digital platform ,” Freedman says . “ But it ’ s very much aligned to the five strategy areas we ’ d like to achieve as a business . Essentially , we said , ‘ this is how we ’ re going to use that technology to deliver what the business is trying to achieve ’.

The goal was to implement incremental changes and technology for purpose , rather than nebulous

‘ innovation ’. This process leads up to a defined transformation , avoiding what McKenna calls a “ cathedral solutiontype moment ”, where staff are forced to adapt to an entirely new system all at once - a poor result for productivity and empowering employees . “ Rather than a digital transformation - because we ’ re a law firm this year , and we ’ ll be a law firm next year - it ’ s much more of a

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Title : Head of Technology & Security

Company : Howard Kennedy

Jonathan Freedman is the Head of Technology & Security at London law firm Howard Kennedy , with a background in Enterprise Architecture and systems engineering within the UK professional services sector spanning more than 18 years . His current role is focused on both the development and implementation of new technology within the firm and leading the cyber security program . In addition , he is jointly managing the firm ’ s internal GDPR compliance program .

He holds multiple industry certifications including , CCNA Security , Certified Ethical Hacker , TOGAF , CGEIT and ISO27001 , with special interests in cyber security , ethical hacking , data protection , cryptography , secure systems design , mobile device security and technology innovation . businesschief . eu