Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Robert E. Childress III Joins LegalTech Vendor Advisory Board

ORLANDO, FL., (April 6, 2010) - Orlando-based Wave Software, a leading provider of early case assessment, legal hold, litigation support and electronic data discovery technology for global corporations, today announced that its Co-founder and President, Robert E. Childress III has joined the Vendor Advisory Board of LegalTech. Childress will lend industry insight, expertise and vision to LegalTech’s cornerstone events. He will work with other vendor board members to help LegalTech remain as the most important legal technology event in the industry. Legal technology is ever changing, and LegalTech offers law firms and legal departments the ability to stay on top of this evolving industry to improve their law practice management. LegalTech offers CLE-accredited sessions and an extensive exhibition hall. Legal professionals attend LegalTech to learn about the newest advances in technology as well as network with industry leaders. “I am honored to be a part of the LegalTech Vendor Advisory Board,” said Robert E. Childress III, Co-founder and President of Wave Software. “I look forward to collaborating with other board members while sharing knowledge and expertise in the legal technology industry. I hope to be especially helpful to LegalTech as we advance the educational and exhibit hall experience into a new level of excellence and press ahead with its leadership in the industry.” With Childress at the helm, Wave Software’s flagship product, Trident Pro, won the 2008 Socha-Gelbmann Top Provider award, achieved LTN “Presidents Corner” in March of 2009, won a 2009 ITFlorida award, plus it won two LTN Awards: a bronze for Trident Pro De-Duplication, EDD Services Collection and a bronze for Trident Pro Near Duplicate Detection, EDD Services Identification. Childress is a 2004/2005 National Register Who’s Who in Executives and Professionals winner and winner of the Florida Small Businessman of the Year 2005. Childress is recognized as one of the 20 most influential people in the legal software business, having held senior positions with a number of key technology corporations including Lexis-Nexis, Thomson & Thomson, Elsevier Science, CXA Inc., McGrawHill, and Shepards. While at Lexis-Nexis, Childress managed product design and software sales for legal management software products for their corporate, government and legal markets. He was one of two founders of CXA, Inc. and its subsidiaries. Childress attended University of Colorado. He has been awarded numerous government contracts from clients such as the FBI, CIA, White House and Homeland Security. More information on Wave Software can be found at www.discoverthewave.com. For information on LegalTech West Coast, where Wave Software will exhibit in booth 308, visit www.legaltechshow.com. About Wave Software Wave Software, based in Orlando, Florida, is a leading provider of early case assessment, legal hold, litigation support and electronic data discovery technology for global corporations. Wave’s flagship product, Trident Pro, provides the fastest, most accurate de-duplication, near-duplicate detection, regeneration and export of native and foreign language electronic files. Trident Pro includes Native Review Bridge technology that automatically maps and loads processed e-discovery data into Relativity, CT Summation, iCONECT, LexisNexis Concordance and other common review platforms. Trident Pro software provides litigators in-house capability to cut down data sets to manageable amounts and then upload onto repositories for review and production. Wave offers software, consulting, and training specialized in the legal industry. Trident Pro won the 2008 Socha-Gelbmann Top Provider award, 2009 ITFlorida award and two LTN Awards in 2009. For more information, visit www.discoverthewave.com. Press Contacts: Wave Software Media Contact: Arlene Otero Wave Software 4700 Millenia Blvd., Suite 415 Orlando, FL 32839 P: 888.225.6913 E: arlene.otero@discoverthewave.com