Scott Schumacher serves as chief scientist at Initiate Systems where he is responsible for R&D of Initiate's matching algorithms and the overall management of product development. Initiate Systems, Inc. is a leading provider of customer-centric master data management (MDM) solutions for companies and government agencies that want to create the most complete, real-time views of people, households and organizations from data dispersed across multiple application systems and databases. Schumacher can be reached at sschumacher@initiatesystems.com.

Fighting Improper Payments with Master Data Management
May 30, 2008 Improper payments from government agencies have been a long-standing and significant problem.

Managing Your Data for Privacy and Security Purposes
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Probabilistic Versus Deterministic Data Matching: Making an Accurate Decision
January 18, 2007 Examine two approaches to data matching and see which one fits your organization's needs.