BRETT C. DON

**** **** ***** ***** ******, MD ***04 240-***-**** acdo3a@r.postjobfree.com

BUSINESS ADVISOR IT & RISK EXECUTIVE

Delivering Operational Excellence & Driving Innovation

Results-driven executive with a history of utilizing advanced technologies to improve customer

productivity, reduce risk and drive innovation for bottom line growth. Works with C-suite executives to

address complex business problems including performance and profitability, reducing waste, managing data

privacy risks and controlling litigation costs.

Strategic Business & Technology Planning Multi-Office Operations

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Innovation for Competitive Advantage & Profit Negotiations, Influence & Persuasion

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Risk Management & Compliance Outsourcing & Off-shoring

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Program & Project Management P&L, Budgeting & Cost Control

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Organizational Behavior & Talent Management Technical Architecture & Design

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior Vice President, Managing Consultant January 2013 – Present

Senior Consultant August 2012 – December 2012

Anchor Technologies, Inc., Annapolis, MD

Challenge: Guide the consulting business of this decade old boutique information security and risk

management consultancy through a growth cycle.

Role: P&L responsibility for consulting business - driving revenue growth through a robust business

development / social media plan, strategic expansion of consulting services portfolio and a formalized

channel partnerships program.

• Direct the day-to-day efforts of CISSP, CISA, GPEN and CEH certified consultants servicing clients

across various industries including financial services, healthcare, legal and non-profit.

• Manage complex projects across an expanded portfolio including security assessments, ISO gap

analysis, HIPAA compliance, business continuity, incident response, social engineering and penetration

testing.

• Recent hands-on consulting assignments include a comprehensive technology assessment for a 400-

person think tank consulting firm, comprehensive security assessment for a 1100-person AMLAW 100

firm, business continuity and recovery planning for a 100-person Association, HIPAA risk assessment

for a regional insurance company and ISO 27001 certification for a 600-person law firm.

Chief Information Officer January 2008 – July 2012

Dickstein Shapiro LLP, Washington, D.C.

Challenge: Transform IT into a strategic asset, differentiate the Firm’s eDiscovery services and

improve the risk profile for this 900-person, $300M, multi-office law firm.

Role: Oversee the day-to-day operations and strategic development of nine administrative departments

including IT, records, legal research, conflicts, docketing and e-Discovery; Managed $26M

capital/operating budgets and 125 professionals.

• Innovated solutions to align with clients’ business needs:

- Developed an innovative eDiscovery product offering (www.esipredict.com) from concept to launch

making litigation costs more predictable for clients and, on average, $600K less per litigation.

- Managed the development of custom software to facilitate legal project management and alternative

fee budgeting that reduced client budget overruns in the IP litigation practice by $1M.

• Positioned the firm for strong and sustainable financial results:

- $3M in revenue generated through delivery of eDiscovery and research services to clients.

- $750K in revenue generated through an online business development website for our Energy practice.

- $3.5M reduction in expenses through negotiation of agreements and selective outsourcing of work.

- Managed firm through layoffs, budget reductions and hiring/salary freezes with minimal impact.

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• Maintained operational excellence while architecting next generation systems to support growth:

- Oversaw IT service desk handling over 6000 tickets and 5000 IT assets at a 92% rating of “Good”.

- Managed a large project portfolio to completion, on time and within budget, including Windows

7/Office 2010, VSphere ESX, XMLaw/Sharepoint 2010/FAST, iPhone/Android and Relativity.

- Introduced a “bring your own device program” (BYOD) to improve the remote work experience.

• Instituted firm-wide risk management practices to protect client and firm information assets:

- Developed an Information Security Program using ISO 27001-05 standards covering policy

development, awareness campaigns and technical controls designed to protect client data.

- Managed the responses to twelve client data privacy questionnaires and two on-site audits.

- Implemented firm-wide procedures for handling legal holds, ethical walls and records retention.

Chief Information Officer July 2000 – January 2008

Wiley Rein LLP, Washington, D.C.

Challenge: Stabilize a defective computer network to maximize attorney productivity, rebuild the IT

organization to restore lost credibility and align technology with the needs of the business.

Role: Delivered technology strategy and support operations for a 600-person, multi-office firm with

revenue of $170 million. Managed a capital/operating budget of $7.5 million and 30 professionals.

• Architected next generation systems to enhance lawyer productivity and support growth:

- Provided leadership, turnaround strategy and change management expertise to reduce system

downtime by 950 hours; replaced all hardware/software and re-architected the network in 18 months.

- Managed a large project portfolio to completion, on time and within budget, including NetWare to

Windows Server, Notes Mail to Exchange, Cisco switches, HP SAN, Windows XP and Sharepoint.

• Delivered solutions to align our services with clients’ business needs:

- Managed development of a client system reducing expenses by 20% and transaction time by 5 days.

- Managed the development of a hosted system for a Broadcasting client that delivered information

24x7 allowing the client to reduce outside counsel fees by $300K to meet CEO budget demands.

• Integrated technology into the practice of law to create efficiencies:

- Defined requirements and managed the development of a Sharepoint-based knowledge system and

redesigned work processes to promote reuse of content recovering 40 attorney hours per week.

- Redesigned file management work processes and implemented a custom content management system

to reduce time wasted searching for lost files by an estimated 500 hours per year.

Senior Business Consultant January 1996 – June 2000

Altman Weil, Inc., Newtown Square, PA

Responsible for developing business, drafting proposals and delivering consulting services to C-level

executives within large professional service organizations and Fortune 500 corporations to address

complex business problems including reducing waste, profitability, misaligned technology

investments, controlling eDiscovery costs, managing data privacy risks and long-range planning.

OTHER RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Director, Information Systems

LaBrum & Doak LLP, Philadelphia, PA [300-person, multi-office law firm]

Manager, Information Systems

Archer & Greiner, P.C., Haddonfield, NJ [200-person law firm]

EDUCATION

BS Business Administration Widener University School of Management

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