Jeff Kelch

About Jeff Kelch

The Digital Archive Group (TDAG) specializes in providing a highly professional and cost-effective means for the digitization of and access to heritage related assets. We work with leading brands, institutions, sports teams and celebrities to preserve their histories and make them accessible. With prestigious clients including Oprah Winfrey / Harpo Studios, Robert F. Kennedy Jr, John Deere, Jim Beam Brands, The William Wrigley Jr. Family, Chicago Federation of Labor, Progressive Insurance, Olympian Shaun White and The Chicago Cubs, White Sox, Bears and Blackhawks, TDAG helps our clients infuse brands, energize fans and centralize historical content into a single source of truth for the organization.Using the highest-quality digitization and asset management technology in the industry, TDAG digitizes photographs, slides, negatives, documents, fabric swatches, marketing materials, books, newspapers, magazines and other treasures; provides metadata for keyword search and saves the information in a state-of-the-art cloud-based asset management platform creating digital archives that stand the test of time.TDAG uses a wide variety of digitization equipment to match the size, format and condition of the asset to be scanned. This includes; sheet fed, flatbed, overhead, planetary, large format and RAW rapid capture systems.Jeff Kelch is the Founder and CEO of The Digital Archive Group, which exists to provide a professional and cost-effective means for digitization of heritage related assets. TDAG specialize in the highest quality archival scanning services and digitization for organizations wishing to preserve and create digital access to their physical assets.

Experience

1. Founder, CEO

   The Digital Archive Group

   Jan 2013 — Present

   The Digital Archive Group (TDAG) provides scanning and digitization services for corporations, cultural institutions and large private archival collections. Featuring RAW Digital Capture and a variety of next generation scanning devices, TDAG offers digitization services for documents, photographs, slides, negatives and video. TDAG also provides cloud-based access to your content through a world class DAM (digital asset management) solution. The Digital Archive Group specializes in the highest quality archival scanning and digitization for organizations wishing to preserve and create digital access to their current physical assets. We utilize a wide variety of digitization equipment to match the size, format and condition of the asset to be scanned. This includes; sheet-fed, flatbed, overhead, slide and negative, planetary and large format scanners. If necessary, we also have the ability to mobilize any piece of our equipment to a client site for larger projects or if the assets can’t be relocated.All of our work is done either on-site with the client or at our secure facility. We do not utilize third party vendors or outsource any part of a project overseas. Our gloved scanning technicians have experience handling “at risk” and fragile materials of all kinds. We take special care with handling your assets to insure they are safe and sound.

Education

• Ohio University

  BS Communications, RTV / Communications

  1976 — 1980

Skills

• Photography
• Sales Presentations
• Leadership
• Marketing Strategy
• Crm
• Sales
• B2b
• Business Development
• New Business Development
• Lead Generation
• Start-Ups