September 24, 2025
A modern approach to a decades-old problem.
The Baltimore sun was beating down on us, and a lukewarm glass of iced tea sat melting on the table between me and one of my co-founders, Sam Smith. We were having lunch, but the conversation, as it always did, turned to work. We had both spent the better part of a decade as executives at one of the top three debt brokerages in the industry; me as President and Chief Revenue Officer, and Sam as the VP of Product. We had a unique vantage point—a high-level view of the entire accounts receivable world. And the problem we kept coming back to, the one we just couldn’t shake, was the immense cost of post-sale and post-placement activity.
It's a huge, non-revenue generating expense that eats up FTEs and slows down monetization. We wanted to find out how to minimize this drain, and so we asked the question, where's the source of the problem? The answer, we knew from our years in the trenches, was simple and frustrating: it was the data itself. Poorly compiled, missing critical attributes, and zero standardization.
We’ve seen the same dance play out a thousand times. How often have we gotten a file from a lender that looked fine on the surface? We spent a week underwriting it, only to find a large amount of the accounts had critical fields missing. It was a bust, a total waste of time and money. We walked away from the deal, but the bitter taste of wasted effort lingered. It's an old story, you've heard it a million times. The problem, I always thought, wasn’t a lack of tools; it was a lack of a tool that understood the human element of it all. You can’t just throw a robot at the problem. A robot doesn't understand risk or the value of a solid handshake. Or so I thought.
But then, the world of software caught up to the pain.
Welcome to DataSIVS. It's a platform built from the ground up to solve that exact feeling. We're not about robotic checklists or automated processes that miss the fine print. We're about providing clarity and security in a world that’s often short on both. DataSIVS is a desktop-based platform, and you can even use it on a mobile device, which, honestly, is the whole point. You upload a file—be it from a lender, a debt buyer, or an agency—and everything happens right there, on your machine. The sensitive data never leaves your environment. It’s private by design. We believe the best security is your security. You're in control.
So what happens when the data doesn't have to travel? It gets validated and it starts telling a story. It can tell you what kind of accounts you have, what’s wrong with them, and where the most profitable accounts are hiding. The platform goes far beyond simple header checks, flagging bad emails, addresses, and social security numbers. It's about data cleanliness, which is why each row gets over 350 validation checks—that's thousands, sometimes tens of thousands of validations per portfolio.
We've all been through the same struggles. We've all looked at that one spreadsheet and wished for a magic wand. Well, this isn't magic, it's just really good software. We're here to change the way you see data—not as a problem, but as your most valuable asset. The journey to smarter, safer data starts now.
