
Owner at Bailiwick Media
Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

Owner at Bailiwick Media
Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area
Bryan Buchan is the Owner of Bailiwick Media. Bryan's career in information technology has continued for over 15 years. His career has included specialized work in electronic document management technologies, litigation trial consulting, marketing, and new media production.
Bryan's political experience includes creating political caucuses and coalitions within state party organizations, managing political forums and events nationwide and working for several state and national campaigns. His intimate knowledge of social and new media web technologies have played important roles in many local and national campaigns.
Bryan's specialties includes social and new media web technologies, videography, video post production, writing, branding, marketing, political and community organizing, project management for IT, business process / workflow management, electronic document management technologies, litigation technology consulting & support.
(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)
October 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)
Bryan Buchan is the Owner of Bailiwick Media. Bailiwick Media specializes in interactive marketing & technologies, new media production, web design, electronic document management technologies & litigation trial consulting/support.
(Privately Held; Education Management industry)
October 2007 — Present (2 years 2 months)
Technical lead in the design, implementation and support of OnBase® and AnyDoc® solutions for all of NHA’s 60+ schools located throughout the USA. Developed successful document retention solutions and workflows. Overcame the challenges of complying with many different state requirements for several student services. Developed standard discovery methodologies and post implementation practices for document imaging solutions.
(Non-Profit; Political Organization industry)
October 2004 — Present (5 years 2 months)
Bryan Buchan, New Media - Virtual Outreach Coordinator.
Bryan's political experience includes creating political caucuses and coalitions within state party organizations, managing political forums and events nationwide and working for several state and national campaigns. His intimate knowledge of social and new media web technologies have played important roles in many local and national campaigns.
(Political Organization industry)
January 2007 — October 2008 (1 year 10 months)
Co-Founding Partner of BlueDynamic, LLC.
BlueDynamic has helped build political campaigns, nonprofits and businesses from the ground up. BD also specializes in organizational management, business development, business process analysis, business automation, marketing, technology, and education reform. BlueDynamic utilizes New Media and Social Networking methodologies with every client solution they develop.
* Governmental Affairs
* Public Relations
* Business Development
* Fundraising
* Viral Marketing
* Community Outreach
* Crisis Response
* Political Consultants
* Brand Management
* Web 2.0
* Mixed Media
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
October 2006 — October 2007 (1 year 1 month)
Employed as the IT Manager for one of the nation’s leading developers of document management solutions specializing in litigation. Duties include implementing policies and procedures for new electronic discovery technologies. Managing IT staff’s daily activities. Implementing a new help desk ticket system, asset tracking system & a web-based project management system. Co-coordinated the creation of a new website and intranet. Worked with department leads to create a sustainable rotation of technology within the company. Lead the IT department in the architectural design and implementation of IPRO’s Nimbus SaaS system, an eCapture and eReview web hosted service.
(Legal Services industry)
November 2002 — October 2006 (4 years )
Developed a new document imaging department for a litigation document service company. Hired qualified production personnel to run imaging projects for litigation, banking, and insurance verticals in the Phoenix metro area. Developed effective marketing and advertising for existing and potential customers. Trained existing and new sales staff in document management technologies. Designed operational databases and procedures to run a diverse technical production environment. Created accurate resource forecasts and project schedules. Purchased and maintained all hardware and software assets for all departments. Developed partnerships with imaging vendors and servicing centers nation-wide. Researched and developed operational plans for new digital services.
(Legal Services industry)
May 1998 — November 2002 (4 years 7 months)
Formally known as Paladigm Systems, before that Tangent Systems.
Project Manager – May 1999 – December 2002
Coordinated, implemented and supervised many out of state document imaging projects. Facilitated personnel, purchasing and documentation for projects. Resolved issues for implementing digital data into existing databases and data systems. Lead administrative projects by creating personnel databases, operational databases and operational procedures & budgets. Created accurate resource forecasts, project schedules and cost projections for new and existing client projects.
Technical Manager
Managed and administered all company networks located at various client sites. Maintained data flow/transactions that exceeded 200,000 new document images per day. Maintained a document image library over 2 terabytes. Maintained and developed relations with hardware service vendors. Researched and purchased all new hardware and software needs. Developed document imaging templates for reflective and microfiche imaging.
IT Specialist
Resolved computer workstation issues. Resolved network issues for over 1,500 simultaneous users. Maintained an asset library of over $4,000,000 of company hardware and software assets.
(Political Organization industry)
1998 — 2002 (4 years )
Project Manager – May 1999 – December 2002
Coordinated, implemented and supervised many out of state document imaging projects. Facilitated personnel, purchasing and documentation for projects. Resolved issues for implementing digital data into existing databases and data systems. Lead administrative projects by creating personnel databases, operational databases and operational procedures & budgets. Created accurate resource forecasts, project schedules and cost projections for new and existing client projects.
Technical Manager
Managed and administered all company networks located at various client sites. Maintained data flow/transactions that exceeded 200,000 new document images per day. Maintained a document image library over 2 terabytes. Maintained and developed relations with hardware service vendors. Researched and purchased all new hardware and software needs. Developed document imaging templates for reflective and microfiche imaging.
IT Specialist
Resolved computer workstation issues. Resolved network issues for over 1,500 simultaneous users. Maintained an asset library of over $4,000,000 of company hardware and software assets.
Outdoor adventure, photography, videography, politics, cooking, writing.
MCA-I Mid-Michigan - Treasurer - www.mcai-midmichigan.org/
AimWest - www.aimwest.org
Progressive Democrats of America - National Staff - New Media/Virtual Outreach Coordinator