Bill Plant-MasonChief Executive Office (CEO)
Bill Plant-Mason brings a broad range of international knowledge and financial experience to the task of leading Data Impact.
Plant-Mason graduated from South Africa's University of Witwatersrand in 1974, and by the following year was a Chartered Accountant—the South African equivalent of the U.S. CPA designation. He held a series of progressively more responsible accounting positions, first for South African company Greenwood, Poulton & Co. and later for Murray and Roberts, Africa’s largest engineering firm, where he was head office controller.
After moving to the U.S. in 1977, Plant-Mason assumed a post as Controller and VP, Finance for Computer Micrographics, his introduction to the industry where he would subsequently spend the majority of his career. In 1980, Anacomp, a leading microfiche firm, acquired Computer Micrographics, and Plant-Mason continued to hold a series of positions. From 1980-1986 he was VP of Finance for the micrographics division of Anacomp.
When an entrepreneurial opportunity presented itself, Plant-Mason joined with the president of Transunited Communications, an ITT company, and acquired the company. He served as the company’s CEO, honing his executive capabilities while retaining the financial reins.
In 1992, Plant-Mason leveraged his extensive knowledge of the micrographics business by co-founding CD-COM Systems, the predecessor company to Data Impact. At a time when microfiche was still the dominant technology, CD-COM Systems gained a patent for its innovative technology for providing document storage and retrieval via the compact disc format. It was an innovation that was soon widely copied, but the company gained and held a leadership position by always applying state-of-the-art technology to the challenge of document capture, storage, and delivery.
It’s a leadership position that continues today as Data Impact pioneers online invoice presentment and payment, combining it with the company’s ability to create and deliver digital document repositories.
Plant-Mason graduated from South Africa's University of Witwatersrand in 1974, and by the following year was a Chartered Accountant—the South African equivalent of the U.S. CPA designation. He held a series of progressively more responsible accounting positions, first for South African company Greenwood, Poulton & Co. and later for Murray and Roberts, Africa’s largest engineering firm, where he was head office controller.
After moving to the U.S. in 1977, Plant-Mason assumed a post as Controller and VP, Finance for Computer Micrographics, his introduction to the industry where he would subsequently spend the majority of his career. In 1980, Anacomp, a leading microfiche firm, acquired Computer Micrographics, and Plant-Mason continued to hold a series of positions. From 1980-1986 he was VP of Finance for the micrographics division of Anacomp.
When an entrepreneurial opportunity presented itself, Plant-Mason joined with the president of Transunited Communications, an ITT company, and acquired the company. He served as the company’s CEO, honing his executive capabilities while retaining the financial reins.
In 1992, Plant-Mason leveraged his extensive knowledge of the micrographics business by co-founding CD-COM Systems, the predecessor company to Data Impact. At a time when microfiche was still the dominant technology, CD-COM Systems gained a patent for its innovative technology for providing document storage and retrieval via the compact disc format. It was an innovation that was soon widely copied, but the company gained and held a leadership position by always applying state-of-the-art technology to the challenge of document capture, storage, and delivery.
It’s a leadership position that continues today as Data Impact pioneers online invoice presentment and payment, combining it with the company’s ability to create and deliver digital document repositories.