CEO MONTHLY / C-suite Awards 2023 10 Best Technology Innovation & Security CIO 2023 - Baltimore Miles & Stockbridge is a law firm with more than nearly 100 years of history and with community very much at its core. We find out more about the firm from Chief Information Officer, Ken Adams, in the wake of him being recognised in the C-Suite Awards 2023. Established in 1932 by Baltimore lawyers Clarence Miles and Seymour O’Brien who later merged with a firm founded by Enos Stockbridge, creating the modern-day Miles & Stockbridge PC (Miles & Stockbridge), the firm has played a significant role in shaping businesses and communities along the East Coast. Today, Miles & Stockbridge is a leading full-service law firm with approximately 200 lawyers practicing in seven offices across the midAtlantic region. As part of its ongoing commitment to effect positive change, the firm focuses on partnerships that benefit the community, reflect the causes its colleagues support, and allow it to collaborate with clients and neighbours to deepen relationships. Ken Adams is Chief Information Officer at the eminent law firm, leading and managing an innovative team of technical thinkers to support, build, and progress the tools needed by users to be more productive and competitive in their area of expertise. “I am passionate about teaching my team and helping to keep our firm on the cutting-edge of technologies,” Ken elaborates. “We have focused greatly over the last years on virtualisation and security with our latest accomplishment of ISO 27001 certification.” A progressive thought leader in technology with experience in promoting higher levels of productivity, reliability, and security, Ken is also passionate about innovative and valuedriven solutions. Delighting in empowering and fostering the development of others using tools of diversity and inclusion, and constantly pushing the boundaries of technologies to bring the leading edge of solutions to users, giving them the competitive advantage to win. Some major projects Ken has undertaken include over 10 complete office technology redesigns and implementations with audio visual, computer rooms, furniture design, and innovative cabling schemes; complete virtualisation of all network servers; one of the first firms to move their documents into a secure cloud environment followed by the move to many other SaaS solutions where cost and security were proven wins, and soon to be one of the only firms with total application virtualisation with no reliance on desktop hardware, platform or operating system. Amongst his many accomplishments are Innovator of the Year nominee for work completed in PON (Passive Optical Network) fiber network design and implementation; speaker at leader’s conference on the cost and management benefits of fiber networks in mid-size companies; and published writer for International Legal Technology Association on Remotely managed Helpdesk support. His latest and greatest achievement, however, is being recognised in the C-Suite Awards and bestowed with the prestigious accolade of Best Technology Innovation & Security CIO 2023 – Baltimore. This award is testament to the dedication and hard work put in by Ken and the entire team. “At the end of the day, the story of Miles & Stockbridge is a human story,” he continues. “Real people doing real things to make this firm, our communities, and the world better – more inclusive places for all.” Contact: Ken Adams Company: Miles & Stockbridge PC Web Address: milesstockbridge.com
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