Ed is a recognized technology expert and team builder with extensive experience in technical services. A serial entrepreneur and builder of successful operations, most recently he was Managing Partner and Co Founder of Smart Data Technology Consultants which was acquired by Xerox Corp in April of 2014.As early as 1998, Ed began working with document imaging, databases and optical character recognition for Ricoh. He left Ricoh to build a startup called Smart Scan out of the basement of his home into an upstart technical document imaging and data capture company. Smart Scan grew to employ 16 FTE's and landed accounts with major newspapers and shipping companies.Ed went on to lead data operations and technology services with companies such as Document Technologies, RLS Legal Solutions, Scarab Consulting and eventually Smart Data. Today, in addition to his role at Qondado, Ed is an investor and board member of several companies as well as a mentor in the Parallel 18 accelerator program.