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Jay Ward

Data Expert - Legal & Privacy

Managing Partner of Ward PLLC, a data security, privacy, and data strategy consulting law firm. I provide clients with sophisticated solutions to information management issues, ranging from GDPR compliance to data breach response. My goal is to help my clients become “DataSmart” – aware of the value of their data, attuned to the need to protect it, and able to respond to fast-paced changes in technology and law.

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Data Strategist & Privacy Lawyer

Jay advises clients on how to create and market valuable data products and how to manage complex privacy and data protection requirements, including GDPR, HIPAA, and CCPA. He also helps design innovative solutions to data-based problems, establishes robust privacy programs, and leads teams to create new data products generating millions of dollars in revenue per year. He is deeply engaged in HealthTech and Fintech products including DeFi, health token development and securitization, and transactions.

Mr. Ward is the chief data strategist and privacy officer for a number of publicly-traded companies — representative clients and partnerships include: FIS Global, EY, Duff & Phelps, Arizent, and Broadhaven Capital Partners.

Mr. Ward is the author of “Data Leverage: Unlocking the Surprising Growth Potential of Data Partnerships,” a bestselling book on data partnerships, privacy, and data strategy, and is frequently interviewed in publications around the world on privacy matters, including the Guardian, the BBC, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and others.

  • James is a certified Fellow in Information Privacy and holds certifications in European and United States data security and privacy law.
  • James is also a seasoned litigator with more than a decade’s experience in high stakes litigation, including intellectual property, financial services, and consumer class actions.

Data Leverage

The data your company generates is enormously valuable. But without the right strategy, you’ll never unlock that value — and you might even put your company at risk.

Data Leverage is the first comprehensive book on the exploding opportunity of corporate data partnerships. The authors, Christian and Jay Ward, are experts — a business strategist and a lawyer who, together, have executed hundreds of deals.

This book has everything you need to make money from data, starting with the DataSmart Method™, a four-step process for building your data partnership strategy. You’ll learn: