Resume

Joseph P. Davis
jdavis@xstreamix.com

OFFERING

MBA in Management of Technology / 20+ years of legal technology and management experience / In-depth understanding of knowledge management, business analysis, project management, IT operations, agile development, application architecture, information governance and vendor relationship management.

EXPERIENCE

Davis Wright Tremaine, New York, NY (September 2020 – Present)
Manager of Knowledge Management Solutions:

Leading 8-member KM team responsible for:

  • Developing custom internal and client-facing solutions for Meta (Facebook) Bulletin and Amazon
  • Automating 1000+ documents for top client Amazon/Amazon Studios/AWS using Contract Express
  • Writing documentation used to train attorneys on film project tracking software for Amazon Studios
  • Maintaining and enhancing firm intelligence in Foundation, including financial and external data
  • Facilitating collaboration in HighQ, Microsoft Teams and SharePoint Online including intranet redesign and working closely with Information Governance on Teams architecture and provisioning

Litify, Brooklyn NY (June 2019 – January 2020)
Director of Product Strategy: Leading team creating legal practice management software on Salesforce.com platform at venture-backed startup company.  Managing partnerships and feature set.

RecordNext, Piscataway NJ (January 2018 – June 2019)
Co-founder/CIO: Built system to facilitate transfer of medical records to law firms.

Prudential Financial, Newark NJ (November 2016 – October 2018)
Project Consultant / Business Analyst: Worked with Law/Compliance teams and Archer GRC architects

  • Managed business process requirements, functional specification, data definitions/maps, ETL, QA and UAT for legal and regulatory tracking system mandated by the Federal Reserve Board
  • Project Manager/architect for Archer-based Conflicts of Interest system
  • Managed business requirements for upgrade to legal hold system with Office 365 integration
  • Managed departmental migration of legacy portal applications and content to SharePoint Online

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, NY (April 2015 – August 2016)
Applications Director: Managed 13-member team for 2500 user AmLaw 100 firm.  Responsible for:

  • Applications: Microsoft Office, iManage Desksite, IntApp Walls and Time, Windows 10, InterAction
  • Development: Created mobile app to display financial data.  SharePoint implementation, migration from Lotus Notes, database / mobile app / desktop app / web development, master data warehousing
  • Mobility: Application integration and testing for iOS and Android in Good Dynamics environment
  • System Administration: Maintenance of SharePoint and Domino farms, IntApp Integration Builder

McCarter & English LLP, Newark, NJ (September 2006 – April 2015)
Applications Manager: Managed 5-member application/development team for 850+ user firm with 9 offices.  Responsible for all aspects of user experience, custom code and applications budget.  Worked closely with software/service vendors, attorneys, Finance, Marketing and HR.  Notable projects include:

Managed 5-member application/development team for 850+ user firm with 9 offices.  Responsible for all aspects of user experience, custom code and applications budget.  Worked closely with software/service vendors, attorneys, Finance, Marketing and HR.  Notable projects include:

  • iManage redesign/upgrade, creation of matter-centric workspace provisioning process and software
  • Project Manager/Tech lead for major upgrades to Microsoft Office, Windows 7, Citrix, InterAction, iManage, Elite, Metastorm, Intapp, and SharePoint intranet with custom Elite database integrations
  • Creation, deployment and maintenance of master Citrix XenApp server images and SQL clusters
  • Coordinated systems integration/data conversion for Boston and Washington DC office acquisitions and subsequent lateral groups; responsible for data imports/exports for new hires and departures
  • Led Records Management Pilot and Primary Data Center Relocation teams

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, NY (September 2002 – September 2006)
Applications Engineer: Coordinated application integration and support for 1200+ user international law firm.  Worked with help desk, vendors and deployment engineers on purchasing, installing, testing, troubleshooting and documenting standard applications, proprietary legal software and custom code.

Xstreamix, Edison, NJ (January 2001 – September 2002)
Managing Director: Founded award-winning streaming media production/consulting company.

Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman P.C., New York, NY (April 1998 – January 2001)
Information Technology Manager: Manager for $2 million technology roll-out.  Maintained and supported all firm technology. Managed staff, consultants and relationship with systems integrator.

Barnes and Noble.com, New York, NY (February 1997 – April 1998)
Systems Engineer: Senior member of Internet/New Media team for major e-commerce Web/AOL site.

Edgell Communications, Randolph, NJ (September 1996 – January 1997)
Consultant: Interim IS director responsible for all servers, desktops, laptops and PDAs.

Bristol-Meyers Squibb, Lawrenceville, NJ (July 1996 – August 1996)
Consultant: Upgraded software and RAM, solved system conflicts, crashes, connectivity issues, etc.

Rutgers Preparatory School, Somerset, NJ (July 1994 – June 1996)
Computer Science Teacher: Taught computers and music to grades Pre-K through 12.

PUBLICATIONS

INDUSTRY INVOLVEMENT

  • Conference speaker: Legal Innovators California (June 2022), ARMA Inform (June 2022), ILTA’s Mastering Microsoft Teams (May 2022, July 2022)
  • ILTA Program Planning Council member (2017 – 2019, 2022 – Present)
  • Host of ILTA’s Bleeding Edge podcast Season 1 (2019 – 2020)
  • ILTACon Conference speaker and session organizer (2013 / 2014 / 2017 / 2021 / 2022)
  • ILTA Enterprise Content Management / Information Management Committee member (2014 – 2017)
  • ILTA SharePoint/Office 365 Symposium 2015 and 2016 conference committee member and speaker

EDUCATION

  • MBA – Management of Technology, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Magna cum laude – 2006
  • Graduate Certificate – Management of Technology, NJIT, Summa cum laude – 2004
  • B.S. – Producing for Electronic Media, Syracuse University – 1994

TECHNICAL CERTIFICATIONS

  • Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer / Microsoft Certified Trainer