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Management Team

Fios prides itself on delivering award-winning technology and services, based on the talent and expertise of its people. The company is achieving this success under the guidance and leadership of some of the brightest minds and most experienced executives in e-discovery business.

Christopher Junker

Christopher Junker

Chief Executive Officer


As president and CEO, Chris Junker brings a unique mix of leadership capabilities, legal and technology domain expertise, and a successful 20-year history of growing businesses to Fios. Most recently, Chris was the general manager of the iManage business unit for Autonomy Corporation (formerly Interwoven). At Interwoven, he served as the general manager and vice president of sales for the legal and professional industry solutions (PSIS) team, where he ran the day-to-day operations of the PSIS business and played a key role in leading the company through 21 consecutive quarters of year-over-year revenue growth and operating margin expansion. Interwoven was acquired by Autonomy Corporation plc in a transaction valued at approximately $800 million in Q1 2009.

Chris has extensive leadership experience in the legal technology market. He led the global legal sales team for more than10 years, first at iManage and then at Interwoven following a merger in 2003. In this capacity, he was instrumental in substantially growing the company’s legal business and grew the company’s market share from zero to 75 percent of the Global 200 law firms. His leadership experience also includes serving as vice president of sales and business development at TechLaw, Inc., a leading legal and professional services integration and consulting company, and managing national sales for Wang/Informatics, a software development division of Wang Laboratories.

John Hesse

John Hesse

Chief Financial Officer & Chief Operations Officer


John Hesse brings deep operational and financial expertise to Fios, including more than 20 years as a CFO of both public and private companies. He has led numerous public and private financing activities, including initial public offerings (IPOs). Most recently, John served as CFO of Vancouver-based New Edge Networks, building the company from the start-up phase to revenue of more than $130 million. John was involved in all aspects of the company's financial and corporate strategy, including capital formation, financial management, mergers and acquisitions, SOX compliance and operations. New Edge was acquired by Earthlink in 2006.

Prior to New Edge Networks, John served in executive positions at Protection One in Dallas, Tex., and Network Security Corporation, where he led the growth and sales of both companies. Hesse began his career as a staff auditor with Peat, Marwick Mitchell and Co. (now KPMG). John holds an M.B.A. and a Bachelor's in Business Administration from Southern Methodist University.

Mike Harnish

Mike Harnish

Senior Vice President & Chief Technology Officer


Michael Harnish, CPA, CITP, EnCE, CISA, comes to Fios with more than 30 years experience in organizing, managing, architecting and deploying cost-effective, highly productive technology-enabled business solutions. As one of the first recipients of the American Institute of CPA's (AICPA) Pathfinder award and later recognized as the winner of the national award for "Innovative User of Technology," Mike has served in groundbreaking roles, such as the first chairman of the AICPA's Technology Section and as a member of the American Bar Association's (ABA) Futurist Committee.

Prior to joining Fios, he led a technology consulting practice for Plante & Moran, the 11th largest certified public accounting and business advisory firm in the U.S., where, among other things, he formed the firm's computer forensic and electronic discovery practice. Prior to that, he served for more than five years as chief information officer for the law firm of Dickinson Wright LLP. A graduate of Purdue University, Mike has also held executive positions with such companies as CPA2BIZ, the commercial services arm of the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA); Lotus Consulting Services; and Crowe Chizek & Company.

Mike holds a B.S. in Industrial Management with a Computer Science Technical Option from Purdue University. He also holds numerous professional certifications, including Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Information Technology Professional (CITP), EnCase Certified Examiner (EnCE), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certificate in Data Processing (CDP) and Certified Lotus Professional (CLP).

Brad Gragert

Brad Gragert

Senior Vice President, Sales


Brad Gragert has spent nearly 30 years in senior leadership positions in the high technology and IT services industries, with proven success in direct sales, international market development, customer delivery, and alliance and partner development. He has spent the past six years helping Fios build and grow its channel programs and sales organization to meet the high-growth needs of the company and e-discovery market. Before joining Fios, Gragert held leadership positions with prominent technology and service companies, such as Covansys, ABC Technologies Inc. (now SAS Institute Inc.), Sequent Computer Systems (now IBM), Daisy Systems and Tektronix.

Brad is focused on helping clients leverage Fios’ unparalleled SaaS technologies and professional services to achieve successful results in all phases of e-discovery – from early evidence assessment and planning through the review and production of relevant evidence. Brad holds an M.B.A. from the University of Portland and a B.A. in International Studies from Portland State University.

Mary Mack

Mary Mack

Corporate Technology Counsel


Whether in response to an inquiry, a second request or class action litigation, Mary Mack brings legal and technical professionals together in a focused manner to determine a successful, cost-effective course of compliance with electronic discovery requests. As Corporate Technology Counsel for Fios, she has more than 20 years experience delivering enterprise-wide electronic discovery, managed services and software projects with legal and IT departments in publicly held companies. Mary is a hands-on strategic advisor to counsel for some of the largest products liability class actions, government investigations and intellectual property disputes. Clients include the largest law firms, pharmaceutical companies and insurance companies in the world.

A member of the Illinois Bar, ACCA and the ABA's Section on Litigation, Mary received her J.D. from Northwestern University School of Law (1982) and a B.A. from LeMoyne College in Syracuse, NY. She holds certifications in Computer Forensics and Computer Telephony.

Mary is one of the leading speakers and authors on electronic discovery issues, technology and the law. She is co-author of the popular book, "A Process of Illumination: The Practical Guide to Electronic Discovery," and hosts the blog, "Sound Evidence," featured on DiscoveryResources.org. She's is also regularly featured as an expert in the leading magazines and newspapers, such as The New York Times, Inside Counsel Magazine, Law.com, Chicago Lawyer, Compliance Week and Metropolitan Corporate Counsel Magazine.

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