Speakers
Arthur Smith, Esquire, Husch & Eppenberger, LLC
Arthur L. Smith is a member of the General Business Litigation Practice Group at Husch & Eppenberger, LLC in St. Louis and concentrates his practice on complex litigation and electronic discovery issues. He is nationally recognized as an expert in electronic discovery matters and records retention practices. He has appeared frequently before national, regional and local audiences speaking on a wide range of topics involving complex litigation. Mr. Smith is a former chair of an electronic discovery committee of the American Bar Association's Litigation Section. He is a member of the Sedona Conference Working Group on Electronic Discovery and Records Retention and is also a member of the electronic discovery committee of DRI, Inc. Mr. Smith is also an active member of the professionalism and ethics committee of the St. Louis bar and has written and spoken frequently on ethical issues facing lawyers, including the ethical use of technology. Among other honors, Mr. Smith has been recognized among the Best Lawyers in America and is listed in Who’s Who Among American Lawyers. Mr. Smith is an honors graduate of Washington University School of Law in St. Louis and holds master’s and bachelor’s degrees from American University and Augustana College, respectively.
Alan Armstrong, VP of Business Development, Fortiva, Inc
As the VP of Business Development, Alan is responsible for building and extending Fortiva’s Alliance Network and ensuring that Fortiva’s relationships with channel partners are mutually profitable and effective. With over fifteen years experience in enterprise software, Alan has led teams to build new products from scratch, as well as managed existing product lines through explosive revenue growth. Before joining Fortiva, Alan directed strategy and product management for Wily Technology (now part of CA), through a critical transition from a startup to its acquisition by CA for $375MM in 2006.
Prior to Wily Technology, Alan led product management at Sitraka (now part of Quest Software), an early innovator in IT performance management that became an industry standard during his tenure. Prior to Sitraka, Alan held various engineering and management positions at Sybase. Alan graduated with Dean's Honors from Systems Design Engineering at the University of Waterloo.