Sarah Thompson, CEDS

Sarah Thompson, CEDS has over 18 years of experience in the legal technology industry. Sarah began their career in 2002 as the Director of International Services and Programming Manager/Head Developer at iCONECTglobal. In 2004, they moved to Dataflight Software as the Director of Training. From 2006 to 2013, Sarah held multiple roles at LexisNexis, including Director of Hosted Litigation Solutions and Hosted FYI Operations Manager. From 2013 to 2014, they were the VP of Product Management at Cumulus Data, Inc. Sarah then joined Zapproved as a Senior Product Manager in 2014 and moved to Siemly Global as the Chief Product Officer in 2017. In the same year, Sarah also became the Chief Product Officer at BlueStar, where they are responsible for overseeing the development of the Siemly eDiscovery platform offering and the Microsoft 365 eDiscovery Partner program.

Sarah Thompson has a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Western University, which they obtained in 2000. Sarah also attended Universit\u00e9 Laval from 1996 to 1998, studying Computer Science. In 2015, Sarah obtained Product Marketing Management Focus and Foundations certifications from Pragmatic Marketing. Finally, they obtained a Certified E-Discovery Specialist (CEDS) certification from the Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists (ACEDS) in February 2022. Sarah also holds certifications from LexisNexis in CaseSoft Support, Concordance Certified FYI Administrator, Concordance Certified Software Administrator, Concordance Certified Software Trainer, and LAW PreDiscovery Certified Administrator/End User.