Ride the Lightning
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by Sharon D. Nelson Esq., President of Sensei Enterprises, Inc.
CUTTING EDD COSTS IN THE U.K.
February 12, 2009
I am always happy to hear from Ian Henderson, a noted computer forensics technologist in the U.K. We had the pleasure of interviewing Ian for an ABA article last year and emerged as “friends across the pond.” Ian wrote me recently to advise me that, in addition to his usual workload, he has added two new job functions.
Given my posts this week, his e-mail fit right in. Corporations are now hiring Ian to:
1) Negotiate costs with EDD vendors; and
2) Manage the EDD process in the best interests of the client (from Ian’s point of view, he is plugging a gap in the client’s technical knowledge, a gap that is too often exploited by EDD vendors).
So far, he has managed to reduce EDD costs by anywhere from 20-75%, depending on the case – that’s a lot of pounds that British corporations get to keep in their coffers.
My favorite anecdote: In his quest to serve his client well, Ian met with a big league EDD vendor, who was charging for the meeting. So there was Ian – and SEVEN people from the vendor. Ian refused to let the meeting continue unless it was clear that his client was only paying for one vendor representative. Seriously, SEVEN people? That’s a heck of a gravy train!
Ian, great idea, especially for small firms like yours and ours. We are adding those functions to our website as well. Bravo! The next fish and chips dinner is on us.
If indeed you need someone across the pond, here is Ian’s contact info:
Ian R Henderson CCE CISA FCA
Advanced Forensics – London, UK
Telephone: +44 20 7226 0303
Mobile: +44 7940 540 399
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