DISCO welcomed two new leaders who will further differentiate DISCO as the company continues its innovation to be the technology that powers legal. Tom Furr joins DISCO as chief marketing officer, and Katie DeBord joins as vice president of product strategy. Tom Furr, Chief Marketing Officer: Tom Furr will own strategy and execution across brand, communications, demand generation, sales enablement, field marketing, digital and performance marketing, creative, and communities.

Reporting to the chief revenue officer and a member of the senior leadership team, Tom will further secure DISCO's reputation as a technology leader and innovator while establishing legaltech as a fast growing and socially important technology category. With a career built on driving large scale brand transformation, simplifying and organizing product and brand portfolios and driving category awareness, Tom most recently served as the vice president of brand marketing at MongoDB, where he was responsible for how MongoDB shows up in the world. Previously, he served as vice president of brand at Vonage, where he helped lead the company's transformation into a leader in the business cloud communications and APIs.

Katie DeBord, Vice President, Product Strategy: Reporting to the Chief Product Officer, Katie DeBord will help guide DISCO's product strategy as the company continues to expand its offerings across the litigation lifecycle and into new practice areas. A proven leader in scaling legal practice transformation, she will partner closely with customers to further establish DISCO as the partner of choice for legal teams embracing technology to achieve better legal outcomes. Most recently, Katie was the global chief innovation officer at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, where she led the firm's international cross-disciplinary team dedicated to the innovation and optimization of legal services.

She managed a team of lawyers, technologists, and related professionals to implement new practice technologies and innovations, design point solutions for practice groups and clients, and develop productized solutions for clients. She began her legal career at Kirkland & Ellis, LLP as a trial attorney specializing in complex contract, patent, and IP licensing matters, as well as consumer class action defense. Katie is a popular speaker about legal innovation at industry conferences, educational venues, podcasts, and invitation-only thought leadership events.