Mary Mack, CISSP
E-Discovery pioneer Mary Mack is the CEO and Chief Legal Technologist for the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM).
Mary is known for her skills in relationship and community building as well as for the depth of her e-discovery knowledge. Frequently sought out by media for comment on industry issues, and by conference organizers to participate or moderate a panel or lead a workshop or deliver a keynote. Mary has spoken at global venues including The Tokyo Summit, Relativity Fest London and Chicago, Legaltech NYC, New York State Bar International Law Committee, Gartner Symposium, the American Bar Association International Law Committee, the Association of Corporate Counsel Annual Conference, and others. Mary is the author of A Process of Illumination: The Practical Guide to Electronic Discovery, considered by many to be the first popular book on e-discovery. She is the co-editor of the Thomson Reuters West Treatise: eDiscovery for Corporate Counsel. Mary was also recently honored as one of 100 Fascinating Females Fighting Cyber Crime book put out by Cyber Ventures in May 2019.
Prior to joining EDRM, Mack was the Executive director of the Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists (ACEDS). Before ACEDS, Mary served in a leadership role as Enterprise Technology Counsel for ZyLAB, a global provider of e-discovery and intelligent information governance software. Before that, she was with Fios, Inc. (now Epiq), a provider of e-discovery services to Fortune 1000 corporations and major law firms. Before eDiscovery, Mary worked as a systems administrator and data processing manager, and created two businesses working with enterprise IT and applications. Mary is a licensed attorney with the Illinois State Bar. She received her bachelor’s degree from Le Moyne College and her Juris Doctor from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law.
Mary is a Certified E-Discovery Specialist (CEDS), holds the eDiscovery Executive Certificate (eDEx), and holds certifications in data forensics and telephony. Her security certifications include the CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) and CIAM, Certified Identity and Access Manager.