History
The first EDP 'class' (as the annual group of awardees is called) was in 1990, when 12 industry professionals were given the award. In 1991, the class was much smaller (only 6), but in 1992 and in all the years following, the number of awardees has generally been double digits, with as many as 25 at one time. The Dutch Chapter of Xplor International has particularly stressed the EDP designation as an essential part of being a professional in the electronic document industry, with the result that in some years, more than ten Dutch members alone were named EDPs, and there are more EDPs per capita in The Netherlands today than in any other country.
In 2009, Xplor relaunched its certification program, so that there is now a three-level certification process to help employers benchmark their staff.
The EDP and the Master-EDP awards are presented once a year at the annual international conference of Xplor. While the first EDPs were awarded at the 1990 conference in Nashville, Tennessee (USA), the first 'class' of Master-EDPs was awarded at the association's annual event in St. Petersburg, Florida (USA) in March, 2010. At that event, the following industry professionals received the association's highest certification:
- William Broddy, M-EDP
- Ernie Crawford, M-EDP
- Scott Draeger, M-EDP
- Oscar Dubbeldam, M-EDP
- William J. "Bill" McCalpin, M-EDP, CDIA, MIT, LIT
- Walter Riddock, M-EDP, CMDSM
- Donald Scrima, M-EDP
At the association's next annual event in April, 2011, two more industry professionals will be named M-EDPs:
- Pat McGrew, M-EDP
- Carrie Murphy, M-EDP
On the other hand, the new EDA designation is awarded at the point that the individual's application is accepted and verified, throughout the year. Currently (December 2010), there are 48 industry professionals who have received this designation, nearly all of whom received the designation as a result of attending courses certified by Xplor and taught by acadami, two of whose principals are M-EDPs.
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