With more than 44 years of experience in document imaging, digitization, and information management, Marty Tannenbaum has been a driving force in the evolution of the industry from traditional microfilm to modern digital imaging and AI-powered information management.

Marty has been actively involved in the information and records management industry for decades. He served as President of the Association of Information Management from 1995 to 1996 and has contributed to the advancement of document imaging and records management throughout his career.

Marty began his career in 1981 with Universal Microfilm, where he specialized in microfilm conversion services, reader-printers, and microfiche jacket systems. During his time there, he helped introduce the first digital reader-printers for Fuji microfilm in the United States, contributing to the industry’s transition from analog microfilm to digital information access.

In 1993, Marty joined PMI in Mt. Laurel, New Jersey, eventually becoming Vice President of Sales. During his tenure, he was recognized as Canon’s top dealer sales manager in the United States for five consecutive years, achieving record sales of reader-printers and digital imaging systems.

In 2001, Marty founded Innovative Document Imaging LLC (IDI) with a vision of combining advanced technology with professional document preservation and information management.

Under his leadership, IDI became an early pioneer in applying advanced digital imaging technology to the publishing and pharmaceutical industries.

When Kirtas introduced its groundbreaking robotic book-scanning technology, IDI was among the first organizations to receive one of the initial five systems produced, alongside organizations including Google and Microsoft. The technology dramatically increased the speed and scale at which books could be digitized.

By 2013, IDI operated 10 robotic scanning systems, establishing the company as a significant provider of large-scale book digitization services. IDI’s technology, facilities, and staff were subsequently featured in Google and the World Brain, a 2013 documentary-drama directed by Ben Lewis examining Google’s ambitious effort to digitize millions of books and create a global digital library.

Over the years, IDI has been entrusted with the digitization and preservation of significant historical, cultural, scientific, and academic collections.

Notable projects have included:

• The History of Flight collection at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
• The Gilder Lehrman Collection in New York City, including an original copy of the U.S. Constitution, the proposed 13th Amendment, the Emancipation Proclamation, and correspondence from figures including George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Benjamin Franklin
• Rare and historic map collections at the Royal Geographical Society in London
• One of the British Library’s largest collections of Arabic books

IDI has also become a preferred imaging vendor for major pharmaceutical organizations. For these clients, IDI has digitized more than 100 million pages of laboratory notebooks, clinical trial documentation, human resources records, medical records, engineering drawings, microfilm, and microfiche.

In 2016, IDI acquired the assets of E-Beam Imaging and appointed John Grosso to lead the division.

Today, IDI/E-Beam produces and distributes archival microfilm editions of The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Times of London to libraries around the world.

This combination of digital imaging and archival microfilm reflects IDI’s broader approach to information preservation: providing organizations with practical digital access while supporting long-term archival requirements.

Marty has also overseen the development and expansion of IDI’s proprietary technology platforms.

IDI has deployed more than 150 DigiFind-It portals, providing organizations with tools to display, search, and interact with documents, photographs, video, and audio.

IDI continues to expand its technology capabilities through DigiStore®, an advanced information management platform designed to store, manage, process, search, and present images, documents, audio, and video.

DigiStore® incorporates AI-powered capabilities for working with unstructured information, including automated data extraction, intelligent search, and advanced content-management tools.

In 2025, IDI completed several large-scale digitization initiatives. One project involved digitizing more than 60,000 books in six weeks for an AI-driven application.

That same year, IDI digitized 3.5 million pages of global census records from microfilm and began a project involving more than 25 million frames of dissertation microfilm.

Today, Marty continues to lead IDI’s efforts to bring together document imaging, preservation, records management, and artificial intelligence, helping organizations transform large and complex collections of information into secure, accessible, and usable digital resources.