RIMproReport with Tom Adams

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Cool things are happening in Africa. And the show today will give you a glimpse into that.

Our guest today is not in the record center business, but he is changing RIM in Africa. His name is Oyewole Oyedokun.  ”Wole” ( as he is comfortable being called by the rest of us) is the  Founder and President of the RIMA Foundation (The Records and Information Management Awareness Foundation) headquartered in Ilupeju Lagos, Nigeria but serving the entire continent of Africa. RIMA is a non-profit, non governmental organization that seeks to promote access to information, raise public consciousness on the need for proper management and security of records/information, and encourage the overall development of the information management industry in Africa.

Oyewole Oyedokun, President and Founder of RIMA Foundation

We’ll also catch you up on the latest industry news.

Enjoy the show.

Show Length: 28 Minutes

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Lest you assume that the RIM services world – especially in the multi-service record center part of the industry –  is lacking in new entreprenuerial start-ups… today’s show might change your mind.

My guest today is  someone who came into the industry with absolutely NO connection to it… fact is he didn’t even know what it was or that it even existed.

He was a cattle farmer from a small town south of Calgary.

Today he’s a few short years into building his record center business.

Bruce Nilsson, President and Founder of File Solutions, Lethbridge AB

Bruce Nilsson started File Solutions in the agricultural town of Lethbridge, Alberta with his cousin.  Bruce started the business after selling the family farm of five generations.

But, you need to listen to him tell the story.

I hope you are encouraged, inspired or maybe just reminded about the greatness of the entrepreneurial spirit that is evident in Bruce.

Enjoy his story today.

We’ll also update you on the most recent industry news.

Have a great week as we get closer to the festivities and the year end.

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Tom Dumez, Compliance Consultant/Employee HIPAA Trainer, Kent Record Management

Tom Dumez, Compliance Consultant/Employee HIPAA Trainer from Kent Record Management is the RIM industry guru on employee compliance. He trains RIM company employees to fully understand compliance and their role in it.

We had Tom on the show about a year ago but on today’s show I wanted to catch up with him about what he is seeing in the industry related to compliance.

We also catch you up on the latest industry news, including a brief chat with Ian Thomas of O’Neil Software about the recent Iron Mountain / Accutrac announcement.

Enjoy the show.

Show Length: 32 minutes

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David Young is someone who grew up in his dad’s RIM business.

Then he went away…  and now he’s back in the game as Regional Sales Manager at Brown & Meyers in Portland, Maine.

I’d tell you more about him but then you’d miss his really cool “in-between” story.

David Young, Regional Sales Manager, Brown & Meyers

But you have to listen to the show today to hear it all.

David has a great perspective on social media as well.

As always, we’ll give you the most recent industry news during the show.

Enjoy the show.

Show Length: 28 Minutes

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On this week’s show, we talk to Helen Streck, the President and CEO of Kaizen InfoSource.  (This interview is a replay from early 2010 – but a really good one if you missed it.)

Helen is a veteran records and information management expert and insider.  She is an active participant, award winner, leader and contributor in the ARMA world.  Even more than that, Helen is a delightful person to talk with.

I wanted Helen on the show so we could chat about the opportunities that RIM service providers have to partner with RIM experts like her and others.

She has some great insights to share during our interview.  I know you’ll enjoy it and her!

You can learn more about Helen and her team at Kaizen InfoSource by clicking the link.

Helen Streck, President & CEO of Kaizen InfoSource

Plus some of the latest industry news. (The news is fresh this week. )

Show Length: 25 minutes

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Jay Geisler, the President and CEO of Data Vault Solutions, has an interesting story to tell.

A former Iron Mountain Area GM, Jay experienced some serendipitous events that led to him owning two record centers, Corporate Storage Systems in the Cincinnati area and A&A Records Storage & Data Management in Lafayette, LA .

Jay Geisler, President & CEO of Data Vault Solutions

What I find so cool about Jay is his willingness to be open to the opportunities.

You’ll also want to listen to one service opportunity he is leveraging by managing client in-house records centers.

You could and should think about adding this to your suite of RIM support services.

I’ll also update you on the biggest news from the RIM industry this week.

Enjoy the show.

Show Length: 33 minutes

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Hugh Smith is the President and Co-Founder of Firelock Fireproof Modular Vaults.

Hugh has been in the vault manufacturing business a long time and has seen significant change over the years.

He also has a unique “insider” perspective on the vault business and so he has valuable things to say. Because of that, I wanted him to be on the RIMproReport today.

Enjoy the show.

News Links

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Hugh Smith, President of Firelock Fireproof Modular Vaults

Show Length: 36 minutes

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James Hill and his dad, Douglas Hill, built a record center from within their moving and storage business over 25 years ago. They sold that business almost 10 years ago.

But they loved the RIM service business so much, they jumped back into the business again seven years ago and have built another fast growing company… The Hill Company, located in the eastern side of London, England.

James Hill, Managing Director, The Hill Company

James Hill, Managing Director of The Hill Company, spends some time telling me the story of both companies and some of the things he’s learned along the way.

We’ll also catch you up on the latest industry news.

Enjoy the show.

Show Length: 29 minutes

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