Leadership
Dimitar Bobev
Managing Director and Head of Advisory Services for EMEA
Dima is a Managing Director and Head of Advisory Services for EMEA, where he is responsible for leading Swiss operations, as well the Advisory EMEA team, including defining strategic direction, designing customized solutions, and ensuring positive client outcomes.
Under his direction, the Advisory team partners with clients to successfully navigate complex technology challenges across four practice areas: ediscovery, information governance, digital transformation, and expert services. Dima draws on his technical consulting background in the Financial Services industry to help develop solutions for legal and compliance teams in response to cross-border investigations and regulatory demands involving Swiss banking data.
A formidable expert in instant messaging or “chat” processing, Dima joined Lighthouse after having worked as the cofounder of Forexus, which created the first universal chat processing software called Chat eDiscovery. Chat eDiscovery’s hallmark design was its ability to deduplicate and reconstitute messages efficiently and defensibly; within a four-year timeframe, Chat eDiscovery was the processing solution of choice by more than twenty service providers.
In 2018, Lighthouse acquired Forexus to service its own customers’ needs and combined the best of Chat eDiscovery with its own technology. Known now as ChatSmart, this product remains the premier chat processing and review tool on the market, including for cloud-based communications, which are constantly emerging.
Prior to cofounding Forexus Dima’s experience has included:
- Deloitte Consulting, as the first member of the Analytics and Forensic Technology team where he was responsible for business development and Swiss operations, and during which time he worked a series of high-profile US tax cross-border investigations, leading the legal technology support teams at five major Swiss banks.
- Managing large data remediation projects for legal and compliance teams at UBS.
- Working at Credit Suisse supporting a long-running tax evasion investigation.
- As an IT security consultant for financial institutions implementing firewalls, data leakage prevention and protection systems, and performing security audit penetration tests.
Outside of work, Dima has an inclination for high-intensity hobbies, including car racing (he has a racing license) and alpine skiing. He lives in Zürich with his wife and two young children.
Qualifications:
- MA in IT Security – Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts
- BA Finance & Controlling – University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland
Jamie Brown
Vice President of Global Advisory Services
As the Vice President of Global Advisory Services, Jamie is responsible for leading the strategic direction of the Global Advisory team, including new offerings, partnerships, and growth initiatives. She also advises clients, particularly those in heavily regulated industries, on legal and regulatory risk-mitigation strategies in connection with digital transformation, cloud migration, data remediation, and litigation/investigation readiness and response.
A former regulator, law firm partner, and in-house counsel, Jamie brings more than twenty years of experience leading and litigating complex matters involving technology and information in federal and state courts, and responding to investigatory demands brought by the US Department of Justice and US and foreign regulatory bodies. She specializes in information law, pre-trial strategies, cross-border investigations, ediscovery, and data protection.
Jamie has wide-ranging experience across corporate, government, and private practice, including:
- At UBS as the Executive Director and Global eDiscovery Counsel responsible for designing, implementing, and managing a centralized litigation and investigations response program to support the firm’s litigation and investigation matters worldwide.
- At Barclays, leading and implementing a global program to reduce legal, regulatory, and privacy risk associated with legacy systems and data. The program included significant cross-functional alignment with divisions outside of legal on related privacy, information technology, risk, and compliance issues.
- A trial attorney and then Assistant General Counsel and Head of e-Discovery in the Division of Enforcement at the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission in Washington, DC. Here, she advised more than 250 Enforcement attorneys on investigation techniques, strategies, and protocols on cases with global prominence.
- A litigation partner at Fennemore Craig in Phoenix, Arizona.
- A litigation and government investigations associate at King and Spalding in Washington, DC.
Jamie has testified in federal court and has qualified as an ediscovery expert. In her corporate and government roles, she served as a FRCP 30(b)(6) designee for formal and informal testimony, and regularly interfaced with regulators and Congress on ediscovery strategy and internal practices. Independently, Jamie has advised corporate legal departments on how to avoid altogether litigation and regulatory scrutiny on technology issues.
In her lifetime, Jamie has lived in eight states and three countries and moved more than twenty times. A master packer, she eventually found refuge in New York City, where she has planted long-term roots with her husband and two teenagers. A road-warrior for much of her life, Jamie adheres to a “travel-far and travel-light” mentality and is always planning the next getaway. Jamie is also a “hockey mom,” where she is able to utilize her advocacy and litigation skills in a different context.
Qualifications:
- JD – Duke University School of Law
- BA in Political Science – University of Arizona
- Former clerk to the Honorable Roslyn O. Silver of the US District Court for the District of Arizona
Jerry Bui
Executive Director of Forensics
As Executive Director of Digital Forensics within Lighthouse’s Advisory group, focused on governance, risk, and compliance issues, Jerry provides expert witness and strategic consulting services to law firms and corporations in the areas of computer forensics, investigations, electronic discovery, and litigation support. Jerry brings over fifteen years of experience in digital forensics, ediscovery, automated risk assessments, compliance monitoring, and investigative analytics to his role as the Forensics lead at Lighthouse.
Prior to this role, Jerry has a breadth of experience including:
- As the US Director of Forensics at Inventus, LLC, where he acted as the national leader of digital forensics services and evidence collection for investigation and litigation matters, and he was responsible for the development of proactive risk management consulting services.
- As an independent contractor supporting an OFAC investigation for a large online retailer in response to a regulatory inquiry.
- As the Advisory Director of Forensic Technology Services and Investigative Analytics at PwC, where he focused on global supply-chain fraud and compliance solutions in pharmaceutical life sciences and food trust. He was responsible for advising clients on regulatory affairs and enforcement trends involving the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Department of Justice (DOJ) as it related to false claims, anti-bribery and anti-corruption, and food safety.
- In leadership positions at Ernst and Young, KPMG, and Navigant Consulting.
Jerry is a karaoke aficionado who relentlessly forces his wife to sing harmony with him in the car during his favorite songs; if she hits the wrong notes she does so at her own peril. Jerry is also a purveyor of the dad jokes; his three young sons show their unique appreciation with “eye rolls” and “face palms”. They tell him he’s the worst when he’s actually the best – it’s some kind of new slang the kids are using. Aside from being a stellar husband and father, Jerry’s other hobbies include art, film, and cuisine.
Qualifications:
- BA Political Science (focus International Relations) – UCLA
Damian Murphy
Executive Director, Advisory Services
A practicing barrister for more than twenty years, Damian is an Executive Director and Head of Lighthouse’s Advisory Services Group in the UK. In this role, he regularly advises clients on a wide array of information governance and e-disclosure issues, particularly for clients facing regulatory scrutiny.
Damian has a keen understanding of the complex challenge clients face responding to regulatory demands, conducting timely and complete investigations, and navigating cross-border matters. His clients rely on his counsel not only to support day-to-day needs, but also to develop and implement proactive solutions to programmatically improve the approach, largely through people, process, and technology.
Much of Damian’s time now involves consulting with clients on legal and regulatory risk associated with digital transformation, and designing practical solutions to ensure the continued satisfaction of legal and regulatory demands.
Prior to joining Lighthouse, Damian has established himself as a pioneer in his field in Western Europe, built on a depth of experience including:
- Five years at UBS as Executive Director and Head of eDiscovery (EMEA and APAC), supporting more than forty regional litigators and investigators on all aspects of e-disclosure for the bank’s litigation and investigation matters.
- During his time at UBS he drove impactful policy changes for legal and compliance teams, including for legal hold, dawn raid, and for the bank’s handling of data subject requests, as well as personally managing several high-profile investigations.
- As a management consultant at Accenture specializing in financial markets.
In his spare time, Damian is an avid reader, devouring as many as three books at a given time (military history is his favorite). He loves sports and plays cricket with diminishing returns, and he coaches at his local club. He lives in Newcastle with his wife and four teenage boys, who challenge him almost daily to rugby, football, and cricket matches.
Qualifications:
- MA in English Literature and Economics – University of Cambridge
- Member, Middle Temple
Erika Namnath
Executive Director, Global Advisory Services
As Executive Director and Head of Advisory Services for the US, Erika is responsible for leading the US Advisory team, including defining strategic direction, driving innovation through creative approaches, inspiring excellence, and creating unique and customized solutions for every client. Under her direction, the Advisory Services team partners with clients to successfully navigate complex technology challenges across four practice areas: ediscovery, information governance, digital transformation, and expert services.
Erika brings over fifteen years of industry expertise to her role as a leader, manager, and strategic consultant, specifically in areas of technical importance to ediscovery, such as linguistics, artificial intelligence, and data modeling. Throughout her career, Erika has worked to identify innovative approaches to ediscovery that leverage the latest technologies; her vision and creativity are her signature strengths.
Prior to Lighthouse, Erika built and managed an ediscovery operations team for H5, where she was responsible for media management, data processing, data import/export, data imaging, and production in response to legal and regulatory demands. Erika also developed a consulting practice, advising clients on litigation readiness and building defensible workflows leveraging analytics. Through the creation of repeatable, minimal error processes and automation, Erika built a world-class team that was known for its quality, reliability, and predictability.
In her spare time, Erika loves to play soccer, a sport she’s played since she was five years old. During college, she took a break from soccer to pursue crew, and she was a competitive rower for three years. Erika resumed her passion for soccer in her twenties, and she continues to play on club leagues in her hometown. Erika was also a certified sky-diver, completing 70+ dives during her sky-diving tenure; she was infamously caught in a clothesline during one of her landings, and she has since retired from the sport.
Erika lives in Napa Valley, California, with her husband, two school-aged sons, two dogs, and two cats.
Qualifications:
- Nuix Certified eDiscovery
- Nuix Discovery End-User Analytics
- Relativity Analytics Specialist
- Relativity Certified Administrator
- Relativity Certified User
- Relativity Expert
- BA in General Linguistics – University of California, San Diego
- MA in Linguistics (emphasis on syntax and semantics) – University of California, San Diego