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New York, Ny, Us

Malvern, Pa , Us

North Chicago, Illinois, Us

• Manage the Actavis (now Allergan) IT eDiscovery department, as well as the processes, preservation, collection, data processing, analysis, and eventual export of ESI (Electronically Stored Information) for the Allergan group of Companies.• Operational Manager for the Legacy Allergan Veritas Clearwell eDiscovery system used to provide collected and processed data to the Allergan Legal Department, outside vendors, and opposing Counsel.• Manager of the IT eDiscovery team that partners with the Legal Department to meet all Allergan Legal deliverables surrounding data collection, processing, and eventual export. Hands-on usage of Clearwell, Microsoft Exchange Powershell, Veritas Enterprise Vault (EV) Cloud, Exterro eDiscovery, and Guidance EnCase eDiscovery systems on a daily basis.• Partner with the Allergan Legal and IT departments to create or resolve challenges associated with Legal and to identify solutions mirroring the EDRM Cycle to ensure Legal and IT strategies are followed and all criteria is met for success, consistency, and defensibility in the Actavis eDiscovery area.• Oversee and collect data for all Allergan eDiscovery cases in Clearwell and Exterro as well as upgrades and maintenance to departmental eDiscovery tools (Clearwell, Exterro, EnCase, EMC Source One Discovery Manager).• Oversee and manage employee and contractor eDiscovery resources.• Facilitate all budgeting and planning for Allergan eDiscovery department including enhancements to Clearwell, Exterro, EnCase and EMC Source One Discovery Manager and any IT eDiscovery infrastructure projects.• eDiscovery department SME for best, consistent, and defensible processes for Allergan legal compliance and governance.• Assist internal Attorneys and Paralegals with developing efficient and targeted keyword lists for use in eDiscovery tools.Specialties: Veritas Clearwell eDiscovery System Exterro eDiscovery Veritas EV Cloud eDiscovery Project Management

Eden Prairie, Minnesota, Us

•Project Leadership of client litigation projects for eDiscovery vendor Kroll Ontrack, from project open to close.•Interact with Kroll Ontrack internal Legal Consultants, Electronic Evidence Consultants, Information Technology Operations, and Product Development to manage, scope, and staff projects appropriately.•Lead project conference calls and presentations with Kroll Ontrack customers outlining services to be provided and processes to be followed, while defining data processing requirements for the customer.•Manage customer relations and expectations relating to project scope and timeliness of services provided to the customer. Create and maintain project status updates, document change management throughout life of project, manage custom reporting requirements, and oversee all aspects of the project.•Manage work teams assigned to individual projects to make sure project requirements are understood and executed to the customer’s specifications.•Work with accounting department to generate billing and ensure prompt payment of accounts.

Basel, Baselstadt, Ch

• Senior Case Manager for Legal Data Services eDiscovery group, handling Legal matters encompassing all types of NPC litigation, which includes Product Liability, Human Resources, Employment, Internal Investigations, IP and Patent, Government Inquiry, and US Regulatory litigation/matters.• Manage NPC eDiscovery matters to completion while keeping in-house Attorneys and Paralegals and Outside Counsel Attorneys apprised of all case developments. Collects data from all types of NPC internal systems to support NPC litigation.• Project lead for implementation of PSS/IBM Atlas LCC Legal Hold system, version 4.5.1. Managed project timelines, core team, and NPC Paralegals during all phases of the project to successful implementation. Performed initial fit-gap sessions with NPC Attorneys and Paralegals to determine the configuration of Atlas to best fit NPC’s needs. Developed full system specifications for the NPC Legal Hold business process and mapped the needs of NPC Legal into Atlas to ensure a system is built that works for NPC. Created a training program and associated manuals for Atlas tasks, and rolled out Attorney, Case Manager, and Paralegal training. Managed the project to successful completion as Atlas went live in October 2010.• Assist NPC Attorneys in scoping discovery projects and providing the information and reports they need to have for productive 26f Meet and Confer meetings with opposing counsel/regulators. Facilitate meetings with eDiscovery vendor Kroll Ontrack and NPC Attorneys, Outside Counsel Attorneys, and Paralegals regarding assigned Kroll discovery projects.

Basel, Baselstadt, Ch

• Responsible for the leadership of three HRIS Functional Consultants within the HR Systems group.• Recommends, implements, and plans for improvements, enhancements, and new applications to the PeopleSoft system, while working with the Novartis business areas to gather requirements, plan for improvements, and drive the changes with business colleagues.• Acted as HR functional lead on PeopleSoft 8 upgrade from previous PeopleSoft 7.5 system, during the Summer of 2002.• Developed an action plan, assessed, and managed the overall project during rollout of company-wide HR Self-Service, leveraging PeopleSoft version 8 delivered functionality with Novartis specific enhancements in the Winter of 2005.• Provides PeopleSoft system assistance, training and reporting expertise to Novartis Senior Management and Novartis HR business areas.• Develops detailed specifications for system improvements and enhancements that support Novartis business needs, processes, and models.• HR Lead on a core-team that contracted with ADP to outsource Novartis Payroll operations to ADP Enterprise Version 3, which went live October 1, 2004.• Team Lead for Novartis OneHealthNet Intraweb upgrade and standardization of current HR pages. Part of a core team that has completed an HR Portal, called ‘HR Connect’, which went live in February 2006.• Project Manger for rollout of additional HR Self-Service offerings to Novartis employee population during 2005. Planned and developed detailed specifications for Nicknames, Employee Address Changes, Employee Name Changes, Marital Status Changes, Employee Data View, and Vacation Accruals ESS pages. These enhancements went live in conjunction with the rollout of the HR Connect Portal.• HR Functional Lead for PeopleSoft Version 8.9 upgrade, to go live in December 2006.• Act as Legal Data Custodian for HRIS with responsibility for providing HR data in support of any Novartis Legal endeavors.

• Assumed functional HR lead role during data gathering and specification determination process of General Electric’s acquisition of Honeywell (February 2001).• Responsible for functional project leadership of both Employee Self Service (developed in HTML Access) and HR Transactions (developed in Java Client) web initiatives.• Provided detailed functional specifications and requirements analysis for both Employee Self Service and HR Transactions web projects.• Managed an Issue Log and tracked changes and customizations during both projects using Six Sigma methodology.• Worked with developers to ensure system functionality was concurrent with user needs and expectations.• Part of the team that delivered Employee Self Service web pages on time and in conjunction with new MyHoneywell.com Intranet, and met aggressive timeframes for implementation.• Led functional development of HR Transactions web project that also met and exceeded an aggressive timeframe for implementation.

Bachelor Of Business Administration (Bba), Human Resources Management And Services

Electrical Engineering