Who really knows what compliance is? In the document space there are compliance issues that regulate both content and the look and feel "output", whether it be print or web.

Federal regulation drives most, if not all, compliance mandates. Failure to comply could lead to large fines, or in the case of mailing, it could lead to a failure to qualify for valuable postal discounts. With the aging of "baby boomers", not only will compliance be more relevant, but it could impact your revenue.

Our panelists will be providing insight into the different types of compliance (is your website 508 compliant?) and how they can negatively impact your company.

Skip Henk, EDP (ID: 1607)

Skip Henk, EDP, is President and CEO of Xplor International. As President/CEO he plans, formulates and recommends policies and programs which will further the objectives of the association; maintains relationships with other organizations; ensures that Xplor's leadership are kept informed on the conditions of the association, and establishes the organizational structure for the headquarters office. Skip has been involved in the industry for over 30 years both as an end user and vendor in a variety of technical, sales, marketing and managerial capacities. Skip has been part the Xplor community for over 25 years and has served on various committees including the EDP Certification, Vendor Advisory and Nominating Committees. He is a frequent speaker at industry events. Henk received his EDP is 1995.

Ernie Crawford, M-EDP (ID: 1604)

Ernie Crawford, M-EDP, is President of Crawford Technologies Inc. He has over 23 years of experience with Xerox metacode, as well as AFP, PostScript, PDF and PCL print data streams. Mr Crawford designed and did the initial development of the PRO suite of software, which transforms between different print formats, extracts data from print streams and allows users to enhance print streams on Windows, z/OS and Unix. PRO software is also being marketed by IBM, LRS, EMC, Checkfree i-Solutions, Nearstar, Whitehill Technologies, ASE Technologies, Prinova Technologies and other companies. Ernie has trained many people on print streams over the years. Ernie received his EDP certification in 1997, recertified in 2003 and received his M-EDP in 2009. Mr. Crawford has spoken at many XPLOR conferences around the world and has twice contributed to the XPLORation Journal of Electronic Documents.

David D. Day (ID: 1591)

David Day, Business Development Manager, brings over 32 years of experience in the document management and mail industry . Mr. Day's responsibilities with Inspectron include promoting the Inspectron solution set to companies concerned with Zero Defect Mail, Compliance and Production Management. Prior to joining Inspectron, Mr. Day was the Production Intelligence Consultant with Pitney Bowes. Prior to joining Pitney Bowes, Mr. Day was Director, Solution Sales, for Sefas Innovation, Inc. His responsibilities included promoting Sefas Document Content Solutions, specifically to companies embracing the ADF. He held the position of Major Account Manager for Formscan's Automated Document Factory Solutions. While at Formscan, Mr. Day was involved in many of the largest ADF operations in the U.S. and Canada. He held the position of Product Manager for Group 1 Software's personalization products. Prior to Group 1, he served as a systems analyst for Xerox Corporation and Cheshire/Xerox with an emphasis on data management. As an active member of Xplor for over 15 years, Mr. Day frequently presents at local and global Xplor meetings. He has also been a guest speaker at various company user and industry groups. Mr. Day earned a degree in Business Management and a subsequent degree in Computer Science both from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

Paul Dirven (ID: 1621)

Paul Dirven is the CEO of Aia Software. In 1988 Paul graduated from the Radboud University in Nijmegen, with a masters in Computing. Immediately after graduating, Paul founded Aia Software together with four partners. Aia Software is the developer of the ITP Document Platform, an integrated solution for creating, modeling and distributing documents. The past 22 years the company has developed internationally and presently has six offices worldwide. From the beginning Paul has been involved with the development of the company and the ITP product. With a broad experience in the ECM field Paul knows all the ins and outs of the market developments, both substantively and strategically. This knowledge makes him a real expert. In today's market he identifies a growing influence of the business. The business knows exactly what it wants and exerts more influence on allocating budgets. IT suppliers adapt to this transition. Because of the fact that documents are close to the business, this process progresses rapidly, especially in the field of document composition. However, the IT department should not be forgotten, they play an important role in the continuity of an organization. Aia Software offers a solution with ITP being a document composition solution that has been designed to be managed by the business user and controlled by the IT department. Aia Software has identified a strong increase in the amount of clients and projects in both public and local authorities. The development of a digital counter and a stronger focus on efficient civil services will enlarge the demand for an excellent document creation solution for the public services.

Bill Riley (ID: 1559)

Bill has over 35 years hands on experience in the print mail industry. Bill spent 25 years with Wallace Computer in print and mailing services, and then moved to the technology side of our industry. In 1996 Bill joined Inspectron as a member of the founding management team. At Inspectron Bill was responsible for growing revenue and building partnerships in North and South America, Europe and Asia Pacific, and directly participated in the development and support of clients worldwide. When Inspectron merged with Formscan in 2002, Bill continued in his role as Senior VP of Sales until he left in 2007 to found Ironsides Technology as President. With Ironsides, Bill has created a uniquely open, customer focused, value-driven productivity software product to provide piece-level tracking and production efficiency in any size shop with any existing equipment. Ironsides Technology provides great value to its partners and end users alike.

Dean Thompson (ID: 1624)

Dean Thompson is the Vice President of Business Development and Marketing for Continuum Worldwide. In his role, Thompson is responsible for Continuum's messaging and oversight of partner and customer relationships. During his 25 year career in executive management, he has excelled in a broad range of industries including financial services, telecommunications, compliance, health care, and technology. Thompson was the founder of an insurance firm, which was purchased by Silverstone Group in 1994. Since then, he has held leadership positions in such companies as Sitel Corp, Physicians Mutual, and Mutual of Omaha. Thompson is a graduate of the University of Nebraska at Omaha with a degree in Communications. He has been a speaker at many national industry events on various topics including Insurance, Process Improvement, Technical Improvement, Security, and Compliance.