Cimtech Consultants
Tony Hendley
Tony Hendley is Managing Director of Cimtech and head of the research and consultancy division. With a degree and postgraduate qualifications in information science and computing, and over twenty years of intensive research into imaging, electronic document management and workflow management systems, he is one of the UK’s leading authorities in this area. Tony is responsible for many of Cimtech’s largest projects and has worked with many of Europe’s leading private and public organisations on document management, workflow management and records management projects. Tony is a past president of the British Computer Society‘s Document Imaging Specialist Group and a regular speaker at conferences.
Alison Gibney
Alison is Deputy Managing Director of Cimtech. Alison had over 15 years of experience in the IT industry before specialising in the information management field, first in a technical then in an advisory role. For the last 10 years she has been an active consultant in document and records management, assisting a wide variety of clients including government departments and agencies, local authorities and private sector companies. Her expertise covers the whole information management programme, from early strategy studies and information governance reviews to the design, procurement and implementation of a solution. She is a regular speaker at conferences, a frequent contributor to Information Management and Technology and an occasional contributor to the Records Management Bulletin.
John Walsh
John Walsh is a Senior Consultant specialising in identifying the business case, process efficiencies and competitive advantages from improving information workflows and automating data capture in all types of organisation. John brings to Cimtech clients more than 20 years of technical and business experience in commercial and public sector organisations across the UK to design, implement and support document management and automated forms processing solutions. He is a qualified PRINCE2 project management practitioner.
David Pitt
Dave is a Senior Consultant and project manager with particular skills in electronic document and records management systems (EDRMS) and Web content management systems (WCMS) having designed and implemented major systems with budgets of several millions of pounds. He has an in-depth experience of working for both public and private sector clients delivering change management as well as technical solutions. Clients include engineering, health, education, financial services and central and local government markets. He is a frequent speaker at conferences and lectures in FOI and DPA.
Roger Broadhurst
Roger Broadhurst is a Cimtech Senior Consultant. He received the IMC Award of Excellence for his contribution to the international information management community. He specialises in consultancy projects covering all aspects of document and data capture, the evaluation of document imaging systems, trouble-shooting for existing installations and providing expert advice to clients in litigation. He is compiler of the annual Cimtech publication Managing Information and Documents: the definitive guide, and the editor of Cimtech's online journal Information Management & Technology (IM@T.Online). Roger has extensive experience of standards work through the UKAIIM Standards Committee.
Ian Polaine
Ian Polaine is an Associate Consultant and experienced IT professional who has worked in the EDM industry for over 12 years. Prior to working as a consultant he held a range of technical and managerial posts for EDM software developers with responsibilities for system development, implementation, support and product strategy. Ian is able to provide technical and managerial advice and support to clients during all phases of implementation projects from feasibility study through to installation and ongoing operation. He has carried out assignments for a variety of clients and has extensive experience in technical and engineering domains.