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Craig Grimestad Craig Grimestad
Craig Grimestad is a Senior Consultant with Iron Mountain Consulting.  His specialty is designing Records and Information Management core components with a sub-specialty for RIM auditing.  He considers RIM implementations to be efficiency improvements, and his passion is for the full utilization of RIM processes and tools at the desktop level for all employees.  Craig holds a Masters of Science degree in Engineering and was the Records Manager for the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors where he participated in the development of the GM Corporate RIM program, and implemented and managed Electro-Motive Division’s RIM program prior to joining Iron Mountain in 2008.
The Psychology of Records Management: Records Managers – What ARE You Thinking?

It is not easy to be a Records Manager at this time in history, given the evolution of Records and Information Management (RIM) from primarily the management of off-site storage, to the governance of records, and...


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Maturing Your RIM Program: Money, Money, Who’s Got the Money?

So you’ve decided you need a course revising, behavior changing, get the house in order, Bunker Buster of a Records and Information Management (RIM) project to establish a fully functional and effective RIM program, and obtain...


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Maturing Your RIM Program: Get Your RIM House in Order

The 2012 Iron Mountain Compliance Benchmark Report gave us information that identifies most companies are moving in the right direction and have a good foundation for Records Management improvement. According to the report: 80% of organizations...


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The Psychology of Records Management: Executive Leadership in Action

What? You’re saying executive leadership needs to use psychology to implement a successful record information management (RIM) program? I thought executive leadership says what to do and the organization just needs to do it. No? The...


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The Psychology of Records Management: The Foundation

Records and Information Management (RIM) is a fascinating occupation, the only one that I can think of that is essential to a company’s well being – yet has no priority.  Except for a small program team...


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