NEW YORK - April 21, 2020 - TRU Staffing Partners, an award-winning search firm representing talent and opportunities in cybersecurity, e-discovery, and data privacy, today announces the over 50 scholarship recipients of the 2020 TRU Staffing Partners Scholarship Program.
The program, which is designed to foster training and education for professionals in the security and legal technology industries, is concluding its ninth year of operation and has now awarded over 220 scholarships, totaling more than $250,000 in free education and certification. The 2020 portfolio of partners and their certification, training, and education delve into diverse areas of discipline including mobile forensic collection, advanced data analytics, legal project management, processing and hosting of litigation data, cyber incident response and remediation, privacy law and program building, technical e-discovery attorney review expertise, and more! Michael Quartararo, president of the Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists (ACEDS), one of this year's institutions providing scholarships to the program, says, "I've always felt the generous spirit of individuals and companies across the e-discovery space, but the number of offerings TRU has pulled into this scholarship program is astonishing, and it genuinely quantifies the giving and forward-thinking nature of every organization involved. Education and training are the only way we get better at what we do."
TRU is indebted to our Scholarship Board, consisting of industry experts and thought leaders who came together to anonymously select the recipients for training in the legal community. Board members include:
John Rielly, Director of Legal Support Services, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Dan Torba, Head of E-Discovery Services US Region, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
Martha Louks, Director of Technology Services, McDermott Will & Emery
Brad Schaffel, Manager of eDiscovery & Litigation Support, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Nicole Tineo, Litigation Support Manager, BakerHostetler
Conan Hines, Legal Technologist
Ian Balom, Manager, eDiscovery & Legal Technology, Herbert Smith Freehills New York LLP
and more
The following is an overview of the scholarships and their recipients:
Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists (ACEDS)
ACEDS full certification package
Jonathan Cole, Los Angeles, CA
eDEx, eDiscovery Executive Certificate Programs
Karen Ackland, Coon Rapids, MN
Zarko Djurovic, Chicago, IL
Brainspace
Online Brainspace Analyst
Adam Brown, Arlington, VA
Seth Cramer, Mahopac, NY
Mel Evans-Colomb, Denver, CO
Lily Gandullia, San Jose, CA
Susan Haight, Harrisville, MI
Wendy McClenaghan, Richmond, VA
Calvin Pryor, River Rouge, MI
Robert Rivera, Brooklyn, NY
Christine Stansall, San Diego, CA
Russel Weinrib, Woodmere, NY
Online Brainspace Specialist
Carolyn Anger, Toronto, ON
Shawn Barran, Monroe, NY
Kyle Campbell, Avon, IN
Jason Charney, Baltimore, MD
Shannon Crenshaw, Parkville, MD
Donnalyn Downs, Patchogue, NY
Sibel Ghaly, Staten Island, NY
Fabian Leon, Weehawken, NJ
Lisette Marlowe, Denver, CO
Lindsey Mitzen, Chicago, IL
EDT
Certified EDT Reviewer
Ruth Betancourt Ortiz, Portland, OR
Megan Casey, Beaverton, OR
Sheila Grela, San Diego, CA
Donn Neil Mallari, Seattle, WA
Jason Moussa, New York, NY
Certified EDT Processing Analyst
Autumn Collins, Rome, NY
William Dukes, Atlanta, GA
Jay-Jay Flanagan-Grannemann, Columbia, SC
Nicole Roberts, Toronto, ON
Luke Voldahl, Canton, MI
International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)
CCPA Training Bundle
David Hancock, Brandon, FL
iCONECT
iCONECT-XERA Web Administration Certification (Project Manager Training)
Brian Crone, Pearland, TX
Lee Shubert, New York, NY
iCONECT-XERA Administrator Certification
Stacey-Ann Scott, Annapolis, MD
Ipro Tech
TrialDirector360 Certified Administrator training
Cynthia Benavides, Miami, FL
Bonnie Brooks, Rochester, NY
Nuix North America Inc.
Nuix Workstation Data Discovery Core and Nuix Workstation Data Discovery Specialist
Blake Peary, Shoreline, WA
Nuix Workstation Forensic Practitioner Core and Nuix Workstation Forensic Practitioner Foundations
David Bierwirth, Berlin, CT
Nuix Discover End User
Danielle Bethea, Brooklyn, NY
OpenText
Full scholarship to attend OpenText Enterprise World 2020 in Las Vegas
HooKyung Lee, Laurel, MD
La Shaundra Ruby, Atlanta, Georgia
Paraben Corporation
Mobile Fast Track 3-Day Training with a Software License
Jack Andrews, Houston, TX
Leslie Gillett, The Colony, TX
Relativity
Relativity Scholarship for Beginners
Miles Horton, Evanston, IL
Robert SanSeverino, Danbury, CT
Relativity Scholarship for Intermediates
Tracy Loftesness, Castro Valley, CA
Matthew Sobin, Hayward, CA
Relativity Scholarship for Experts
Marilyn Christopher, New York, NY
Dustin Senneker, Lansing, MI
If you are a technology company or educational organization that would like to participate in this program in 2021, please contact Andrew Brody, COO, at drew@trustaffingpartners.com.
About TRU Staffing Partners
TRU Staffing Partners is celebrating ten years as a globally recognized, award-winning contract staffing and executive placement search firm representing talent and opportunities in three core industry verticals: cybersecurity, e-discovery, and data privacy. TRU's vast global network of relationships and unprecedented access to temporary talent have earned TRU extensive accolades, most notably as an Inc. 5000 Fastest-Growing Company 2016 (#1043) and 2017 (#1189) and first place for National Law Journal's 2018 Legal Outplacement/Career Transition Coaching and 2016 Best National Legal Recruiter, as well as being recognized in 2019 as a Hall of Fame recipient in the Best Legal Recruiter category. TRU represents thousands of active and passive job seekers and has successfully placed hundreds of professionals in the Fortune 1000, Am Law 200, and global software, service, and consulting firm communities. TRU maintains an exclusive global roster of contract cybersecurity, e-discovery, and privacy talent ready to deploy on-premise or remotely within 24 hours. TRU produces a wealth of original content related to job market intelligence and professional development, including over one hundred published articles, appearances in over fifty speaking events, dozens of webinars and podcasts, and thousands of TRU Tips featured weekly in TRU's Hot Jobs Newsletter. Being represented by TRU means inclusion in an elite family of exceptional companies and professionals.
Contact:
David Neal
Marketing Operations Manager
TRU Staffing Partners
P: 917-670-3944
E: david@trustaffingpartners.com
