Our core team is unparalleled in the industry in their depth of knowledge and expertise. They’re committed to Cricket because they believe in what Cricket delivers. The members of the Cricket Technologies team strive for excellence in delivering the best solutions and creating cost-effective, efficient approaches for finding and managing the information you need.

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Lt. General Arthur C. Blades USMC (Ret.), President
Art Blades is a veteran senior manager, having served as a three-star General in the Marine Corps and President of two companies providing document management technology services to government agencies, corporate legal departments, and law firms. Art served two combat tours and seven operational commands in the Marines, where he specialized in operational planning. Art has a B.S. from Villanova and a Masters in Business Administration from Pepperdine University. He co-founded Cricket in 2001.

Whitney Adams, General Counsel and VP of Business Development
Whitney Adams (J.D., George Washington University), had more than 25 years' experience in complex litigation before joining Cricket’s staff in 2002. Whitney served for six years as an Assistant United States Attorney, where she handled complex criminal and civil litigation. She then served as Assistant General Counsel for Litigation at the SEC and Deputy General Counsel for Litigation at the U.S. CFTC. Beginning in 1987, Whitney practiced as a litigator in her own firm and with major law firms, including four years with Rogers & Wells (now Clifford Chance), where she handled large, complex civil litigation.

Author of the popular Cricket e-discovery case index and numerous articles, Whitney serves a member of the Sedona Conference’s Working Groups on Records Management Best Practices and Search Technologies as well as E-Discovery RFP Best Practices. She is a Board Member of the AMLaw Law Journal Newsletters on E-Discovery and Corporate Counselor. Previously she was the first woman Chair of the American Bar Association’s prestigious White Collar Crime Committee, a Vice Chair of the ABA’s Criminal Law Section, and a Barrister of the Edward Bennett Williams Inn of Court. Whitney also was the first woman Chair of the District of Columbia Federal Court’s lawyer disciplinary committee. Whitney has been a regular commentator on CNBC, MSNBC, and Fox News regarding legal issues, and has served on the Virginia State Treasury Board, the Virginia State Council for Higher Education, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Labor Policy Committee. She co-founded Cricket in 2001.

Kara Hayduk, Senior Account Services Director
Kara Hayduk has more than ten years experience in managing litigation support projects of increasing complexity. After graduating from Penn State University with a degree in Quantitative Business Analysis, Kara served in various project management functions with Aspen Systems for six years. She then served as a Project Manager for the Director of National Litigation Support Operations for Uniscribe. Before joining Cricket in 2002 Kara was a Senior Project Manager for Litigation Systems, Inc., where she managed multiple major environmental, insurance, patent, and asbestos litigation support projects.

Brian Curtiss, Director of Client Services
Brian manages the Sales and Marketing team and also works directly with Cricket's clients on consultative e-discovery solutions. Drawing on current industry best practices and lessons learned during his 2 1/2 years managing the WorldCom government investigation (currently still the largest litigation on record), Mr. Curtiss tailors the e-discovery plan to meet specific case goals and objectives, while also keeping an eye on reducing bottom line costs through economical workflow and innovative uses of technologies. Brian has been managing large-scale projects for more than 16 years, and has been with Cricket since 2002. He has a Masters Degree in Education from George Washington University.

Mike McHugh, Regional Sales Manager
Michael McHugh has been in sales for over nine years and is responsible for the greater DC metro area and Northeast, with a special emphasis on digital printing and other paper-based services. Mr. McHugh specializes not only in sales, but in managing large, complex projects and problem solving. Mr. McHugh combines sales and project management to provide quality customer service for all of his clients. From 2001 to 2005, Michael ran his own company providing digital printing services to major corporations.

Ben Gibson, Mid-Atlantic Regional Sales Manager
Ben manages accounts in the greater Philadelphia metropolitan area including southern New Jersey and Delaware. Based in downtown Philadelphia, Ben brings strong technical skills to assist Cricket’s clients. He has an electrical engineering degree from The Catholic University of America, programming skills, and experience in sales for Global Imaging Systems Company. While in college, he developed an algorithm for advanced digital watermarking, researched technology issues for an information services company, and played on Catholic University’s varsity basketball team, which won the Division III NCAA National Championship in 2001.