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Biographical Information

Dean Tang

CEO of ABBYY NAHQ

Dean Tang is a veteran in the OCR industry having founded and served as CEO of ABBYY USA since 1999. Dean has led the development of leading OCR technologies in this role and is considered one of the industry's founding members. Dean holds a master's degree in Math and Computer Science from San Jose State University and a bachelor's degree in Banking and Insurance from Feng Cha University in Taiwan.

Articles by Dean Tang

Why Information Governance is a C-Level Discussion

The liability and exposure companies face for not understanding the content they have and how to secure this information within their systems is significant. No executive of any company wants to be a front page article or in the evening news for failing to protect it.

Digitize Paper to Remove Cost and Inefficiency

"In an ideal world, organizations could snap their fingers and replace their paper transactions with electronic ones-removing considerable cost and inefficiency from their business processes. Electronic transactions are typically faster, less expensive to conduct and can even be more accurate and secure than paper. Despite those advantages. . . ."

Time is Money
Data Capture Software Saves Government Agency Days

What began as a pilot program to improve timesheet processing is now transforming Montgomery County's invoicing and accounts payable procedures into an adept system that dramatically reduces inefficiencies and greatly improves accuracy.
With more than 10,000 timesheets to process every other week, this Maryland county previously spent two days scanning documents and another three days reviewing them to correct errors in key pieces of data—such as employees' identification numbers—during the process, said Mayland Lin, department of technology services at Montgomery County government in Rockville, MD...