Leadership

Lou Paglia is Chief Executive Officer of KLDiscovery, a global leader in eDiscovery, compliance, and data management solutions. Mr. Paglia has more than two decades of experience in leading and scaling high growth companies across several industries. Prior to KLDiscovery, Mr. Paglia held executive leadership roles at Sterling Check, an industry-leading global provider of background screening and identity verification solutions. Most recently, he served as President and Chief Operating Officer. During his tenure, Sterling experienced transformative growth leading to an initial public offering in 2021 and its acquisition by First Advantage in 2024.

Prior to Sterling, Mr. Paglia held executive roles in product, operations and general management at various companies including MTV Networks (a division of Viacom), Infogroup, Factiva (a joint venture between Dow Jones and Reuters), as well several early-stage companies.

Mr. Paglia received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Computer Information Systems from James Madison University and a Masters of Business Administration degree from MIT's Sloan School of Management.

Mr. Zambito joined KLDiscovery in August of 2008 as Director of Project Management. In that role, Mr. Zambito was tasked with the growth and development of the project management group and providing consultative support to a variety of corporate and legal customers. Today, Mr. Zambito is Chief Operating Officer for KLDiscovery’s Legal Technology Operations and Client Services. In this role, he continues to provide consultative support to clients and is responsible for global operations across the Legal Technologies business line.

Prior to joining KLDiscovery, Mr. Zambito was with ONSITE3 from 2002 – 2008 where he filled several roles, most recently as the Director of Client Services. As Director of Client Services, he assumed overall responsibility for the day-to-day operations of the project management group. Mr. Zambito also provided horizontal support to project managers/production staff in addition to vertical support on several key engagements; including a national program for a federal law enforcement agency.

With over two decades of experience, Mr. Zambito has supported a broad variety of matters, including DOJ second requests, anti-trust, criminal, SEC, FTC, and private matters.

Mr. Hunter joined KLDiscovery in 2008 as a forensic and eDiscovery analyst. During his earlier years of the company, Mr. Hunter was integral in the creation of the company’s first internal Information Technology group as well as process design and workflow standards for many others. He has performed countless forensic collections and has had hands-on experience conducting data analysis using a breadth of eDiscovery tools. He was quickly promoted to Manager and in 2011 became the company’s first Director of Operations & Forensics. Mr. Hunter has also played a vital role in the research, planning, testing, verification and maintenance of in-house developed software for the acquisition, culling, processing and reporting of various types of data. He has been overseeing the day-to-day operations ever since and continues to expand his responsibilities as the company has grown globally.

A 2006 graduate of Eastern Michigan University, Mr. Hunter earned a Bachelor of Science in Technology Management. In 2007 he had also attained a certificate in Information Assurance (CTIA) and an advanced certificate in Computer Forensics (CVCFC) through Washtenaw County Community College. During his time as an examiner, he was a member of numerous forensic societies and certification groups along with his currently held Private Investigator licenses.

As one of the earliest employees of KLDiscovery, Mr. Hunter has had the luxury of being a part of nearly every team in the company - experience that is invaluable as he leads a myriad of global operations teams today.

Ms. Jones joined KLDiscovery in 2006 in a sales role, where she was responsible for generating new business from Am Law 100 law firms and Fortune 500 corporations. During her tenure with KLDiscovery, Ms. Jones has consistently created opportunities, developed new clients and increased the company’s client base by delivering tailored solutions and service excellence. She is a top producing sales representative in the organisation, focused on corporate accounts.

Today, Ms. Jones is Chief Revenue Officer where she is responsible for KLDiscovery's global sales organisation for the Legal Technologies and Data Recovery businesses. In this role, she is responsible for developing, implementing and executing a global sales and revenue strategies across the entire organisation. Additionally, Ms. Jones is responsible for KLDiscovery's global sales operations teams who support the business development managers in delivering best-in-class service to their clients. She continues to maintain, and grow, her existing book of business.

Ms. Jones has been in the industry at KLDiscovery for two decades and has held various leadership positions throughout the company's thirteen acquisitions and integrations.

Ms. Jones holds a dual degree in Marketing Management from Virginia Tech.

Mr. Vega joined KLDiscovery in 2015 as a Business Development Manager, tasked with generating net new revenue and continuing to position KLDiscovery as the premier eDiscovery provider in the Midwest. In this capacity, Mr. Vega assisted corporate legal departments and law firms with overall management of their electronic discovery needs.

Today, Mr. Vega is Executive Vice President of Global Sales & Marketing where he is responsible for KLDiscovery’s global sales and marketing organisations for the Legal Technologies and Data Recovery businesses. In this role, he continues to assist corporate legal departments and law firms through the support, development and guidance of the sales and marketing organisations. Under Mr. Vega’s leadership the world-class global data recovery business, Ontrack performs an average of 50,000 data recoveries annually across a wide arrange of media types for Fortune 500 companies and individual consumers. His team is helping organisations to resolve their data loss, destruction and tape services’ needs to recover and retain critical data for their business.

In 1999, Mr. Vega joined Ikon as a financial accountant and quickly accepted the challenge of crossing over to business development & account management. After Ikon was acquired by Ricoh in 2008, Mr. Vega held various management positions for more than ten years, including General Manager of Sales & Operations for the Central region of the US.

Over the past two decades, Mr. Vega has supported and guided clients on the implementation of comprehensive discovery management programs and assisted with complex litigation management. He has developed discovery strategies focused on standardising processes for how matters are handled, maximising defensibility, reducing legal spend, managing difficult deadlines and providing extensive document review solutions for complex litigation and government investigations.

Mr. Balthaser joined KLDiscovery in May of 2011 as a Software Developer. In that role, he was responsible for optimising and maintaining all the existing company software focused around processing, review and custom client demands as well as developing innovative solutions using advanced technologies. While working as a Team Lead, Manager, and then Director at KLDiscovery, he was tasked with the growth and development of the Engineering Department.

In 2019, Mr. Balthaser was promoted to Executive Vice President of Engineering. In this role, he is responsible for overseeing software development and software quality assurance for all applications produced by KLDiscovery. Mr. Balthaser holds a B.S. in Computer Science and Computer Forensics and received his Certified Ethical Hacker (“CEH”) certification in 2014.

Mr. Southam joined KLDiscovery in March 2017 as Head of Legal for EMEA and APAC and was promoted to General Counsel in September 2017. Mr. Southam is an English qualified lawyer and is based in London. As General Counsel, he is responsible for all legal aspects of the business including compliance, M&A and litigation.

Mr. Southam trained at the London office of DLA Piper, one of the world’s largest law firms, before qualifying into the Technology and Media Group in 2003. He spent four years advising clients on IP/IT legal issues before moving in-house in 2007 at the advertising group, Bartle Bogle Hegarty. He became Legal Director and a Partner at Bartle Bogle Hegarty prior to its sale to Publicis in June 2012. Mr. Southam joined the NetNames Group, a domain name and brand protection service company, in June 2013 following its acquisition by HG Capital. In his role as General Counsel, he oversaw two acquisitions and the subsequent sale of the business in July 2016 to Corporation Service Company, a Delaware based provider of business solutions.

Mr. Southam holds a Diploma in Intellectual Property Law and Practice from the University of Bristol and undertook his Legal Practice Course at Nottingham Law School.

Mr. DeJohn joined KLDiscovery as a Director in 2011 to launch and oversee the Advanced Review Services (Managed Review) division. In that role, he was tasked with the management and business development of the division, while also providing project management and discovery consulting for KLDiscovery’s premier clients. In 2013, Mr. DeJohn formed the Analytics division, a technology-driven branch of KLDiscovery’s client services that delivers technology-assisted review (TAR) project management using an array software platforms and applications. In 2014, Mr. DeJohn took on the role of Vice President of Advanced Technologies & Managed Review Services, where he continued to focus on AI/ML implementations and other TAR solutions to maximise eDiscovery service delivery.

In his current role as Executive Vice President, Product, Design & Data Science, Mr. DeJohn currently oversees KLDiscovery’s product development, design, and machine learning applications, and is the lead product owner and program manager for Nebula® and the Nebula® Ecosystem. In this role, Mr. DeJohn is leading KLDiscovery to the cutting-edge with eDiscovery and IG solutions that solve enterprise problems at scale for customers across many different verticals.

Prior to joining KLDiscovery, Mr. DeJohn spent four years as a Director and VP at LawScribe, a Los Angeles-based LPO (acquired by UnitedLex) that provided eDiscovery and IP solutions for law firms and corporations worldwide. While at LawScribe, Mr. DeJohn was responsible for all project management, and played a major role in business development and company growth. Mr. DeJohn holds a J.D. from DePaul University in Chicago and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Missouri. He is licensed to practice in both California and Washington D.C., and is a registered attorney with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Mr. Cami joined KLDiscovery as a Senior eDiscovery Consultant in 2006. At the time he was tasked with the daily intake of processing, productions and client services. That same year, KLDiscovery added Relativity to its list of offered services and Mr. Cami’s role was expanded to include Hosted Services, where he became heavily involved in Relativity, working closely with Relativity. In 2011, Mr. Cami was promoted to Director of Hosted Services and oversaw the day-to-day hosting operations of the team based out of Chicago. Three years later he was promoted to Vice President where his responsibilities were expanded to include all KLDiscovery locations.

Prior to KLDiscovery, Mr. Cami was with On-Site Sourcing for four years where he split his role as the local Chicago System Administrator and as the Senior Data Analyst. Mr. Cami holds a B.S. in Information Assurance and Security Engineering with a Minor in Computer Science from DePaul University

Jill Wickenden joined KLDiscovery in August 2019 as Sales Director, EMEA LT Sales. Ms Wickenden was tasked with leading and developing the sales organisation in EMEA. In this role, she assists corporate legal departments and law firms through the support, development and guidance of the global sales organisation.

Prior to joining KLDiscovery, Ms Wickenden has held management positions with Dun and Bradstreet, HireRight and Epiq Systems – leading and coaching sales teams across EMEA and APAC to deliver solutions across a broad spectrum of services to corporations and law firms to help them maximise efficiencies and return on investments.

Ms Wickenden has over 30 years’ experience in developing solutions for Law Firms and Enterprises both directly and through the sales organisation, leveraging that experience enables her to collaborate across the entire business to deliver sensitive and timely support to our clients..

Julian joined KLDiscovery in 2014 as UK Computer Forensics Team Leader. In that role, Julian was tasked with coordinating onsite data collection requirements throughout the UK and providing expert work for investigations ranging from high profile criminal prosecutions, to the complete range of disciplinary and civil litigation cases. Today, Julian is Vice President Global Forensic Services and EMEA Ops. In the Global Forensic Services role, he leads a team of 46 forensic analysts providing onsite data collection and expert investigate work based in 11 countries globally. In the EMEA Ops role, he oversees day-to-day running of the large and busy operations team throughout our EMEA offices.

Prior to joining KLDiscovery, Julian spent 22 years in the UK military as a Royal Air Force Policeman specialising in criminal investigations, counter terrorism, Royal and VVIP air transport security, computer security and computer forensics. Before joining KLDiscovery Julian has worked as a digital forensic specialist on several high-profile criminal cases for law enforcement, as well as civil cases, where he has experience presenting in court as an expert witness.

Mr. Burmeister joined Ontrack in 1991 as one of the initial data recovery engineers. He has over 20 years of experience in the data recovery profession, moving from engineering to senior leadership roles while focused on building a best-in-class worldwide data recovery operation. He was essential in researching file systems and defining practices aimed at resolving data loss on all types of storage media and storage environments. Whether a Fortune 500 company or family pictures of the first birthday, Mr. Burmeister leads and works daily with the global team - saving irreplaceable data and always providing an excellent customer service experience.

Currently, Mr. Burmeister is responsible for 18 data recovery labs across the globe and building the world leading Data Recovery Operations Team for the Data & Storage Technologies business line. The team operates globally on a 24/7/365 basis, ready to respond to emergency customer situations at all times and offering on-site, in-lab, and remote services to address the most secure and discreet scenarios. The operations recovery team proudly focuses on its mission of continuous improvement and optimising efficiencies to the advantage of its world-wide customer base.

Mr. Burmeister holds a B.S. in Computer Science and Minor degree in Mathematics.

Ms. Hammond joined KLDiscovery in 2017 as a Senior HR Business Partner in Eden Prairie, Minnesota where she was responsible for strategic HR programs and processes related to performance, talent management, development, and employee relations, while advising leaders and consulting with people across the organisation to empower high-performing teams. During her tenure at KLD, Ms. Hammond has been promoted into multiple leadership positions within the HR team and has been integral in transforming the HR team to the employee experience-centered Talent Team it is today.

Ms. Hammond is now Executive Vice President of Global Talent and leads the HR function groups of Talent Partnership, Talent Operations, Talent Acquisition, and Employee Experience. In this role, she focuses on creating a culture of high-performance while keeping employee wellbeing at the forefront, inspiring people to be their best at work, and aligning people practices that drive the organisation to success. Under Ms. Hammond’s leadership, the KLD Talent Team continues to build a reputation of strong collaboration and partnership across all levels of the organisation. The team’s focus on meaningful work experience, organisational development, talent management, coaching, inclusion and diversity, global wellness programs, talent sourcing and recruiting, and practical, intentional HR operations has bought tremendous value to the organisation.

Graduating from Gustavus Adolphus College with degrees in Psychology and Criminal Justice in 2003, Ms. Hammond went on to earn a Master of Human Resources and Industrial Relations degree from the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Business. Ms. Hammond brings 20 years of diverse experience from various HR role across multiple industries. Ms. Hammond holds SPHR and SHRM-SCP certifications and is a member of the SHRM Executive Network.

Ms. Baron joined KLDiscovery as Executive Vice President, Strategy, in February 2018. In this role, Ms. Baron identifies and pursues strategic growth opportunities as well as opportunities to meet evolving market needs that will enable the company to execute on its growth plan. She is particularly focused on developing relationships with global corporations and law firms.

Ms. Baron began her legal career as a litigator at a major New York law firm, where she worked on a wide variety of complex commercial cases for nearly nine years, specialising in securities litigation, IP matters involving medical devices and insurance litigation. She also served as counsel to the firm on internal employment matters.

In 2004, Ms. Baron joined litigation technology provider Amici LLC as its Deputy General Counsel and quickly took on additional roles in business development and account management. After Amici was acquired by Xerox in 2006, Ms. Baron held executive positions with Xerox Litigation Services for more than 10 years, and, after the Xerox eDiscovery business became part of Conduent, with Conduent Legal and Compliance Solutions from January to August 2017.

Ms. Baron has assisted clients with regulatory investigations (IRS, SEC, DOJ, FINRA, EDNY, and others, as well as international regulatory entities in the UK, EU, Hong Kong, Australia and Singapore), major class actions, employment matters, Hart-Scott-Rodino second requests, and commercial cases in federal and state courts. She has extensive experience working with financial institutions, manufacturers and technology services companies, and on matters involving cross-border eDiscovery.

Ms. Baron is a frequent speaker at industry events on eDiscovery-related topics and has authored numerous articles on eDiscovery and technology assisted review. She is a graduate of Vassar College and New York University School of Law. She lives in New York City.

Aditya Mirza joined as Managing Director, KLDiscovery India in November 2023, following KLDiscovery's acquisition of Cenza Technologies.

Aditya focuses on strategic leadership, industry engagement, and client centric excellence across KLDiscovery’s products and services and is instrumental in ensuring the success and growth of KLDiscovery in the region. He is also driving innovation and building technology-enabled capabilities in contract lifecycle management solutions for clients across the globe.

From 2004 to 2023, Aditya was the co-founder and CEO of Cenza, a global legal services provider that helped leading legal technology companies, law departments, and law firms improve efficiency, quality, and business outcomes, assisting them in the journey towards digital transformation. Prior to Cenza, he was an Investment Banker at Deutsche Bank, New York.

Aditya is a former President of the Chennai chapter of Entrepreneurs' Organisation, a global network of more than 18,000 business owners. He also plays an active role in the community and is a Past Chairman of Madras Round Table 1, an organisation dedicated to supporting the underprivileged and is an Executive Committee Member of SPASTN (The Spastics Society of Tamil Nadu).

Aditya has a master’s in finance from Brandeis University, and has studied at The London School of Economics, Keio University, Japan, and Loyola College, Chennai.