Leadership

Connie Hawn, CEO

Connie has been actively involved in the discovery and document management business since 1988.  She has been a top producer with every company she has joined, including her first foray in the document archiving and storage business.  After a brief stint in the workforce management solutions industry, Connie followed her penchant for sales and her passion for discovery-related work, joining Legal Copies International and rising to become the nation’s top producer out of more than 100 salespeople.  She found great success in scanning, imaging and coding work for law firms and worked extensively on tobacco litigation matters.  After that company was sold, she took a hiatus to raise a family.  During this time, she remained active in business operations for and a large shareholder in DocuForce, which eventually merged into and owned OnSite, before selling a majority stake to a venture capital firm.  Connie has her finance degree from Georgia Southern University and, in addition to her role as CEO of Excelerate Discovery, remains active in the Atlanta business community and various charitable organizations.

Ed Caufield, Partner

Since joining the legal staffing industry in 1997, Ed’s superior client service skills have established him as one of the legal industry’s foremost authorities on legal professional staffing and ediscovery review.  Ed’s national reach and reputation have earned him the distinction of working with some of the country’s most well-respected firms and legal departments.   As a leader in the legal staffing industry, Ed has been responsible for developing and implementing some of the most innovative client programs that the staffing industry as a whole has continuously tried to emulate.   Ed works out of Excelerate’s Philadelphia office but services clients across the country.

Christopher Jensen, Partner

Before launching Excelerate Discovery, “CJ” (as we call him) was the Senior Vice President for one of the world’s largest legal staffing companies. There he was responsible for not only running that company’s Discovery Solutions practice but was also charged to head up the day to day operation of all twelve of their branch offices in North America. CJ is a frequent speaker at CLE’s and trade shows on the topic of attorney review in discovery. He is a native of South Carolina and a “Double Deacon,” having received both his Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and his JD from Wake Forest University. He currently lives in Ruxton, Maryland (near Baltimore) and works out of the Excelerate office in Washington, DC.

Marc Zamsky, Partner

Marc Zamsky has held, since 1996, executive positions in the ediscovery solutions industry, focusing on discovery solutions, ediscovery consulting, strategic outsourcing, project management, litigation cost reduction and specialized legal staffing to law firms and corporate legal departments. Based in Philadelphia, PA and Houston, TX, Marc has been an executive leader, responsible for building, growing and managing corporate divisions dedicated to the ediscovery model and ensuring client service excellence.  Over his career, Marc has engineered the growth of several different companies from small local firms to national, hundred million dollar market leaders.  Prior to joining the legal solutions and outsourcing industry, Marc practiced law as a commercial litigation attorney in Philadelphia for nearly 5 years.  Marc earned his B.A. from Penn State University. He received his J.D. cum laude from Temple Law School, where he served as a member of the Law Review and Moot Court team.