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Haystack Associates, Inc. was established in 1989 by Denise Simons as an information management/training consulting firm in the Seattle area.

Haystack provides services to government agencies, non-profit organizations, fortune 500 corporations, and large and small professional firms throughout the United States and in Asia.  Our team approach includes experts in law, technology, and information management to provide clients with a comprehensive set of solutions for managing information and achieving regulatory compliance.

Our experience includes analysis, design, and project management during implementation of retention, security, and privacy programs, document imaging, electronic content management, indexing, and retrieval of information and documents maintained in electronic and paper formats.  Extensive experience in researching national and international legal requirements for documentation, retention, and privacy and security requirements for a variety of industries including aerospace, transportation, pharmaceutical, hazardous waste management, manufacturing, food distribution, and commercial retail operations.

Haystack's services are grounded in the philosophy that powerful resources and assets are created when systems are built that effectively manage the information lifecycle and transfer information and knowledge to staff, clients, or customers.

Denise Simons is the Principal and founder of Haystack Associates, Inc. She has over twenty-five years of experience in the fields of Document Retention and Information Management, Office Automation, and Training. She also lectures and provides seminars on developing and managing Retention and Vital records programs; Office Automation strategies for information storage and retrieval; Security and Privacy issues and programs, GRC programs and audit measures, and Project Management (view recent/upcoming presentations).  She is a member of ARMA, Cloud Security Alliance, and the Technology Alliance.  Prior to consulting Ms. Simons was the Information Manager for Hart-Crowser, one of the largest environmental and geotechnical engineering firms in the Pacific Northwest.  She attended Western Washington University, in Bellingham, Washington where she completed her undergraduate studies in History and Education and Graduate studies in Archives and Information Management in March of 1983.

For more information about Haystack Associates services please contact
Denise Simons by:
E-mail: dsimons@haystackassociates.com
Phone:  (253) 631-1509