Purpose-Built Compliance Engine

Your expert panels need to be defensible.
Your current process isn't.

SME Link is the purpose-built compliance engine for credentialing and standards organizations to source, qualify, and manage Subject Matter Experts — with algorithmic fit scoring, digital COI attestation, and an audit trail that stands up to accreditor scrutiny.

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Accreditor-ready documentation
No forced ecosystem lock-in
Replace spreadsheets, not your stack
SME Link Admin Dashboard
Audit trail status
All 47 events logged
COI status
Digitally signed & stored
◆ Certification Bodies — replace spreadsheet-based SME tracking ◆ Licensing Agencies — defensible panel selection for accreditor review ◆ Professional Organizations — algorithmic matching for JTA panels ◆ AMC Clients — manage multiple certification programs from one platform ◆ Certification Bodies — replace spreadsheet-based SME tracking ◆ Licensing Agencies — defensible panel selection for accreditor review ◆ Professional Organizations — algorithmic matching for JTA panels ◆ AMC Clients — manage multiple certification programs from one platform
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Audit trail coverage
across every panel event
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Faster than manually
compiling accreditor docs
0 spreadsheets
Required to manage
your entire SME pipeline
2
Portals: Admin & SME —
both sides, one platform
The Problem

Most credentialing teams are one audit away from a painful scramble.

Your SME pipeline lives across eight email threads, three spreadsheets, and a shared drive folder. When an accreditor asks for documentation, you build it retroactively. There's a better way.

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The Spreadsheet Problem

Tracking invitations, declines, conflicts, and panel confirmations across Excel sheets means version control chaos, no real-time visibility, and zero auditability. One formula error can compromise compliance records.

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The COI Documentation Gap

Conflict of interest attestation collected via email or paper forms is impossible to verify, easy to lose, and extremely difficult to present to an auditor. Digital attestation with signature is the standard — but most orgs don't have it.

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The Accreditor Scrutiny Risk

When ANAB, NCCA, or NASBA reviews your panel selection process, your documentation needs to show who was considered, how selections were made, and why. If you can't produce it instantly, you're at risk.

"For us, we don't have anything like this. It's an Excel sheet basically."

— Credentialing Professional · Food Safety Certification Industry · March 2026

The Platform

Three compliance pillars. One audit-ready system.

SME Link replaces your manual workflow with a purpose-built engine — not a configured stack of general-purpose tools.

01 / COMPLIANCE

The complete audit trail. Every event. Every time.

Every match scored, every invitation sent, every COI signed, every panel decision made — timestamped, logged, and exportable. When your accreditor walks in, you hand them everything. No scramble. No gaps.

  • Immutable timestamped event log per project
  • One-click documentation package for accreditor review
  • Communication history timeline — no more digging through email
  • Exportable evidence package — ANAB, NCCA, NASBA ready
SME Link Audit Trail
47
Events logged · this project
02 / MATCHING

Algorithmic fit scoring. Ranked shortlists in seconds.

Stop reviewing résumés manually. SME Link's matching engine scores your entire SME pool against project requirements — credentials, experience, quotas, availability — and surfaces a ranked shortlist. Selections are defensible because the criteria are explicit and documented.

  • Multi-dimensional scoring: expertise, credentials, experience, geography
  • Quota dashboard with representation tracking
  • Visual gap analysis: who you still need to fill
  • Ranked shortlist — not a query, a recommendation
SME Link Project Matches
94%
Top match fit score
03 / TRUST

Digital COI attestation. Per project. Digitally signed.

Conflict of interest forms collected by email get lost. SME Link captures COI disclosure per project, collected digitally, signed with a verifiable signature, and stored permanently in the audit trail. It's not a form — it's a compliance record.

  • Per-project COI disclosure with conditional branching
  • Digital signature — verifiable, timestamped, legally defensible
  • Automatically linked to project audit trail
  • SME portal — experts complete COI directly, no chase emails
SME Link COI Form
See the Platform

Every screen, built for compliance.

Admin Dashboard

Admin Dashboard — your SME pipeline at a glance. Projects, panels, statuses, and compliance indicators in one view.

Project Matches

Project Matches — algorithmic fit scoring ranks your SME pool against project requirements. Shortlists in seconds, not days.

Audit Trail

Audit Trail — every project event logged, timestamped, and exportable. Hand it to an ANAB auditor on day one.

SME Portal

SME Portal — experts are active participants, not managed objects. They maintain profiles, receive invitations, and complete COI directly.

COI Form

COI Form — digitally signed conflict of interest attestation, per project, stored permanently in the audit trail. Not a form. A compliance record.

Quota Dashboard

Quota Dashboard — real-time representation tracking against targets. See gaps before you're in front of an accreditor.

How It Works

From spreadsheet chaos to audit-ready in four steps.

SME Link handles the full panel lifecycle — from sourcing to signed documentation — without replacing any other platform in your stack.

1

Source & Qualify

Build your SME database with structured profiles — credentials, expertise, geography, history. No more scattered contact lists.

2

Match & Rank

Define project requirements. The algorithm scores your SME pool and surfaces a ranked shortlist. See who fits before you invite anyone.

3

Recruit & Attest

Invite experts through the platform. They complete profiles and digitally sign project-specific COI forms — all tracked automatically.

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Document & Defend

Every action is logged. When your accreditor asks, you export a complete evidence package — timestamped, auditable, defensible.

Early Feedback

What practitioners are saying.

Validated with credentialing professionals across food safety, association management, and psychometric contexts.

★★★★★

"For us, we don't have anything like this. It's an Excel sheet basically. When an accreditor shows up, we're pulling everything together manually."

Credentialing Professional
Food Safety Certification · Advisor Group Management
★★★★★

"The fit scoring concept is quite interesting — I wasn't aware of a dedicated matching platform for SMEs. The two-sided model makes sense immediately."

Certification Program Director
Professional Certification · JTA Panel Management
★★★★★

"The audit trail is the key differentiator. You don't have to go and pull up eight different email threads. That's exactly what our accreditation cycle requires."

AMC Credentialing Specialist
Association Management · Multi-Program Certification
How We Compare

Purpose-built vs. configured generic tools.

Generic workflow automation tools can be configured to manage SMEs. SME Link is designed specifically for compliance-first expert panel management.

Capability SME Link Workflow Tools
(e.g. Lineup, Zapier-based)		 Legacy Platforms
(e.g. Pearson VUE)
Algorithmic SME fit scoring ✓ Native — —
Digital COI attestation with signature ✓ Native — Varies
Complete immutable audit trail ✓ Per project Configured Partial
Two-sided SME portal (active participation) ✓ Native — —
Quota & representation monitoring ✓ Real-time — —
No ecosystem lock-in ✓ Standalone ✓ ✗ Full stack
Pricing transparency ✓ Clear tiers $10k+/yr ✗ Enterprise
Get Started

If an accreditor walked in tomorrow — what would you hand them?

Schedule a 30-minute demo and see how SME Link produces a complete, defensible documentation package — from first match to signed COI — automatically.

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