Mark Williams

Chief Executive Officer & Member of Board of Directors

Magna Legal Services

Sep 2019 - Current (6 years 10 months)

Magna Legal Services provides end-to-end legal support services to law firms, corporations, insurance companies, and governmental agencies throughout the nation. Magna is an industry leader in litigation consulting, deposition and trial services, translation services, and record retrieval, including innovative proprietary technology in each of these areas. As an end-to-end service provider, Magna is able to provide strategic advantages to clients by offering legal support services at every stage of their legal proceeding. My primary focus is to scale the organization both organically and through an aggressive mergers and acquisitions program to allow the company to scale up its services in support of its clients’ development and needs.

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President / Chief Operating Officer

PPL Group LLC Big Shoulders Capital

May 2017 - Aug 2019 (2 years 4 months)

Recruited to organization initially as a consultant for the firm and eventually transitioned to President and Chief Operating Officer to lead this organization that closes approximately 80 transactions annually (equity investments, loans, and asset disposition). Over the course of my time at these organizations, we increased net income and gross profit significantly. PPL GROUP LLC PPL Group LLC is a private equity firm which uses its capital to help businesses fund growth, monetize commercial and industrial assets, and purchase operating companies. BIG SHOULDERS CAPITAL Big Shoulders Capital is the leading source of quick and creative financing solutions for small and middle-market companies. Today’s lending environment can be chal

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President, COO & Member of Board of Directors

KrolLDiscovery

Jan 2017 - Apr 2017 (4 months)

KrolLDiscovery provides technology-enabled services and software to help law firms, corporations, government agencies and consumers solve complex data challenges. The company, with over $300M in revenue, approximately 1,300 employees in 43 locations across 19 countries, is a global leader in delivering best-in-class eDiscovery, information governance and data recovery solutions to support the litigation, regulatory compliance, internal investigation and data recovery and management needs of our clients. Serving clients for over 30 years, KrolLDiscovery offers data collection and forensic investigation, early case assessment, electronic discovery and data processing, application software and data hosting for web-based document reviews, and m

CEO & President

Ontrack

May 2015 - Jan 2017 (1 year 9 months)

Kroll Ontrack provided technology-driven services and software to help legal, corporate, and government entities, as well as consumers, collect, manage, recover, search, analyze, review, and produce data efficiently and cost effectively. Kroll Ontrack employed more than 1,100 employees and operated nearly 30 offices in 20 countries worldwide with more than $200M in revenue. Recruited to lead turnaround and create a culture of success, including global expansion through development of the company to a full service provider of innovative, best-in-class technology, data management, and ediscovery services and solutions. Responsible for the strategic planning, development, and management of all operational aspects of the business with full P&

Executive Vice President

UNITEDLEX

Feb 2015 - Apr 2015 (3 months)

Global provider of legal outsourcing and data solutions for risk mitigation, performance efficiency, and cost optimization, with particular focus on litigation, contracting, and intellectual property to deliver significant competitive advantage to corporations, law firms, and academic institutions. Consulted on start-up of new business line.

Managing Director / Head of Discovery Services

Huron

Aug 2013 - Jan 2015 (1 year 6 months)

Huron Consulting Group is a management consulting firm providing a broad range of services. "Huron Legal" provides advisory and business services to law departments and law firms. In my primary role as Managing Director I was responsible for leading the $200M Discovery Services Group overseeing multiple business units (Data Analytics, Project Management, Review, Discovery Consulting, Information Governance and indirect reporting from Data Collection and Forensics, Global Data Operations, Engineering, and Technical Operations) and 9 facilities seating 1500 contract attorneys and approximately 275 permanent employees across India, London, and the US.

Senior Vice President/ Head of LawyerLink

Axiom

Dec 2010 - Jun 2013 (2 years 7 months)

New model legal services and outsourcing firm targeting the Fortune 500 market. "LawyerLink/Axiom Managed Discovery Services" was acquired and became a new division in 2010 focused on document and contract review. I was recruited to lead post-acquisition and manage integration of new division. Established high-performance management team spanning HR, Operations, Facilities, Finance, Business Development, Technology, and Project Management. Led Managed Discovery Business with global operations in Belfast and India. Oversaw $20M P&L and high level strategy development and execution. Served on Executive Global Planning Committee. I led the team to achieve triple-digit revenue growth and significantly boosted revenue per project manager

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Co Founder

Key Legal LLC

Mar 2008 - Nov 2010 (2 years 9 months)

Legal process outsourcing company providing document, contract review, and various legal support services. Established new company gaining exposure within start-up environment; devised strategic plans, re-positioned company, and created framework for future growth.

Attorney

Lee Ko

Jul 1996 - Jul 1997 (1 year 1 month)

Attorney/Partner

DLA Piper

Apr 1994 - Dec 2010 (16 years 9 months)

DLA Piper is one of the largest law firms in the world with 4,200 lawyers and operations in more than 30 countries. I progressively grew with the company, holding positions in both the United States and diverse international locations. I provided legal counsel for the successful documentation and negotiation of acquisitions, dispositions, and mergers for billion-dollar organizations. Additionally, I played a key role in global expansion of the firm across Asia and the Middle East working in China, South Korea, and Qatar. My roles spanned the following: PARTNER, HEAD OF CORPORATE: Opened a new office in Qatar amidst the global financial crisis where I co-led operations and integrated the office into the global firm. MANAGING PARTNER –

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Henry Luce Scholar

Henry Luce Fellowship

Aug 1992 - Aug 1993 (1 year 1 month)

I was selected as 1 of 18 finalists for this prestigious fellowship in Asia, where I was focused on legal reform projects in Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos.

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