Founder and president of IRCH, Mr. Skupsky is the developer of Retention Manager 3, the sophisticated records retention software and the editor of Legal Requirements for Business Records: The Electronic Edition, a CD-ROM research tool to search United States and International Law for laws and court cases related to recordkeeping, records retention, evidence and information technology systems. He is the author of Recordkeeping Requirements, Records Retention Procedures, Legal Requirements for Information Technology Systems, and Law, Records and Information Management: The Court Cases.
Mr. Skupsky is also a Records and Information Management Consultant responsible for developing records retention programs and analyzing other legal issues affecting records and information management programs He conducts national seminars and regularly publishes journal and magazine articles. Mr. Skupsky serves as the Director of Legal Research for Iron Mountain Consulting Services.
Mr. Skupsky received the Juris Doctor (JD) degree from the University of Michigan Law School and has been admitted to the bar in Colorado and Michigan. He is also a Certified Record Manager (CRM). Mr. Skupsky received the prestigious Emmett Leahy Award in 1994 from the Institute of Certified Records Managers for outstanding contributions to the information and records management profession. In 1995, he was admitted to the Company of Fellows of ARMA, International (FAI) — the highest honor bestowed by the association. In 1999, Mr. Skupsky received the Masters of Information Technology (MIT) award from the Association for Information and Image Management.
Mr. Skupsky has served the Association of Records Managers and Administrators (ARMA) as Chairman of the U.S. Legislative and Regulatory Affairs Committee, Chairman of the Records Retention Standards Subcommittee, and Contributing Editor to the Records Management Quarterly. He has also served as a contributing member of the Association for Information and Image Management (AIIM) Task Force on a Performance Guideline for the Legal Acceptance of Records Produced by Information Technology Systems and the American Bar Association (ABA) Subcommittee on Electronic Commercial Practices - Image Processing Project.
Previously, Mr. Skupsky was an associate of Austin Associates Consultants, Inc., a records management consulting firm, and Senior Staff Attorney and Project Office Manager for the National Center for State Courts, a non-profit organization working to improve court administration in the state courts.
