LOS ANGELES, May 06, 2009 – Integreon, the global leader of Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO), today announced it has hired Babs Deacon and Foster Gibbons as Directors responsible for the company’s e-Discovery Consulting and Data Analytics, and Global Document Review Services groups, respectively. They join Integreon’s $40-million e-discovery business and will help litigation teams reduce total discovery costs.
Ms. Deacon has more than 20 years of e-discovery and litigation support experience. Prior to joining Integreon, she was a senior data analytics consultant for SPi Legal, a business process outsourcing services provider.
Previously, Ms. Deacon was a senior manager at Baker Robbins & Company, a technology consulting firm, where she managed the World Trade Center Unit project for the City of New York’s Law Department. Ms. Deacon was responsible for the project’s litigation support procedures and databases. She previously was a litigation support professional for several major law firms including Anderson Kill & Olick.
Mr. Gibbons joins Integreon from Pfizer, Inc. where he was corporate counsel and legal lead of its Discovery Response Team (DRT). At Pfizer, Mr. Gibbons designed and executed innovative e-discovery initiatives, serving as a liaison between in-house and outside counsel regarding all elements of the e-discovery process. Before joining Pfizer, Mr. Gibbons represented Pfizer on complex pre-trial discovery projects while working for Kaye Scholer LLP. Earlier, he served as a consultant to RBC Dominion Securities. He began his legal career as a litigation associate at Chadbourne & Parke, LLP.
“The addition of Babs and Foster enhances our end-to-end litigation support service with enhanced expertise to reduce data processing prior to review and subsequently enable a more efficient document review process,” said Chris Egan, senior vice president, Integrated Discovery Services, Integreon. “Over the past 12 months our presence in this market has grown substantially. The addition of two seasoned veterans to our team, which now includes the former ONSITE3, will benefit our clients and help Integreon grow our e-discovery business.”
Ms. Deacon received a conservatory degree in music from Northwestern University. She holds several distinguished industry leadership roles including serving on the executive board of the East Coast Association of Litigation Support Managers and is the Northeastern and International Regional Director of Women in eDiscovery.
Mr. Gibbons received a Bachelors of Arts in biology from the University of Virginia and a Juris Doctorate from Brooklyn Law School.
About Integreon
Integreon provides a range of knowledge support services to professionals, such as research and analytics, legal and financial document services, legal and discovery services, and finance and accounting services, which transform our customers’ Middle Office, allowing their professionals to focus their time and energy on their ‘highest and best use.’ Our customers include many AmLaw 100 and UK top 50 law firms, almost all of the global investment banks, several top-tier private equity firms and hedge funds, as well as many Fortune 100 and FTSE 100 corporations. For more information about Integreon, please visit www.integreon.com.