Robert Blatt, IGP, LIT, CIGO, CHPP

Mr. Robert Blatt is the founder and Managing Consultant of EID and has over 35+ years of extensive technical and design experience with Information Governance, Content/Records management technologies/assessments and eForensic investigative services. Mr. Blatt has participated in the analysis, design, project management and implementation of a very significant number of large and medium sized content /document management and workflow-based solutions at both the national and international levels.

EID has other very senior industry resources available that provide various content/records management services ranging from record analysis using the GARP/IGMM model through vendor/technology roadmap development and solution design. The following sections provide more detailed information on Records/Content & Information Governance and eForensic (EDF) expertise.

Records/Content and Information Governance Expertise

Mr. Blatt’s extensive Information Governance and Content/Records management experience includes emphasis on governance of information assets, strategic planning, project management, planning / implementation oversight, business process analysis and content/records assessments. This expertise includes building and leading Document/Records Management and Data Governance/Preservation related teams for over 35 years and most importantly has deep expertise and industry knowledge needed to identify areas within a records governance and preservation environment that would potentially need to be updated and/or modified.

Over the years Mr. Blatt focused on developing and overseeing Records Governance & Preservation (RGP) programs for clients and training client resources to maintain the programs after implementation. All of these projects required establishing a close working relationship with IT, business units, and legal to develop manageable programs that address identified issues and establish a path forward that complies with industry standards and best practices. Mr. Blatt is also convener of several ISO and industry standard setting committees and working groups related to these technologies and has been engaged in this work since founding EID, and is a credentialed ANSI expert representing the US to ISO TC/171 SC2.

Due to this extensive experience planning and implementing these technologies Mr. Blatt established a reputation throughout the Content/Records management industry as having a great depth of knowledge and expertise. Mr. Blatt was inducted into the AIIM Company of Fellows (#173). Since 1963, approximately 265 people received this industry accreditation, approximately 75 are still active in the content/records management industry. Additionally, Mr. Blatt is certified as an Information Governance Professional (IGP), Certified Information Governance Officer (CIGO) and received AIIM’s Laureate certification in Content/Records Management.

eForensic Investigative Expertise

Mr. Blatt has over 20+ years of Electronic Forensic (EDF) experience and over 35 years of content /document management, and advanced technology experience ranging from technical design and implementation of large enterprise systems and holds the CHPP certification from the National Sheriff’s Association (CHPP # 306739). This expertise is based on extensive law enforcement experience functioning as a Sheriff’s Task force Lt. for over 12 years participating in large number of cases. After leaving the task force, Mr. Blatt moved to California and started EID, providing records management and eForensic consulting services beginning in 2001. This forensic expertise includes functioning as an expert witness and lead eForensic investigator for several securities related and other regulator investigations, along with various civil forensic services over the years.

These EDF services included providing detailed analysis and examination of electronically stored information (ESI) in various forms received during legal discovery and regulatory investigations. This information being examined would typically be originally stored in enterprise wide and/or distributed computing and storage environments resulting in the need for the EDF forensic expertise with a deep understanding of record storage and management enabling the regulators and other counsel to decide how to word discovery requests and examine the information produced by the target organizations.

Below are some of the law enforcement and eForensic organizations Mr. Blatt maintains membership with, due to past credentials from Sheriff’s Task Force and ongoing eForensic investigative services for regulators. Please contact Mr. Blatt for additional, or more detailed information related to records mangaement and/or eForensic services.