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George Parapadakis - ECM Business Value Advocate
Over 16 years specializing in ECM and leading the ECM Strategic Innovation Council, George can help you turn content into strategic advantage.
George Parapadakis
ECM Business Value Advocate
George Parapadakis is an ECM Business Value Advocate in the ECM segment team in the UK and is founder and leader of the ECM Strategic Innovation Council in the UK. His role is focused on supporting IBM customers in maximising the value from their investment in ECM technologies, and in providing insight into new market trends such as Enterprise 2.0 and Social Media technologies. Previously, George has specialised in the use of ECM technologies to support Risk & Compliance solutions.
George holds a BSc (Honours) in Computing Science and an MSc in Interactive Systems Design. He sits on the management committee of Intellect UK's Document Management Group and is certified as "ECM Practitioner" as well as being awarded the title of 'Master of Information Technologies (MIT)" by AIIM.
He is a frequent speaker in conferences and regular writing contributor in various industry publications.
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What we offer
Communities
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Worldwide ECM Community
The ECM Community is open to all participants including end users, third-party solution providers, integrators, as well as developers. (IBM id/pw required)
IBM Champions
IBM Champions for ECM are objective experts. They have no official obligation to IBM. They simply share their opinions and years of experience with others in the field.
PartnerWorld
IBM PartnerWorld
Benefits, resources, and support for IBM Business Partners.
Datacap PartnerWorld
PartnerWorld: for the Datacap acquisition.
User Groups
ECM Local User Groups (PDF, 23KB)
Local User Groups (previously called Regional UserNet chapters) meet the needs of IBM ECM customers in specific regions.
IBM Content Manager OnDemand User Group (link resides outside ibm.com)
ODUG is open to all currently licensed Content Manager OnDemand customers who have an interest in exploring and exchanging new information and ideas associated with OnDemand
ECM on System z User Group (PDF, 36.5KB)
ECM on System z User Group is open to currently licensed Content Manager or CM OnDemand customers running on zOS or Linux for System z and is also open to ImagePlus licensees.
