About Sheila
Sheila Quansah-Solomon is the Productivity Applications Manager at Allen & Overy LLP. She has over 40 years’ experience working in law firms, starting her career as a Personal Assistant and later as an IT Software Training Consultant. Over the last 32 years working for Allen & Overy LLP she has held various positions, starting as a Word-processing Operator she progressed to a Systems Analyst, IT Trainer for the Document Production department, IT Helpdesk Support Analyst, Documents Service Line Leader, Document Expert Analyst, Document Application Support Team Leader, Document Technology Specialist and in the last 3 years as a Productivity Applications Manager.
She is a founding member of the UK Document Excellence Group (UKDEG) and has chaired and presented at various Word Excellence Day and UKDEG events. Before joining Allen & Overy in 1990 she worked in numerous blue chip firms as IT Training Consultant developing and delivering high-end bespoke technical training on software applications.
In her current role, she assumes a global product service responsibility for core document production applications, assisting with technical thought leadership, offering deep subject-matter expertise and 4th-line support for complex problems. She engages with application Vendors, key business users and IT representatives to ensure that document production strategies are aligned with the Firm’s business and IT strategic objectives including developing the future strategy for the firm’s core document applications.
She has in-depth knowledge of document production applications and systems including MS Office especially Word, document comparison and metadata stripping applications, document automation systems. She also has good knowledge of document management systems and is familiar with best practice technology and document production procedures and policies.
Committee Roles
Committee member since October 2004
