Friday, January 10, 2025

KLDiscovery Announces Leadership Transition

Chief Executive Officer Chris Weiler Leaving the Company. KLDiscovery to be Led by Board Chair Mike Suchsland and Longstanding Senior Executives.

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. – KLDiscovery Inc. (“KLDiscovery” or the “Company”), a leading global provider of electronic discovery, information governance, and data recovery technology solutions, today announced that Chief Executive Officer and co-founder, Chris Weiler, is retiring from the Company. During this transition period, KLDiscovery will be led by Mike Suchsland, Chairman of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), and a Leadership Committee comprised of the Company’s longstanding senior executives. The Board will begin working with a leading executive search firm to identify a successor to Mr. Weiler.

To capture the increasing demand for specialized eDiscovery solutions, including its flagship Nebula platform, KLDiscovery is committed to executing its growth strategy by leveraging technology and service innovation, and will continue to provide its clients with premier services, leading data security, and access to an impressive suite of solutions.

“What Chris has built at KLDiscovery is nothing short of remarkable,” said Mr. Suchsland.  “The Company’s culture, purpose-built technology, and global team of professionals is second-to-none and I look forward to leading KLDiscovery’s growth initiatives at this important time.  We are grateful to Chris for his decades of leadership to the Company and wish him well in his future endeavors.”

In addition to serving as Chairman of the Board of KLDiscovery, Mr. Suchsland brings over 30 years of experience across the legal technology industry. He serves as Principal of Joplin Consulting LLC, an independent consulting company providing strategic advice to private equity firms focused on legal technology, content, and service businesses investments. Previously, Mr. Suchsland served in several senior executive positions with Thomson Reuters’ legal business. Additionally, Mr. Suchsland has held various board member positions, including with SurePoint Technologies where he is currently Chairman of the board, and with eDiscovery providers Ipro Technologies, QDiscovery and Epiq Systems. Mr. Suchsland graduated from Southern Methodist University with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and received his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.