Zapproved Adds Peter van Hardenberg as Advisor

PORTLAND, Ore. - Nov. 2, 2016 - PRLog -- Zapproved Inc., a pioneer in developing cloud‐based software for corporate legal departments, today announced that Peter van Hardenberg has joined Zapproved as an advisor.  Van Hardenberg was an early team member at Heroku and co-founded Heroku's Department of Data, the team behind Heroku Postgres. Heroku was acquired by Salesforce.com in December 2010 for $212 million less than four years after founding.

"We're delighted to welcome Peter as an advisor to Zapproved. His direct experience in growing and rapidly scaling a startup, along with his in-depth knowledge of optimizing engineering processes, makes him an invaluable resource," said Monica Enand, CEO and Founder of Zapproved.

Prior to joining Heroku, van Hardenberg worked as an Arctic oceanographer, game developer, and Shakespearean scholar. He lives in San Francisco and, among other things, advises high-growth software companies like Zapproved and Auth0.

"I enjoy working with disruptive startups that are solving big challenges for businesses. Zapproved has developed a powerful platform to aid corporate legal departments in taking ownership of e-discovery to gain control over the process and stem runaway costs. I'm excited to offer my expertise and passion in helping them take it to the next level," commented van Hardenberg.

About Zapproved Inc.

Founded in 2008 in Portland, Ore., Zapproved Inc. is a pioneer in developing cloud‐based software for corporate legal departments. The Z‐Discovery Platform returns power to in‐house corporate legal teams and helps them navigate electronic discovery with minimal risk and cost, and it sets new standards for scalability and intuitive design. The company's flagship product, Legal Hold Pro, is widely adopted by Fortune 500 and Global 2000 corporations and has earned recognition as the Best E‐Discovery Legal Hold Product at the 2015 and 2016 Legaltech News Innovation Awards, Best of the National Law Journal 2014 - 2016. Zapproved was recognized in the 2014 Inc. 500 as one of the fastest growing private companies in the U.S. and was named as a "vendor to watch" in the 2015 Gartner Magic Quadrant for E‐Discovery. Zapproved is SOC2 ® Type 2 certified validating by a third party that Zapproved's systems have controls in place to protect against unauthorized access (both physical and logical).