Dave Neesen

Chief Information Officer @Greenberg Glusker Llp

Responsible for all technology infrastructure, including setting strategy, design, implementation and maintenance for 165-user law firm. • Completed a turnaround of an IT department in crisis within six months of hire. Significantly improved trust and confidence in IT among partners and staff.• Work with management committee to ensure that the IT 5-year plan is in alignment with firm’s strategic goals including very accurate capital and expense budgets.• Notable projects include transitioning infrastructure from traditional server-based systems to SAN systems heavily utilizing virtualization, disaster recovery and business continuity projects, migration to Exchange 2010 and storage groups, transition from Legacy Mitel phone system to Cisco Unified Communication system.• Identified issues with existing conflict of interest system and worked closely with risk management partner to purchase and implement new system.• Supervise IT department staff as well as conflicts.• Work with the firm’s Executive Director and partners on document retention policies and to convert as necessary firm’s stored paper to electronic form and reduce the amount in off-site storage.• Implemented Learning Management System to facilitate non-traditional training of attorneys as well as staff.• Focused on security initiatives including implementing a security awareness training program, implementation of application whitelisting software, the purchase and imminent implementation of 2-factor authentication as well as a review of IT policies and procedures.• Over the 10 years I have been regularly cited for my excellent oral and written communication skills, mitigation of downtime and remaining calm in a crisis.• Excellent troubleshooting skills.