Thomas Skelley Email & Phone Number

Chantilly, Virginia, Us

Capitalizing on previous experiences as a data and software solutions expert in a law firm, Office of General Counsel, and with eDiscovery vendors, I focus on a collaborative approach to assist clients in understanding and evaluating technology solutions to achieve their privacy goals and manage their cross border issues, while meeting GDPR and CCPA standards and complying with data governance requirements.

Provided consulting services encompassing the entire EDRM life cycle; provided guidance using best practices for law firm, corporate, vendor, and government legal environments, to include staffing, department organization, budgeting, vendor selection, setup, workflow, and selection of software and hardware; worked closely with clients for software beta testing and roll out to pilot groups; advised legal teams on discovery requests

Responsible for overall Operations and Strategy within the US for UBIC North America and Techlaw Solutions; reported directly to the CEO of Techlaw/UNA and serve as an integral part of the Senior Management Team; responsible for National Operations within the U.S., with extensive interaction with Senior Management globally; oversight of five domestic offices, which included the processing, hosting, project management, and global infrastructure teams; designed and implemented operations plan for merging UNA and TLS operations, including centralizing datacenters, merging two separate PM systems, and creating and standardizing operating procedures to gain efficiencies and overall consistent output; worked closely with CFO, CEO and Director of Finance to establish metrics for reporting P&L

Provided consulting services encompassing the entire EDRM life cycle; provided guidance using best practices for law firm, corporate, vendor, and government legal environments, to include staffing, department organization, budgeting, vendor selection, setup, workflow, and selection of software and hardware; worked closely with clients for software beta testing and roll out to pilot groups; advised legal teams on discovery requests

Fairfax, Va, Us

Primarily responsible for client development, company growth, pricing. Statement of Work, negotiations, and contractual arrangements; primary client interface on Statement of Work and Terms & Conditions; worked closely with C-Level to plan strategies for company growth, including new markets in U.S. and international locations; reviewed and developed teaming relationships with other vendors; worked closely with Sales Team to develop pre-sales solutions and implementations for clients; provided oversight to the overall profitability of strategic business units; developed and maintained overall pricing for company; assisted with the development of strategy for focus on corporations and corporate governance; significant company growth achievements during tenure: staffing increased from 65 to over 250 internationally, company growth from 2 offices to 7 offices, and growth from 1 national hosting center to addition of 5 international hosting centers to manage international work and privacy regulations

Provided insight and guidance to technical development team for enhancements for existing applications as well as future development of applications; oversaw Project Management Team; served as a liaison between legal staff and technical staff to ensure that complex litigation requirements were properly conveyed.

Washington, D.C., Us

Responsible for providing direction, oversight, and strategic planning for staff of nearly 50 staff in three departments: Practice Support, Records and Information Management, and Production Services; researched and evaluated new technologies relating to imaging, extranets, and courtroom technology; implemented new systems within the firm relating to improving efficiency; implemented an extranet portal system to assist case teams with accessing litigation documents; with the CIO, developed course materials for in-house Project Management course for attorneys; worked with Records and Information Management Group to create record retention schedules; advised attorneys on best practices for managing electronic discovery and forensic data capture; negotiated contracts with vendors to ensure best possible prices for services; consulted with various practice groups to determine “best practices” for managing work.

Basking Ridge, Nj, Us

Responsible for development of technical plan for processing large patent infringement case spanning multiple countries; responsible for creation, development, and implementation of numerous large-scale databases, including full-text, bibliographic, surrogate, and imaged records residing in both VAX and UNIX environments; responsible for implementing processes to ensure data integrity; designed and managed paper flow processes; researched and tested new software programs and databases; managed development and implementation of a Case Management System for the Office of General Counsel; appointed to special project for the Office of General Counsel to analyze needs for voice recognition program, including the responsibility for selection and management of voice recognition software; oversaw and directed contractors in the development of case management tracking system.

Managed and administered the Acumenics automated litigation support contract with the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the U.S. Department of Justice; responsible for the oversight of more than $5 million of support per year to the Division; ensured company adherence to federal contracting regulations; principle liaison to Division administration.