Master Developers, Inc. (MDI) is an information management software development company. The company acquired Document Management & Support (DMS) that was founded in 1994 as full-service document imaging bureau. Located in Tampa, DMS provided services to Fortune 500 corporations and major law firms, hospitals, banks, and insurance companies and other industries located throughout the United States. DMS specialized in developing and utilizing the latest imaging technology and scanning techniques for efficient, high quality conversion operations and was involved with some of the nation's largest and most complex systems today and is one of the few firms to have developed a proven methodology for handling millions of documents in an organized and efficient manner.
MDI's products include proprietary, open-architecture information management software as well as document management / imaging equipment and supplies. MDI's services include software development, document management consulting, and document management system maintenance. Additionally, MDI is an Application Service Provider (ASP).
In 1996, MDI through Document Management & Support began specializing in installing imaging/workflow systems representing over 30 vendor’s products. MDI has developed, over the last 4 years, a complete enterprise-wide document management system that is everything and more a client wants. It’s called Control Information Management System®.
Control® is an information management software application. A Federal Registration has been issued.
Control® is a centralized on-line repository into which users index and store a wide variety of electronic documents. It manages all the documents it contains, allowing users to retrieve and view them quickly and easily, manipulate them (insert, delete, append, annotate, redact, associate textual notes, etc), distribute them (print, fax, e-mail), and route them through the organization based on established business rules (workflow). By nature, it also creates disaster recovery capabilities if effective backup practices are implemented, especially in the case of paper-intensive operations.
Control® was conceived by DMS founder, Stephen J. Ayoub, as a result of his experience in providing document management and support services.
Control® (Electronic Document Management System) is a suite of modules (all integrated) developed by MDI to provide a centralized customer information system that contains a global view of all related data and documents.
By combining the capabilities of Control®, information in its various forms can be shared throughout the business organization, resulting in improved operating efficiencies and more informed management decision making. Control is designed around and integrated with Microsoft’s operating system and Office suite of products. The Company believes that no competing product addresses the complexities of managing documents on an enterprise level with the same ease and dependability as Control®. Unlike other technologies offering workflow and information management capabilities, Control’s unified object-oriented technology is intended to allow companies to implement complex solutions in less time, with less effort, across a broader range of multi-use applications and at a dramatically reduced cost of ownership.
Control’s unified object-oriented technology is intended to allow companies to implement complex solutions in less time, with less effort, across a broader range of multi-use applications and at a dramatically reduced cost of ownership.
After obtaining his BS in business from Wagner College, New York, Mr. Ayoub was the controller for a New York City’s largest construction company. He then started a remanufacturing/distribution business in Florida. The company grew to 14 locations in three states. In 1992, Mr. Ayoub started his 3rd company, Trial Support Management providing support to law firms for every aspect in litigation. He consulted for numerous law firms and Fortune 500 companies in litigation matters by providing various support services for bench and jury trials and alternative dispute resolutions. He sold this business to Litigation Sciences, Inc., in 1993 and joined them in a marketing capacity. In 1995, he began to develop the concept for his 4th business, Document Management & Support. Mr. Ayoub has served two terms as President of the Florida Chapter of AIIM (worlds largest industry trade group) and remains a Board member today. Mr. Ayoub received his Masters of Information Technology from AIIM.
With over 25 years experience in the records management and archival areas for both local governments and commercial enterprises, Mr. Dawson brings significant talent to MDI. After obtaining his BA in Business Management from the University of Phoenix, Mr. Dawson started his career in the records management area for a local government in Arizona, and has spent the last 12 years providing records management solutions for commercial enterprises. Mr. Dawson served as past chapter president for Associations for Records Management (ARMA) and Archivist for the largest county in Arizona. He designed the document management system used by the State of Arizona and the University of Arizona State Dept. of Library of Archives.
Over 10 years of professional software development experience and 20 years of senior management responsibilities give Mr. Heath a unique advantage for leadership in developing compelling information management systems. He has deep experience with IT systems, software development, technical project management and strategic analysis across a wide variety of industries. In addition to successful operation of his own firms, previous responsibilities include Senior Software Engineer 2002 – 2004 iCAD, Inc. (NASDAQ: ICAD), which produces Medical Scanners and Devices that perform Computer Assisted Detection. He was Principal Software Architect for Symeron Technologies (a Healthcare Provider, Consulting, and Management Firm). Mr. Heath developed a significant portion of the Middle-ware code utilized by CapitalOne (NYSE: COF).
Mr. Browne is a principal of Gorilla Systems, located in Oldsmar, FL and founded in 1989 by Jonathan Browne and Warren Brown. In the early 1990’s Gorilla developed vertical market multi-user applications and document management software (Gorilla Form 1-2.5) for Real Estate, Insurance and Medical industries using SQL(Oracle)Windows and X-Windows front ends. In the mid 90’s Time Warner utilized GorillaTalk™ middle-ware to connect the home cable box to the FSN back-end business centers for it’s interactive cable TV pilot in Maitland Orlando. For the past 10 years Gorilla has been developing video game and toy technologies and web business support systems. Some of the noted gold selling products are Disney’s Tinkerbelle, Mattel’s Talk With Me Barbie, and the Emmy Award winning Barbie Digital Camera. Gorilla is currently working with Mattel and Disney on advanced PC toy technologies and titles for new gaming platforms.