1. Deana Uhl Senior Director – Technology,
EDUCATION
B.A. in Political Science, Southwest Texas State University
CERTIFICATIONS
Certified Legal Assistant
Certified Exterro
Platform Administrator
Obtaining CIPP/EU certification
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
Member, International Associations of Privacy Professionals
Member, ARMA
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
A Look at the Data Issues Energy Industry Counsel Face this Year (Texas Lawyer, April 2018)
Senior Director – Technology,
Information Governance, Privacy and Security
Houston, TX
Deana Uhl is a Senior Director in the FTI Technology practice and is based in Houston. Ms. Uhl provides consulting to corporate clients, with a focus on designing, implementing and enabling change management for information governance, data privacy, data security and e-discovery programs. Ms. Uhl has particular expertise in advising oil and gas companies on the processes and technology to effectively address legal and regulatory matters and improve information quality and life cycle management to support operational excellence.
Prior to joining Marathon Oil, Ms. Uhl held a variety of positions within Baker & Botts L.L.P. , including as the litigation support manager overseeing practice support across six U.S. and international offices, managing complex cases on behalf of clients within the oil and gas, chemicals and pharma industries.
Deana’s select client engagement work includes:
Led a GDPR readiness project to identify process, technology and security gaps for a global data and analytics firm. Deana led a team to rapidly assess and document current state data protection capabilities, developed a robust data map inventory which captured all personal data processes the firm is responsible for and presented a formal executive readiness assessment and roadmap.
Ms. Uhl has more than two decades of experience building effective e- discovery and information governance teams across IT, legal and line management. Prior to joining FTI Technology, Ms. Uhl managed the information governance program at Marathon Oil Company, where she led the strategic development and execution of a holistic data management program that encompassed data privacy and security. This included developing a data governance strategy aligned with industry best practices, evaluating and recommending various process and technology solutions, collaborating with stakeholders throughout the organization, managing a dynamic team, and providing expert witness testimony on the results.
Led an IG assessment for a global technology firm, including leading the team to assess information and data management gaps, costs and risk Information across the EDRM model to include GDPR readiness, legal holds, records management, data valuation and remediation and IT cyber security controls.
Leading a GDPR readiness project for an international drilling company to assess and document current state compliance capabilities to the GDPR and to develop a data inventory to capture personal data locations and processes and develop a gap assessment and remediation roadmap.
While at Marathon Oil, Ms. Uhl also led the in-house development of the company’s e-discovery program. This included evaluating and adopting e-discovery and legal hold software and solutions throughout the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM), as well as liaising with in- house legal teams and outside counsel. In addition, she helped lead the development and execution of a large-scale, multi-year project to better manage the company’s IP and organizational data.