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Gerald Edwards

Mr. Edwards is director of IT for a large New York City-based health insurer. He manages electronic data interchange (EDI), content and document management teams that deal in diverse aspects of EDI, document composition, document management, imaging, optical character recognition/intelligent character recognition, business process management and web-based applications. He has over 30 years of experience as a consultant and employee across numerous industries. He has a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Villanova University and an MBA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a focus on strategic management of technology.

Big Data and Digital Marketing: It's About the Business in the Engagement Age
Aug. 20 2015
If you look anywhere within the technology world, the terms "Big Data" and "digital marketing" keep popping up. I confess I had a general idea as to what they all meant but had yet to see the practical...
Why the DOCUMENT Strategy Forum Is the Intersection of the Industry
July 24 2015
Well, the 2015 DOCUMENT Strategy Forum has come and gone, and it’s time to reflect on what we heard and learned from the conference. The overall reviews from our participants showed a significant...
Technology’s New World Order: Not Creative Destruction but the Path into the Future
April 21 2015
In the 1960s, Bob Dylan wrote that “the times they are a-changin\'.” Nowhere is that more true than in today’s technology arena. The state of information technology (IT) is undergoing...
Stepping into Next-Generation Capture: It Better Be More than Just a Toolset
Nov. 10 2014
Previously, I wrote about the paradigm shift in document management, and judging by the response, I hit a nerve. What I hit on was a small part of the struggle we face to do what is right for our firms,...
Document Management at the Crossroads: New Technology Game Changers
Aug. 20 2014
Epiphany! Merriam-Webster defines epiphany as \"a moment in which you suddenly see or understand something in a new or very clear way.\" I have been an IT professional for over 30 years and have seen my...