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Practical Strategies for Managing Unstructured Data in Mergers and Acquisitions (May 15, 2025)

Practical Strategies for Managing Unstructured Data in Mergers and Acquisitions (May 15, 2025)

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Effectively managing unstructured data in mergers and acquisitions —including both files and emails —is crucial for the success of newly integrated teams. Nevertheless, unstructured data often is an afterthought as organizations simply “lift and shift” throwing file shares, M365 and other repositories together, hobbling the productivity and collaboration of newly integrated teams. Join Betsy Ford and Mark Diamond from Contoural as they discuss practical, smart, and effective integration strategies for unstructured data.

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Betsy Ford

Senior Consultant

Contoural Inc.

Betsy has 20 years of experience designing and implementing modern, scalable information management and governance programs that align with strategic objectives. She has deep experience in utilities, biotech, and global technology sectors. Betsy is a certified Information Governance Professional (IGP) and Project Management Professional (PMP) specializing in Agile methodologies.

Mark Diamond

CEO

Contoural

Mark Diamond is one of the industry thought leaders in Information Governance and AI Governance encompassing records & information management, litigation readiness, control of privacy and other sensitive information, defensible disposition and employee collaboration and productivity. His company, Contoural, has helped more than 30% of the Fortune 500 plus many mid-sized and smaller organizations as well as public sector entities. As a trusted advisor he and his company help bridge legal, compliance and business needs and policies with effective legal and IT strategies and processes. Mark is a frequent industry speaker, presenting at numerous Legal and IT industry conferences as well as online venues. Additionally, Mark addresses more than one hundred internal corporate audiences each year with onsite seminars Mark is founder, President & CEO of Contoural, Inc. Under his leadership, Contoural has grown to be the largest independent provider of Information Governance strategic consulting services. As an independent provider Contoural does not sell any products, provide any document review nor supply document warehousing services. Providing innovative approaches, these strategies help simplify complex issues, build consensus, ensure compliance, and reduce risks and lower costs. He is a frequent legal and compliance author and speaker at conferences and industry events. He also served as Chair of the Storage Networking Industry Association customer advisory board on data security. Previously, Mark was co-founder of Symantec’s (OpenVision) Professional Services group. Additionally, he was founder and General Manager, Worldwide Professional Services for Legato Systems, as well as Vice President of Worldwide Professional Services at RightWorks, a provider of business application software to the B2B marketplace. Additionally he has worked as a management consultant. Mark sits on the board of advisors for high technology companies. He has a Bachelors degree in Computer Science from the University of California San Diego. Mark is former President of the UC San Diego Alumni Association, and served as a Trustee of the university’s foundation.

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