Deborah Voronkov
Columbus,OH
Summary
I bring enthusiasm and a wide range of strengths to the field of Legal Operations and Records and Information Management. Throughout my 18-year career in Corporate Legal Departments, I consistently demonstrate an enterprising personality and commitment to continuous growth and process improvement. Expertise spans all aspects of legal operations, including document management, compliance, and contract administration. Leveraging extensive experience and a passion for excellence, I am well-equipped to contribute to the success of any organization in need of a dedicated legal professional.
Overview
30
30
years of professional experience
3
3
Certification
Work History
Vice President, Legal Operations
JPMorgan Chase
05.2018 - Current
- Subject Matter Expert and Records Champion for the Legal department,
- Completed several workstreams and action plans related to Records Management including inventory, email, physical boxes, applications and SharePoint.
- Communicated regularly with executive team members to deliver pertinent details related to progress status and direction for projects and metrics.
- Established and directed successful program focused on bringing Data Stores into compliance with the Records Management Policy, Procedure and Standard.
- Work across cross functional teams to ensure compliance with Information Management Controls.
- Managed Citizen Development program to build products using intelligent solutions workflow products.
- Identified opportunities to improve business process flows and productivity.
Law Process and Records Manager
Vertiv (Formerly Emerson Network Power)
11.2010 - 05.2018
- Legal Operations Manager with focus on sourcing, implementing and training in Legal Department Technology including eDiscovery, Electronic Signature, Matter Management time and billing and Entity Management. New systems were procured and implemented after divestiture in 2017-2018.
- Led significant company wide project to procure, design, implement and train buy side and sale side Global Contract Management system.
- Served as lead for all legal technology and eDiscovery activities.
- Developed comprehensive Global Records Management Program including significant rewrite of Global Records Retention Schedule, Policy, training and other activities.
Records and Litigation Support Manager
The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company
01.2004 - 07.2010
- Implement and administered document management system utilized by 1,200 associates globally to protect and provide access to the most critical and vital records.
- Managed, sourced, developed and implemented in house end to end eDiscovery program saving the organization over $6 million the first year.
- Designed and executed Litigation Hold program
- Counseled on retention and litigation hold issues for applications and data archiving.
- Setup and administered Electronic Billing and Matter Management workflow system with custom reports to track and mine data on legal spend.
Education
Master of Arts - Public History, Library Science
The State University of New York At Albany
Bachelor of Arts - History
The State University of New York At Albany
Skills
- Contract Management
- Industry Best Practices
- Legal Operations
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Presentations
- Policy and procedure development
- Process improvement
- Project and vendor oversight
- Public speaking
- Relationship Building
- Staff development
- Training and mentoring
Certification
- Certified Electronic Discovery Specialist - ACEDS - 2020 - Present
- Certified Records Manager, ICRM - 2002 - Present
- Lean Six Sigma - Green Belt - Vertiv - 2005
Affiliations
- ARMA, Columbus OH, Co Chapter President - 2024
- ACEDS, Ohio Chapter, Recording Secretary - 2021 - Present
- ACEDS, Ohio Chapter, Treasurer - 2019-2021
- ARMA, Columbus OH, Seminar Director 2017-2018
- ARMA, Columbus OH, Chapter President 2012-2013
Timeline
Vice President, Legal Operations
JPMorgan Chase
05.2018 - Current
Law Process and Records Manager
Vertiv (Formerly Emerson Network Power)
11.2010 - 05.2018
Records and Litigation Support Manager
The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company
01.2004 - 07.2010
Master of Arts - Public History, Library Science
The State University of New York At Albany
Bachelor of Arts - History
The State University of New York At Albany