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About the Contributors

Lauren Barnes , CRM is the Director of Information Governance at a global company headquartered in New York City . Previously she was a Vice President for Records & Information Management at Credit Suisse . She also worked at Lehman Brothers with the primary responsibility for the management of the firm ’ s electronic records .
She holds a BFA from New York University and a MLIS with a Certificate in Archival Management from the Palmer School for Library and Information Science at Long Island University with honors .
Scott A . Byers , MBA , JD is the President & Chief Executive Officer of EDM Americas and led the transformation from a records management provider to an information management company . As chief executive , Byers helped EDM Americas with a four- company merger . Prior to leading EDM , Byers held various executive and leadership roles in finance , operations and legal . He is a member of the AIIM Network for Intelligent Information Management and is on the Board of Trustees at Buena Vista University in Iowa . He is also active with the U . S . Chamber of Commerce . He also serves as board member and secretary for the Team PA Foundation .
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