Electronic Evidence Services Leader Assembles Experienced Team
AUSTIN, Texas - January 30, 2007 - RenewData®, a leader in electronic evidence services for law firms and corporations, today announced that it has appointed Toby Younis as vice president of marketing and James Smith as vice president of enterprise solutions. In addition, RenewData announced the promotion of Steven Nygard to chief operating officer, Dan Gardner to vice president of engineering, and Rich Giandana to vice president of human resources.
"We are very pleased that we have attracted and retained superior talent in all areas of our business," said Ellery Buchanan, CEO. "Our executive team is complete and aligned and our Board of Directors is actively engaged, positioning RenewData for continued success."
Younis joined RenewData with over 30 years experience and following several years as vice president of marketing at Merrill Corporation. Younis began his career in the information technology industry as a programmer trainee, and has risen to executive positions in marketing for companies like Martin Marietta, Oracle, Sybase and PRC. Younis has been part of successful start-up ventures such as Visix, Inventa, and ProChain Solutions, and also spent four years as vice president of research for Meta Group. Younis holds a bachelor’s of arts in communications from the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, and a bachelor's of fine arts in visual arts from the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, DC. Younis served five years in the US Army Security Agency.
James Smith joins RenewData from the United Bank of Switzerland (UBS), where he served as product manager of messaging compliance for the Americas. Smith spent over five years with UBS, starting as an associate and moving into a lead technical program manager role before transitioning into the messaging compliance area several years ago. Smith has a bachelor's of science in information science and policy from the University of Albany and a master's of science from the Stevens Institute for Technology.
Steven Nygard began as a technology manager at RenewData in 2002, and a year later was promoted to vice president of operations. Nygard brings 18 years of technology infrastructure and process engineering skills into his role as chief operating officer. Before joining RenewData, Nygard was senior consultant with Nova Technology and IT Dexterity providing operational and information technology direction for growing organizations. Prior positions include technology manager at TechRepublic, a leading web-based technology media company and information technology manager and systems architect for ITradar, a B2B site focused on the IT services industry. Nygard is a graduate of the University of Minnesota possessing a bachelor's of arts and a master's in MIS.
Dan Gardner is one of the original founders of RenewData. He has a long history of technical leadership, strategic planning and is a results-oriented entrepreneur. Gardner began his career with an engineering position at Ontrack Data International. He then launched his own business, Progressive Data Recovery, focused on data structures, data recovery and related forensics for their corporate clients. Gardner has been in a technical leadership role beginning with the company's inception through its growth and maturation. Gardner holds a master's degree in mathematics from the University of Notre Dame, as well as a bachelor's degree in mathematics from St. John's University.
Rich Giandana has more than 25 years of executive human resources management experience. His roles have included building HR infrastructures, systems and policies, as well as designing, developing and delivering team building processes. He has assisted with mergers and acquisitions, structured orientation processes, training and education design and delivery and executive coaching. Giandana previously served as vice president of Human Resources for both TRISUN Healthcare and Tanisys Technology. He has spent the majority of his career in the technology industry, performing human resources management roles in companies such as IBM, Tandem, Tanisys Technology, Xerox and Atari. Giandana holds a bachelor's of fine arts from Alfred University and a master’s of science in business technology from Rochester Institute of Technology, and is a former US Army officer.
RenewData has also invigorated its Board of Directors by appointing Ellery Buchanan, chief executive officer, and Dan Gardner, representing the common shareholders. Mark Hastings of CIBC Capital Partners, Bobby Goswami of ABS Capital Partners, and Thomas Walker, an independent third party and recently retired chairman of the board and chief development officer of SOURCECORP, will continue to serve on the Board of Directors.
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