planning, operational, budgetary, and overall program responsibility for corporate-wide RIM and office services programs, to include leading cross functional teams in support of RIM and IG initiatives.

Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Noureddine Lamriri the current VP Product Marketing at Everteam. He is an IG thought leader, ISO Convenor, standardization expert, Product Marketing, and Presales expert.

President and CEO at Rentokil North America

Reading, Pennsylvania

John Myers is the current President and CEO at Rentokil North America. For more than twelve years, John has scaled a regional pest control business into a national empire.

Certified IG Professional

Denver Metropolitan Area, Colorado

Kirke Snyder has served as the Information Governance Practice Leader for Chorus Consulting LLC.

Sangeeta Krishnan is an engaging business intelligence and analytics leader who possesses a winning blend of subject matter expertise and practical experience from a variety of industries. Most recently, she joined Bayer as senior analytics lead (director) for mass sales. She has worked with Fortune 500 organizations, not-for-profits, and everything in between helping various organizations in building their operations and monetizing data products –establishing a data analytics team from the ground up, building automated workflows to improve accuracy and seamless enterprise data handling.

Sangeeta is a public speaker, content creator having articles published in industry journals and was recognized as a Finalist of the Women in IT Awards 2018 (USA) in the Data Leader of the Year category. Outside of work, she likes to travel with family and crochet.

Harrington Park, New Jersey

Sunil Soares is the founder and CEO of YourDataConnect. Prior to this role, Sunil has spent more than a decade in the data governance world including stints at IBM and Information Asset. He is the author of eight books on data governance. 

Douglas Laney is the data & analytics strategy innovation fellow with the consultancy, West Monroe. Formerly he was a vice president and distinguished analyst with Gartner's Chief Data Officer (CDO) research and advisory practice. He is an accomplished practitioner and recognized authority on data and analytics strategy, and is a three-time recipient of Gartner's annual Thought Leadership Award, and is regularly considered one of the top global influencers these topics. Mr. Laney specializes in and assists organizations with data monetization and valuation, open and syndicated data, data governance, and big-data based innovation. In 2001 he coined the "3Vs" of volume, velocity and variety, now commonly used in defining Big Data.<br><br>Nearly two decades ago, Mr. Laney originated the field of Infonomics, developing methods to quantify information's economic value and apply asset management practices to information assets. He authored the book "Infonomics: Monetizing, Managing and Measuring Information as a Competitive Advantage," and lectures at leading business schools on the topic. In addition to his dozens of Gartner research publications and blogs, Mr. Laney is a contributing author with Forbes and Information Management Magazine, and has been published in the Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times. He also edited and co-authored Forbes' e-book on Big Data.<br><br>Prior to rejoining Gartner, Mr. Laney helped form and lead the Deloitte Analytics Institute, a global initiative to grow Deloitte's multi-billion-dollar analytics business through marketing, social media, thought leadership, internal education, sales support, and recruiting. Today, Mr. Laney is also a visiting professor at the University of Illinois Gies School of Business and the Carnegie Mellon Heinz College of Business where he teaches graduate-level courses on analytics and infonomics, also available via Coursera.<br><br>Mr. Laney resides in Chicago with his wife and son, where he enjoys Cubs games, biking the lakefront, cooking, theatre, competitive tennis and not-very-competitive golf.

Christopher Surdak is an industry-recognized expert in Collaboration and Content Management, Big Data, Information Security, Regulatory Compliance, and Cloud Computing with over 20 years of professional experience.

Douglas Laney is the data & analytics strategy innovation fellow with the consultancy, West Monroe. Formerly he was a Vice President and distinguished analyst with Gartner's Chief Data Officer (CDO) research and advisory practice. He is an accomplished practitioner and recognized authority on data and analytics strategy, and is a three-time recipient of Gartner's annual Thought Leadership Award, and is regularly considered one of the top global influencers of these topics. Doug specializes in and assists organizations with data monetization and valuation, open and syndicated data, data governance, and big-data based innovation. In 2001 he coined the "3Vs" of volume, velocity and variety, now commonly used in defining Big Data.

Sunil Soares is the founder and CEO of YourDataConnect. Prior to this role, Sunil has spent more than a decade in the data governance world including stints at IBM and Information Asset. He is the author of eight books on data governance. 

Christopher Surdak is an industry-recognized expert in Collaboration and Content Management, Big Data, Information Security, Regulatory Compliance, and Cloud Computing with over 20 years of professional experience.

CEO IG World magazine, Institute for IG, Chair at Certified IG Officers Association

San Diego, California

Robert Smallwood is an IG SME and consultant, keynote speaker, and noted author of the seminal textbook "Information Governance: Concepts, Strategies, and Best Practices" (Wiley 2014, 2020). It is the textbook being used to guide corporations in their IG programs as well as teaching graduate students IG at major universities like Oxford, U of Michigan, San Jose State and others. He also wrote, "Information Governance for Executives (2016), and Introduction to Information Governance (2016), and "Managing Electronic Records: Methods, Best Practices and Technologies" (Wiley 2013), and "Safeguarding Critical E-documents: Implementing a Program for Securing Confidential Information Assets" (Wiley 2012).

Richard has over 20 years of experience in the records and information management industry. He is currently the Director at Unum Insurance. Most recently, he was the Executive Director - Global Data Risk Management at JPMorgan Chase. He was responsible for Data Retention and Destruction providing 2nd Line of Defense operational risk oversight and advisory to the Lines of Business. Previously, he served as the Director - Records and Information Services at Abbott Laboratories overseeing the design and implementation of the records management program globally.

Areas of expertise include: Information governance, records and information management, data risk management, business process improvement and enterprise content management.

Michael Esola is a retired U.S. Army officer and innovative technology leader with extensive experience overseeing the development and execution of IT risk management strategies that dramatically strengthen all areas of the enterprise. He is a strategic and analytical leader of multidisciplinary, culturally diverse global teams. In addition, he is an astute problem solver, facilitating growth by bolstering and driving digital transformation, innovation, developing team’s digital competencies, and safeguarding critical IT assets.

Dennis Kessler is passionate about establishing and strengthening data governance and data management in complex international organizations. He is a frequently invited subject-matter expert speaker and chair of international conferences and seminars on data governance, analytics and financial data management. He has also been profiled for Information Governance World Magazine, Oct 2019.

Professor at San Jose State U (retired)

San Francisco Bay Area, California

slisweb.sjsu.edu/programs/master-archives-and-records-administration-mara

Pat Franks, CA, CRM, IGP is the author of the book Records and Information Management and co-editor of the Encyclopedia of Archival Science. She has written and presented widely on topics of social media, cloud computing, knowledge management, digital preservation, and IG.

Director at Unum Insurance

Richard has over 20 years of experience in the records and information management industry. He is currently the Director at Unum Insurance. Most recently, he was the Executive Director - Global Data Risk Management at JPMorgan Chase. He was responsible for Data Retention and Destruction providing 2nd Line of Defense operational risk oversight and advisory to the Lines of Business. Previously, he served as the Director - Records and Information Services at Abbott Laboratories overseeing the design and implementation of the records management program globally.
Areas of expertise include: Information governance, records and information management, data risk management, business process improvement and enterprise content management.

Dr. phil. Dipl. Inform Ulrich Kampffmeyer M.A. MIT
Ulrich Kampffmeyer is the Managing Director and Owner, PROJECT CONSULT Unternehmensberatung GmbH, Hamburg, Germany. Dr. Ulrich Kampffmeyer is working in the Information Management and Information Governance space for over 40 years.

Dr. Kampffmeyers biography on Wikipedia.de (in German) https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulrich_Kampffmeyer

English translation of the German Wikipedia entry: https://project-consult.theum.com/essentials/index.htm?t=Teams-
Wikipedia,Ulrich-Kampffmeyer,ulrich-kampffmeyer---englisch

Tim Crino writes, edits, and produces stories about entrepreneurs, small businesses, and startups. He also covers cybersecurity and data privacy for other outlets. His writing can be found at inc.com/author/tim-crino,or at https://adcg.org/author/tcrino.

Nicholas Wittenberg is an attorney focusing on legal technology policy serving as an Associate Vice President for Deloitte, previously serving as Senior Legal Counsel in The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.

Bedford, Massachusetts

Sandra (“Sandy”) Serkes is a dynamic leader with an extensive background spanning over 20 years in entrepreneurship, software marketing, product management and corporate strategy, particularly in IG, predictive analytics, document data mining and processing, computer telephony and speech recognition. A graduate of Harvard Business School and MIT, Sandy is a frequent industry speaker and panelist. She serves on the boards of several technology and analytics start-ups and was named a 2006 “Woman to Watch” by Womens’ Business magazine.

Global Information Governance and Records Management Senior Manager at Oracle

Broomfield, Colorado

Bill Morey has experience creating highly successful enterprise content management programs for large corporations. He is skilled in unifying legal, information technology, and records management functions to provide efficient, compliant, and world class content management programs in Fortune 500 companies. He also deploys highly cross-functional document management projects using lean six sigma methodologies.

CEO at Valora Technologies

Bedford, Massachusetts

Sandra (“Sandy”) Serkes is a dynamic leader with an extensive background spanning over 20 years in entrepreneurship, software marketing, product management and corporate strategy, particularly in IG, predictive analytics, document data mining and processing, computer telephony and speech recognition. A graduate of Harvard Business School and MIT, Sandy is a frequent industry speaker and panelist. She serves on the boards of several technology and analytics start-ups and was named a 2006 “Woman to Watch” by Womens’ Business magazine.

Paula Lederman has over 15 years of consulting and training experience in the field of content and information lifecycle management, in both the public and private sectors. She has extensive education and experience in a wide variety of ECM and Records Management systems including

• SharePoint
• Open Text
• Hummingbird
• Documentum

Kurt Neumann leads records &amp; information efforts at Prime Therapeutics. He practices within high-profile corporate initiatives
and projects. In addition, Kurt also co-chairs/facilitates the Enterprise Data &amp; Information Governance (EDIG) Council.

Leader in Enterprise Records & Information Governance

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

Sabrina Lozano is an accomplished leader in IG. She has over 20 years of experience creating policies, managing domestic and international enterprise programs, collaborating with business teams and stakeholders, and executing on information management strategies that impact the enterprise. As the Senior Director of Freddie Mac’s enterprise Records and Information Management (RIM) program, Sabrina is driving information governance-focused changes to improve compliance capabilities, operational efficiency, and information life cycle management of records, documents, and data.

Owner of Yoga Therapy Bar

Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, South Carolina

Nekita Sullivan has 20 years of experience as a health and wellness professional assisting seniors, kids, adults, athletes, those with special needs, and corporations. She is also the owner of Yoga Therapy Bar a holistic physical therapy, yoga, and wellness studio in downtown Clemson, South Carolina. It exclusively offers a specialty of physical therapy and yoga to improve physical and mental health and wellness of the mind and body.

Sr. Compliance Analyst, FedEx Corp. at FedEx

Memphis, Tennessee

Amy Sowder serves as the current Sr. Compliance Analyst with FedEx. Her list of accomplishments include:

Master of Archives and Records Administration (MARA), Certified Records Manager (CRM), Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US), and Certified Information Governance Officer (CIGO).

Andrew Ysasi has over 25 years of award-winning professional experience, including more than 10 years of executive experience in technology, information services, healthcare, and non-profit organizations. Andrew helps individuals and organizations improve through developing strategies for success, mentoring, volunteering, and teaching. Andrew is a resume expert for CIO.com's IT Resume Makeover Series, has served on various industry boards, is a writer for industry textbooks, and is a faculty member at San Jose State University.

Michael Esola is a retired U.S. Army officer and innovative technology leader with extensive experience overseeing the development and execution of IT risk management strategies that dramatically strengthen all areas of the enterprise. He is a strategic and analytical leader of multidisciplinary, culturally diverse global teams. In addition, he is an astute problem solver, facilitating growth by bolstering and driving digital transformation, innovation, developing team’s digital competencies, and safeguarding critical IT assets.

Leader in Enterprise Records & Information Governance

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

Sabrina Lozano is an accomplished leader in IG. She has over 20 years of experience creating policies, managing domestic and international enterprise programs, collaborating with business teams and stakeholders, and executing on information management strategies that impact the enterprise. As the Senior Director of Freddie Mac’s enterprise Records and Information Management (RIM) program, Sabrina is driving information governance-focused changes to improve compliance capabilities, operational efficiency, and information life cycle management of records, documents, and data.

CEO IG World magazine, Institute for IG, Chair at Certified IG Officers Association

San Diego, California

Robert Smallwood is an IG SME and consultant, keynote speaker, and noted author of the seminal textbook "Information Governance: Concepts, Strategies, and Best Practices" (Wiley 2014, 2020). It is the textbook being used to guide corporations in their IG programs as well as teaching graduate students IG at major universities like Oxford, U of Michigan, San Jose State and others. He also wrote, "Information Governance for Executives (2016), and Introduction to Information Governance (2016), and "Managing Electronic Records: Methods, Best Practices and Technologies" (Wiley 2013), and "Safeguarding Critical E-documents: Implementing a Program for Securing Confidential Information Assets" (Wiley 2012).

Director of Information Governance at SEI

Oaks, Pennsylvania

Suzanne DiCicco is a Risk, IT, and Project Management professional with over 20 years of experience with large-scale, enterprise-wide IT Project Management and Software Development. The past 14 years have been focused exclusively in the Financial Services industry. She has extensive experience in managing projects throughout the entire development life cycle. Areas of particular depth include Risk, Information Security, and Software Release Management.

Current responsibilities are developing a Global Information Governance Program as part of the Enterprise Risk Management Team for SEI.

Specialties: Certified Information Governance Professional (IGP), Certified ISO 27001 Lead Implementer

Dean Felicetti, a Certified Information Governance Officer (CIGO) has an extensive career in the Litigation Support arena. He is currently the Director of Data Risk & Remediation with SullivanStrickler, an international leader in forensics, backup tape services, information governance and eDiscovery support.