Directive Communication Systems' Lee Poskanzer

Lee Poskanzer, CEO and Founder of Directive Communication Systems, which helps people account for digital assets in estate planning.

October 10, 2019

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Lee Poskanzer, CEO and Founder of Directive Communication Systems, talks with ITL CEO Wayne Allen about the growth of digital assets and why access to these are at risk of being lost in estate planning without specific legally compliant steps to protect them for heirs. DCS, he says, aims to make this process easier for individuals to decide which assets—from social media, cloud storage, bank accounts and more—should be passed on and to whom..before it's too late.

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