Managing Director, Business Consulting
Dean Gonsowski is the Managing Director of Xiotech, Inc.'s Business Consulting group.
He has significant experience building and leading teams of consultants that help
corporations develop records management and electronic information "best practices,"
as well as manage large scale computer forensic and electronic discovery projects.
Prior to joining Xiotech, Inc. Dean was a Director in the Discovery Services
practice of Navigant Consulting, Inc. where he assisted law firms such as Fish &
Richardson, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and Cooley Godward, as well as corporations
including Qwest Communications, Alcatel, and Ford Motor Company, with various
computer forensic investigations, complex electronic discovery and RIM issues.
Prior to joining Navigant Consulting, Inc., Dean was Corporate Counsel & Director,
Discovery Services at Fios, Inc., a full service electronic discovery services
company. Prior to joining Fios, Dean was a Founder and Managing Director with S3
Partners, LLC (a computer forensics consultancy).
Before founding S3 Partners, Dean was a practicing attorney specializing in
insurance coverage and bad faith litigation. Dean worked for the Department of
Justice and also served as General Counsel for an international manufacturing company.
Dean is a member of the Colorado Bar Association, the American Bar Association
(Digital Evidence Working Group) and the Sedona Working Group (Preservation).
He received his JD from the University of San Diego School of Law and his BS
from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is a licensed attorney in
both California and Colorado.
Dean is a frequent guest speaker and teaches a series of continuing legal education
courses on electronic discovery and Records/Information Management topics. He is on
the board of the e-Discovery Law & Strategy newsletter and has been quoted in a
number of leading industry publications including the California Lawyer and the
ABA Journal.
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