Steve Beers
Managing Director
Professional Experience
Mr. Beers has over 18 years of experience as an IT professional and excels at helping clients maximize their legal software investment through continued enhancements of mission critical applications.
Mr. Beers has been Account Manager to Fortune 100 & 500 companies, and Federal, State, County and City government agencies for Matter Management products. This experience has given him exceptional insight into how to satisfy the many diversified needs of his clients. He has successfully worked with customers showcasing advantages of software upgrades through meaningful dialog and customer interaction, and worked with Federal and State procurement offices to secure contract and maintenance renewals.
In addition, Mr. Beers has also acted as Solution Architect and Sales Engineer, which included RFP response preparation, sales quotes and client demos for LawManager software and companion products.
As Technical Lead, Mr. Beers has successfully managed project teams, and performed System Architect, Project Manager and Business Analyst duties. He has led the implementation effort for large (million dollar plus) corporate and government projects, working closely with clients at every stage of implementation and through post production support, including requirements gathering, design, development and testing.
Mr. Beers has also been Lead Developer on many large corporate and government projects in which he was in charge of system design and all programming efforts. He worked directly with clients to deliver custom interfaces, data conversions, and LawManager configurations.
Mr. Beers is also a data conversion specialist responsible for the analysis, development and delivery of fully converted, fully functional systems. He has performed data migrations for some of the largest law firms in the US, working closely with the client to develop data mappings and data validations.
Mr. Beers’ experience has given him a broad knowledge of system implementation, including everything from sales, project management and client interaction to the highly technical skills of program development and data conversion. He is a proven leader who focuses on delivering quality custom software solutions.
Competencies
- Strategic thinker
- Great collaborator
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Customer focused
- Excellent communicator
- Product training and demos
- Robust technical skills
- MS SQL/Oracle
- VBScript
- C#
- MS Office
- Windows/Citrix/VMware/SaaS
- Software Development
- Database Design/Development
- System Implementation
- System Integrations/Interfaces
Prior Positions
- Client Engagement Manager, Bridgeway Software
- Sales Solution Manager, Bridgeway Software
- Technical Lead, LawManager/Bridgeway Software
- Software Developer, Thomson Reuters Elite
- Programmer/Analyst, Wilson Technology
Education
BS Information Systems:
The Pennsylvania State University
Project Management Certificate Program:
Penn State Great Valley
Joseph Pastre
Senior Technical Consultant
Professional Experience
Mr. Pastre has over 20 years of Project/Technical Management and System Architecture/Design/Development experience involving highly customized, matter management systems. This experience has included the implementation of well over 30 projects involving small to large Corporate and Government clients, many with multi-million dollar budgets.
Mr. Pastre has successfully worked at every level of system development including proposals, requirements, analysis, design, specifications, architecture, project/technical management, coding, security, software installation, integrations/interfaces, reports, testing, sales support, post implementation support, prototyping, documentation and technical/end user training.
Mr. Pastre’s design and development experience includes Salesforce/Litify ELM, database back-end (SQL Server, Oracle, Sybase and Access), GUI, business logic, security, 3rd party system interfaces/integrations and data conversions. Mr. Pastre enjoys all aspects of system development and is a proven problem solver. His engineering background makes him meticulous and detail oriented, and a believer in the use of sound methodologies and tools with a mind to keeping things as simple and easy as possible. Mr. Pastre also has many years of experience supervising and mentoring other personnel.
In addition to doing System Design, Mr. Pastre has also successfully played the roles of Technical Lead and Project Manager on both large and small projects. He has extensive experience interfacing directly with clients to produce requirements and technical specifications and acted as technical consultant and mentor to provide technical solutions for clients.
His twenty plus years of project experience have given him exceptional technical and leadership skills, along with a diverse range of disciplines.
Competencies
- System Architecture & Design
- Project/Technical Management
- Software Development (VB Script, T-SQL, PL/SQL, C#, Perl, Pascal)
- Database Design/Development (SQL Server, Oracle, Sybase, MS Access)
- Data Conversion
- System Implementation
- Technology Strategy
- System Integrations/Interfaces
- Documentation
- Sales Support
- Training
Proficiencies
- Litify ELM
- Salesforce
- LawManager
- TeamConnect
Prior Positions
- Senior System Architect, LawManager/Mitratech
- Design Engineer/Department Manager, Sonex
- Draftsman/Designer, TESCO
Education
BS Electric Engineering:
Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
- Graduated Summa Cum Laude, with Senior Second Honors.
- Awarded the James Whiting Memorial Scholarship for scholastic achievement.
- Member of Golden Key National Honor Society.
AS Engineering Science:
CCP, Philadelphia, PA
- Recipient of the R.D. Robertson Award for excellence in Engineering Science.
AS E/M Drafting/Design:
AID, Philadelphia, PA
Christopher Lawrence
Senior Technical Consultant
Professional Experience
Mr. Lawrence has 20 years of legal software development experience implementing highly customized case management and time & billing systems. Clients include international corporate legal departments, local, state, and US federal government agencies.
Mr. Lawrence has worked on initial system design and requirements gathering, specification writing, data cleanup and migration, data and software interface design and coding, interface layout design, business logic coding, reporting and data analysis, documentation, and user training. This has involved installing and maintaining server software, back-end development, front-end application configuration and administration, and report development.
Mr. Lawrence has led small development teams to implement a variety of data analysis projects, and was the project lead on a 2020 self-driving car engineering project. This included taking in actual camera, lidar, radar and additional sensor data in order to automatically direct a sedan around an obstacle course.
https://github.com/river-wind/CarND_T3P3_SystemIntegration_NullSet
This hands-on application of Machine Learning is now being applied to data analysis for legal billing; using natural language processing to assess risk factors in unstructured datasets.
Competencies
- System Design Analysis
- Reporting and Data Analysis
- Database Design/Development
- Data Conversion
- Business Logic implementation
- System Architecture & Design
- Software Development
- Data Interfaces
- System Documentation
- User and Admin Training
Proficiencies
- Salesforce
- OS: Windows, macOS, Linux, Solaris, iOS, Android
- Database Servers: SQL Server, Oracle, SQL Anywhere, MySQL
- Languages: Python, C#, C++, VB-Script, Evla, Java, Swift, JS
- Legal Case Management Systems: LawManager, eCounsel, Team Connect, Elite, LegalTracker, LegalStratus/Litify ELM
- Reporting tools: SAP Business Objects, Sisense, BiRT, SSRS, Crystal Reports, Tableau
Prior Positions
- Senior Technical Consultant (Mitratech, Inc)
- Technical Lead (Bridgeway Inc)
- Senior Programmer/Analyst (Wilson Technology)
Education
BA: Computer Science 2001:
Washington College, Chestertown, MD
- Minors in Biology and Writing
- President Computing Club
- Certificate: Self-Driving Car Engineering, 2020
Udacity
- Taught by the Google Self-Drive Car head and Georgia Tech
Deepam Patel
LawManager Implementation Specialist
Professional Experience
Mr. Patel has experience in Application Software Design, Development, Data Conversion, and Report Writing in conjunction with the Mitratech LawManager application.
Mr. Patel participates in all phases of an implementation including, requirements analysis, design, development, testing and implementation. Mr. Patel has particular experience with the reporting software including Business Objects and SQL Server Reporting Services and has led several full scale reporting implementations.
Mr. Patel has LawManager implementation and support experience for multiple local, state and federal clients, as well as corporate legal department.
Representative Engagements
State and Local Government Agencies
Role: IT Consultant
- Analyze reporting requirements for Attorneys and Support staff. Write report specifications, design and develop custom reports using Business Objects, SQL Queries.
- Assist client converting Business Objects reports to SSRS.
- Create reports for the Legal/finance department using Crystal reports, oracle.
- Analyze client’s data for the purpose of data conversion/consolidation.
- Interview business users and help IT create data conversion specifications, write programs/code to convert client’s data, review configuration and conduct testing of converted data for the purpose of deployment.
- Assist Litigation Support department write complex reports – Business Objects and SQL Bases; Migrate DTS packages, Deploy SSIS packages (SQL 2005); write SQL scripts to extract and evaluate expense records.
US Federal Government Agencies
Role: IT Consultant
- Member of a team of consultants responsible for implementing reporting solutions for Case management System.
- Write report specifications & create business Objects/web-intelligence reports and make appropriate changes to Business Objects Universes. Assist reporting team to create custom/complex reports.
Competencies
- LawManager Matter
- Management Systems
- Requirements Analysis and Specifications
- Report Development
- SQL Programming
Education
Engineering degree in Comp. Tech:
Nagpur University, India
David H. Hofmann
Business Analyst
Professional Experience
Mr. Hofmann is an experienced business analyst and system documentation specialist. Mr. Hofmann uses his expertise to help clients articulate and document business process and functional requirements for the purpose of implementing and testing new systems, standardizing business processes and creating professional development programs.
Mr. Hofmann has particular expertise in the Mitratech LawManager System gained through working with local, state and federal agencies. He has also worked with private sector legal organizations.
In addition to his business analysis experience, Mr. Hofmann has also worked with clients to devise and implement enterprise training strategies covering a wide range of legal technology and business productivity applications.
Competencies
- Professional Development and Training
- Quality Assurance
- Business Process Analysis
- Functional Requirements
- System Documentation
- Project Management
Representative Engagements
Large New York Agency
Leadership role on a software implementation project. Duties included:
- Conducting discovery and needs analysis through workshops and interviews
- Translating requirements and business process flows into cohesive documentation to support system roll-out
- Devise and execute System Test Plans and testing strategies
- Developing business protocols and training programs for Attorneys and Support staff.
Large New York City Agency
Member of a team of consultants responsible for implementing a citywide Matter Management System. Responsibilities included:
- Discovery and needs analysis
- Create training plans and training materials
- Deliver training classes to all staffing levels
International Law Firm
Global IT Organization
- Worked alongside the Project Management Office to test new software applications, gather information from vendors, develop training strategies and produce training programs
- Tapped to be part of a newly created Global Training Team to provide training services, courseware and training management to White & Case’s global offices
- Developed courseware for classroom and computer-based training for attorneys, paralegals and administrative staff
Education
BA Humanities:
Northwestern University, Evanston Illinois
