Marketing Staff
Raising Awareness of Sensei's Services And Helping Clients Do the Same For Their Businesses Through Strategic and Tactical Marketing Support

Grace R. Fay
Business Development Director

Grace comes to Sensei with a varied and impressive background. She has a degree in Mechanical Engineering with emphasis in Aeronautical Engineering and Master’s studies in Fluid Mechanics. Upon graduation she worked with Bendix Launch Support Division at Kennedy Space Center. She then joined the Department of Transportation setting safety standards for motor vehicles, and research and development with the Federal Railroad Administration. Her background in science and Internet marketing makes her a perfect fit as the Business Development Director of a high tech company like Sensei Enterprises.

 

 

Sharon D. Nelson, Esq.
Electronic Marketing, Website Design, President

Sharon D. Nelson, Esq., is the President of Sensei Enterprises, Inc., a computer forensics and legal technology firm in Fairfax, Virginia. Ms. Nelson graduated from Georgetown University Law Center and has been in private practice ever since, now concentrating exclusively in electronic evidence law. Ms. Nelson is a past President of the Fairfax Bar Association, a Director of the Fairfax Law Foundation and serves as a member of ARMA’s E-Discovery Advisory Group. She is a former Chair of the American Bar Association’s Law Practice Management Publishing Board. She is also a graduate of Leadership Fairfax, is a past chair of the American Bar Association’s TECHSHOW and serves on the Virginia State Bar governing Council and on its Executive Committee, on its Technology Committee, and as Chair of the Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee. The Virginia Supreme Court appointed her to the Statewide E-Filing Committee beginning in 2010. She is a co-author of The Electronic Evidence and Discovery Handbook: Forms, Checklists and Guidelines (American Bar Association, 2006) and Information Security for Lawyers and Law Firms (American Bar Association, 2006), as well as The 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 Solo and Small Firm Legal Technology Guides (American Bar Association, 2008,2009,2010,2011). She is also a co-author of How Good Lawyers Survive Bad Times (ABA, 2009).

Ms. Nelson is the author of the noted electronic evidence blog, Ride the Lightning and is a co-host of the American Bar Association podcast series called “The Digital Edge: Lawyers and Technology” and the Legal Talk Network podcast “Digital Detectives.”

She is a frequent author and speaker on legal technology, information technology and electronic evidence.

Deborah A. Knapp
Marketing Coordinator

Deborah Knapp comes to Sensei from Memphis, Tennessee and has a military background with the U.S. Air Force. She assists with all marketing, administrative, and logistical functions, has completed coursework in Marketing at Northern Virginia Community College, and also serves as our front desk receptionist.

Mark B. Samaan
Videographer

Mark B. Samaan is the Founder and Creative Director of Bright Light Multimedia, a media service provider that focuses on video development, production, and media conversion in the Washington DC Metropolitan area. He has worked with several organizations including Sensei Enterprises, Fairfax County Juvenile and Domestic Courts, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the National Institute of Health (NIH). Mark is a graduate from the University of Virginia, with a degree in Commerce with concentrations in Information Technology and Management, and a minor in Media and Film Studies. Mark has a strong passion for creating videos and products that bring a story to life, whether it be for an organization or an individual.