Mr. Porter-Roth has over 20 years of experience as an ECM consultant, with a focus on electronic document management, records management and paper document projects. Areas of specific expertise include project definition, business process definition, requirements analysis, opportunity cost/benefit analysis, RFP development and vendor selection and project implementation. He has a broad-based knowledge of public and private industry having participated in projects for the IRS, state, local and city governments and private businesses in the financial sector, retail industry, petroleum industry and others.
Mr. Porter-Roth is the author of the following books: Document Conversion Project Guidelines, Request for Proposal: A Guide to Effective RFP Development, Writing Killer Sales Proposals: Win the Bid and Close the Deal and Proposal Development: How to Respond and Win the Bid. Mr. Porter-Roth has also written for many of the leading publications about RFP development, ECM, return-on-investment analysis and records management.
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