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10 e-discovery program experts
These ten professionals have managed or led in-house e-discovery work at the companies and the university where they worked. A reader can learn how in-house teams run e-discovery programs, legal holds and the platforms and processes behind them.
Professionals to explore
01—10Christine Hasiotis Martins
LinkedInExperience: Global eDiscovery & Senior Litigation Counsel · GE Vernova
Global eDiscovery & Senior Litigation Counsel at GE Vernova since April 2024; former Deputy General Counsel & Senior Vice President at UnitedLex (2017–2022). The profile describes leading global eDiscovery operations and supporting litigation matters for GE Vernova's energy portfolio operating across 100+ countries.
Derek Kim
LinkedInExperience: Senior Manager, eDiscovery Operations · News Corp
Senior Manager, eDiscovery Operations at News Corp since July 2023 and eDiscovery Manager there from 2021 to 2023; also eDiscovery Support Analyst II (2019–2021) and eDiscovery Support Analyst I (2017–2019) at Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey. The profile describes helping develop eDiscovery strategy and process across business units and owning the legal hold management platform and process.
Diane Diaz, CEDS
LinkedInExperience: eDiscovery Manager · McDonald's
eDiscovery Manager at McDonald's since November 2021; at McDonald's the profile also lists Senior Litigation Paralegal (2012–2021) and Litigation Paralegal (2004–2012). The profile describes over 20 years of in-house experience managing all aspects within the EDRM from left to center, working with Records Information Management and Information Governance processes, and an interest in eDiscovery and legal holds.
Francine French
LinkedInExperience: Director, Global eDiscovery Operations · GSK
Director, Global eDiscovery Operations at GSK since October 2024. At GSK the profile also lists Senior Lead eDiscovery Manager (2021–2024), Lead eDiscovery Manager (2019–2021) and Assistant Manager, eDiscovery (2016–2019). The profile describes accountability for strategy development, process and systems ownership and service delivery for all end-to-end eDiscovery processes, and for the company's legal preservation obligations.
Jesse A. Marder
LinkedInExperience: Associate eDiscovery Director · Takeda
Associate eDiscovery Director at Takeda since January 2019. The profile describes being promoted, following the acquisition of Shire Pharmaceuticals, to manage the global workflow and daily performance of the eDiscovery Team, and holding oversight for designing a strategic vision that assists with discovery.
Linda Luperchio, CEDS
LinkedInExperience: Assistant Vice President, Information Governance, eDiscovery and Legal Operations · The Hanover Insurance Group
Assistant Vice President, Information Governance, eDiscovery and Legal Operations at The Hanover Insurance Group since March 2023. At Hanover the profile also lists Director of Information Lifecycle Governance, E-Discovery and Administration (since 2011) and Director of E-Discovery, OGC Department Administrator and Sr. Corp Paralegal (2000–2013), and describes implementing a company-wide end-to-end platform.
Lori Ryneer
LinkedInExperience: eDiscovery Paralegal · Deere & Company
eDiscovery Paralegal at Deere & Company since May 2009 and Legal Compliance Process Lead at Deere & Company (John Deere) since 2018. The profile describes responsibility for administering the corporate e-discovery platform, managing company policy and procedures on ESI, data management, data privacy and security and legal holds, and managing tools, suppliers and services.
Margaret Dolson
LinkedInExperience: Deputy Head of eDiscovery Operations · Deutsche Bank
Former Deputy Head of eDiscovery Operations at Deutsche Bank (2017–2018); the current Deutsche Bank row reads CIO Archiving (2021 to present) Global Head of eDiscovery Services (2018 to present). The profile describes a dual role for global data governance with oversight of strategy, technology and operations enabling the bank to maintain compliance with recordkeeping obligations.
Siva Prasad Palepu
LinkedInExperience: Head of eDiscovery Operations · University of Southern California
Head of eDiscovery Operations at the University of Southern California since November 2019. Other roles include Senior Manager at EY (2016–2019) and Manager at EY (2012–2016). The profile describes building scalable, defensible eDiscovery programs and specializing in designing and operationalizing enterprise eDiscovery and legal hold programs.
Sue Stopka
LinkedInExperience: eDiscovery Manager · McDonald's
eDiscovery Manager at McDonald's since August 2021; the profile also lists Senior Litigation Paralegal at McDonald's since 2010. The profile describes managing the legal hold process for multiple matters, managing the review process including ingestion and setting up searches, and conducting an audit process on multiple data collections.
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's level to your question, since a hands-on e-discovery manager and a global head of e-discovery operations deal with different parts of a program. Also look at whether their work centers on legal holds, review or platform ownership, and pick the one closest to the part of your program you are changing.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01What did you put in place first when building an in-house e-discovery program, and why?
- 02How do you run legal holds across many matters so that preservation stays defensible?
- 03How do you decide which e-discovery work to keep in-house and which to send to vendors or outside counsel?
Reaching e-discovery program experts
How can I contact one of these e-discovery program experts?
Pick one of the 10 people on this page and choose "Book a paid call", or describe your project to find others. You offer a fee for a 15-minute call or a written answer, Instant Expert finds the person's work email and sends the invitation, and they decide whether to accept. The list covers 9 companies, including GE Vernova, News Corp and McDonald's, based on profile data retrieved on October 3, 2026. Being listed here doesn't mean someone has agreed to take calls.
How much does it cost to reach e-discovery program experts?
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What if they don't reply?
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About this directory
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