Chris Lien is president of BCC Software and has been active in the mailing industry for more than 20 years. During that time, he has authored several software solutions utilizing Mail.dat for electronic auditing, distribution and logistics planning, palletization, and electronic postage payment. He has been heavily involved in industry associations such as the Association for Postal Commerce, EPICOMM, Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers and Idealliance. Mr. Lien also serves as the elected Immediate Past Industry Chair for the Postmaster General's Mailers Technical Advisory Committee.
Mr. Lien has spoken at numerous conferences and events such as the National Postal Forum, Mailcom, Graph Expo, and many Postal Customer Councils. He is a frequent author of industry articles related to address quality and has hosted many online webinars. Mr. Lien holds a bachelor of science degree in computer science from the University of Minnesota.
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Tuesday, July 05, 2016
The first half of 2016 has certainly been interesting and has set the stage for what could be profound changes to the mailing industry in the second half of this year and beyond. We have been closely monitoring these activities and in some cases are also directly involved, particularly through MTAC and industry associations such as Postcom, Idealliance and Epicomm, to name just a few.
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Thursday, June 09, 2016
On May 11, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a hearing regarding the state of the U.S. Postal Service. Postmaster General Megan J. Brennan, PRC Chairman Robert Taub, Director Lori Rectanus from the GAO, Fredric V. Rolando from the NALC, and Jessica Lowrance from Postcom all testified.
