Present and Future Challenges in Management of Critical Documentation over the Entire Product Life Cycle

By Jim Cook, Senior Vice President, Product Marketing and Strategy at Liquent

Since co-founding CDC Solutions (acquired by Liquent in December 2003) in 1994, Jim Cook has worked to develop a stream of pioneering software products that leverage CDC Solutions' core strengths in content delivery and electronic document publishing technology. As the chief designer and architect of the PDFfusion and EZsubs publishing suites, Jim has been at the forefront of the technology industry for some 20 years and is responsible for setting the company's technical direction.

Prior to his career with CDC Solutions, Jim worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers Kinesis where, as Principal Consultant and Project Manager, he led a series of enterprise level document management and publishing initiatives, making him an early pioneer in content delivery. Jim is a Chartered Engineer and holds a Bachelor of Science degree with honours in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Bath, UK.