Gene Stakhov

IG Practice Lead

Eugene (Gene) Stakhov, CRM, CIP is the Information Governance Practice Lead at enChoice, Inc., with a technical background in software development. During his consulting-focused career, Gene has provided clients with expert guidance on matters ranging from strategic assessments and planning to tactical system implementation solutions in the Banking/Finance, Insurance, Healthcare and Utilities sectors.

His work includes implementing a highly visible, complex email and electronic records management initiative to address the regulatory compliance challenges of a large utilities company. This solution won the IBM Innovation in Technology Award.

Gene pioneered the Taxonology process for modeling enterprise information (InfoFabric), and is a frequent contributor to the global Information Governance community, lecturing and writing on a regular basis.

An active member of several professional associations, Gene has been a perennial supporter of the Metropolitan New York City-Long Island ARMA Chapter, ultimately shepherding it through the end of the tumultuous 2020 season at the helm as President. Along the way, he’s been recognized for his contributions on numerous occasions, including being honored with the Chapter Leader of the Year (2019-2020), Honored Member of the Year (2020-2021), and ARMA International’s Member of the Year (2019-2020) awards. He has also been named as an IBM Champion (2022-2023), and has been honored with an induction into the InfoAdvocates Information Governance Hall of Honor (2023). He currently serves as a Chapter Success Advisor on ARMA International’s Chapter Advisory Committee.

Gene earned a Bachelor of Science in Marketing degree at New York University’s Stern School of Business.