Charlie Bellingham

I herd AI, engineers and customer wishlists so Affinda’s products actually fix document chaos instead of adding to it.

About me

Charlie Bellingham is General Manager for Affinda’s intelligent document processing and agentic AI platform. He helps organizations make sense of document-heavy workflows by turning PDFs, emails and forms into stable, accurate structured data teams can rely on. With experience across enterprises and startups in strategy, product and commercial roles, Charlie balances deep technical understanding with a focus on business outcomes, risk and customer value. At Affinda, he partners with customers, engineers and designers to identify high-impact document problems, design products that work in messy real-world environments and deliver changes that meaningfully shift the metrics – not just add features.

My areas of expertise

AI product strategy for document workflows

Defining the roadmap for Affinda’s intelligent document processing platform so organizations can automate end-to-end workflows – not just single extraction steps – and see measurable improvements in accuracy, speed and unit economics.

Data-driven product management in B2B SaaS

Using data to prioritize what gets built, from opportunity sizing and funnel analysis to pricing, packaging and usage insights. Favoring experiments with clear success criteria over vague “nice to have” features.

Customer-led automation and AI transformation

Working with enterprise customers to map document journeys, quantify the cost of manual work and design AI-powered workflows that are auditable, safe and impactful. That means choosing the highest-value use cases first, proving results with numbers and iterating rather than relying on a single big launch.

My recent articles

All about intelligent document processing applications in banking and finance

How intelligent document processing applications help financial teams work faster and smarter.

All about intelligent document processing in insurance

How intelligent document processing helps insurers keep pace with complexity.

All about insurance document automation

Learn how insurance document automation turns complex paperwork into decision-ready data.

All about document automation for financial services

A practical guide to how document automation is helping banking and finance teams reduce manual processing, improve accuracy and scale operations with confidence.

Best intelligent document processing software in 2026

Choosing the right intelligent document processing solution determines how accurately you can capture unstructured data, automate document workflows and scale without friction.

Intelligent document processing in action: use cases, business benefits and future trends

Intelligent document processing delivers measurable value today – and is evolving quickly for what comes next.

Intelligent character recognition: the link between document capture and intelligent automation

Explore how intelligent character recognition transformed document automation, and why today’s enterprises are moving beyond it towards intelligent document processing and agentic AI.

Inside Affinda’s model memory approach to next-generation IDP

This article explains Affinda’s unique approach, which is built for fast configuration, superior accuracy and the flexibility to extract data from any document in any format.

What to look for in an IDP provider (and what to avoid)

From accuracy thresholds to compliance credentials, this guide will help you assess IDP platforms through a long-term lens so you can feel confident you’re investing in a solution that scales as your business does.‍

5 hidden costs of IDP building (and why buying is often smarter)

This article breaks down five hidden costs of a build-your-own IDP system.