NEW YORK, Sept. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- BIA, a leading national eDiscovery and digital forensic services provider, today announced the addition of Colleen Freeman, Esq. to its sales team. Freeman will work as BIA's senior director of national accounts.
Freeman joins BIA with more than 15 years of experience in discovery consulting and litigation technology sales. She brings a deep understanding of legal and regulatory frameworks and has advised clients in high-risk matters throughout her career. Freeman regularly consults with Am Law 100 firms and Global Fortune 50 companies on internal investigations, complex litigation and enforcement actions. Having worked for three of the largest global eDiscovery providers in the industry, she has become a recognized expert in the field. Prior to joining BIA, Freeman worked as the head of U.S. sales for LDM Global, where she was responsible for driving revenue and profit growth in the highly competitive American market. She also formed the strategic and long-term business plan for the U.S. market, led the implementation of new sales models and marketing campaigns and built the company's first U.S. sales force, among other responsibilities.
Previously, she was the East Region director of the technology and discovery consulting practice at FTI Consulting. Freeman has also served as the director of business development, managed review and eDiscovery services at Consilio (formerly DiscoverReady) and the director of global legal solutions at Epiq. She is known for developing defensible protocols to handle electronically stored information (ESI) and document review for complex and large-scale litigation matters. As an accomplished legal consultant, Freeman and her team were chosen by the Plaintiffs' Steering Committee to support the discovery work in the sweeping Blue Cross Blue Shield Antitrust Litigation. Freeman currently serves as the President of the Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists (ACEDS) New England Executive Board and is a member of the Boston Bar Association's JD Advisory Committee.
"At BIA, we pride ourselves on providing the right blend of technologies and services for each client's unique needs. Vital to the successful development and execution of those plans is the skill, knowledge and industry expertise of the senior national account director. Colleen's vast experience and breadth of knowledge will help our clients achieve their goals," said Mark MacDonald, senior vice president of business development. "Colleen is going to be tremendously successful at BIA, as will her clients. We're thrilled to have her join us."
As the senior director of national accounts, Freeman will work with new and existing BIA clients to help achieve their eDiscovery-related objectives for compliance, litigation and investigations. In addition to ESI and review strategy planning, she will regularly consult with clients on CCPA and GDPR compliance, data privacy and cybersecurity initiatives.
About BIA
As an industry pioneer, BIA continues to set the standard for reliable, innovative and cost-effective eDiscovery services. Its customer-first focus has resulted in countless innovations copied widely across the industry today. From technical innovations like truly remote data collections and the first cloud-based, end-to-end eDiscovery platform to service revolutions like reusing data and coding across matters and hiring dedicated, full-time employees for document review, BIA consistently stands at the leading edge of the industry. Founded by legal and technology professionals, BIA provides the entire spectrum of eDiscovery services – including attorney document review – with minimal disruption to its clients' daily business operations. To learn more, visit BIA at http://www.biaprotect.com or on Twitter at @biaprotect.
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