Alanna Dalton White

About Alanna Dalton White

Alanna White is an established and proven leader in research, knowledge management, competitive intelligence and research management with nearly three decades of professional experience. Her expertise extends to strategic and tactical planning, development, evaluation and coordination of Research Services budgets, programs and initiatives.• Leadership• Management• Strategic Planning• Competitive Intelligence• Contract Negotiation• Research• Budgeting• Knowledge Management• Content Management• Training• Collection Development• Libraries• Legal Industry

Experience

1. Director of Research Services

   Dechert LLP

   May 2014 — Present

   Responsible for the global management and leadership of the Research Services department at Dechert LLP. Oversee the four teams within the department handling research and competitive intelligence, technical services, training and outreach services, and Europe, Middle East and Asia. Develop, manage and monitor firm wide Research Services budgets. Negotiate, implement and manage the Firm’s research services contracts and agreements. Member of the Technology Committee.

Education

• University of Kentucky

  BA, Communication

  1993 — 1997

• Simmons University

  MS, Library and Information Science

  1998 — 2000

Skills

• Online Research
• Law Librarianship
• Leadership
• Westlaw
• Library Science
• Strategy
• Budgets
• Special Libraries
• Library
• Market Research
• Collection Development
• Library Management
• Library Services
• Analysis
• Data Quality
• Management
• Master Data Management
• Law Firm Administration
• Information Management
• Library Research
• Contract Negotiation
• Process Improvement
• Business Development
• Knowledge Management
• Lexis
• Research
• Lexisnexis
• Information Governance
• Strategic Planning
• Training
• Electronic Resources
• Competitive Intelligence
• Libraries