Lee Corkran
Founder & CEO of BrightQube, Inc.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Work status: | Employed Full-Time |
| Website: | http://www.brightqube.com |
| Industries: | Internet, Media |
| Skills: | Business, Design, Entrepreneurship, Human-Computer Interaction, Management, Web design |
| Next step: | Continue building out BrightQube feature set and gain further investment for accelerating growth and world domination. |
| Location: | Carlsbad, California |
| Interested in: | Advising startups, Consulting opportunities, Finding business partners, Finding engineers, Finding mentors, Finding team mates, Getting press, Helping friends, Helping members of my groups, Meeting new people, Partnering with other groups, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Raising money, Recruiting for my startup, Trading services |
| Tags: | california, imaging, Innovation, marketplace, online, Photography, san diego, start-up, visual search, web |
| Schools: | Rochester Institute of Technology, Syracuse University |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | BrightQube, Inc. (www.brightqube.com), Carlsbad, CA |
| Position: | Founder & CEO |
| Time period: | September 2006 - Present |
| Description: | Conceived and created BrightQube, an online open marketplace for digital media, launching an innovative, game-changing approach to visual search in a compelling user experience that enables diverse revenue streams and business models.
Determined business planning and researched market data to develop customer insights driving development activities. Defined business strategy and product roadmap. Developed and managed daily operational activities across all domains, including recruiting and managing a virtual team and external vendors. Raised venture funding to develop proof-of-concept. |
| Employer: | Digital Railroad Inc., Seattle/New York (www.drr.net) |
| Position: | Advisor / Vice President of Products |
| Time period: | October 2005 - May 2006 |
| Description: | Joined executive staff full-time after two years as an Advisor. Assisted in raising VC funding for A-round investment of $5.5 million. As VP of Products, responsible for defining, designing and delivering the overall user experience of this online business that provides services and technology to professional photographers and image buyers.
Managed staff and activities across key departments of Product Management, User Experience Design and Customer Support. Created and recruited staff for these departments, resulting in key growth and delivery improvements. Work hands on in developing product roadmap, sdlc processes, design UI and priorities, and strategic product focus and direction. Manage direct reports in Seattle and New York, as well as manage external design vendors in both locations. |
| Employer: | Hewlett-Packard, San Diego, CA |
| Position: | Experience Architect, Program Manager |
| Time period: | August 2003 - February 2006 |
| Description: | Responsible for designing compelling customer experiences and drive incremental revenue and profit across the entire value chain of HP photography products & services. Partner with Marketing teams, R&D and others to develop strategy and plans for delivering these customer experiences; define the strategic user experience requirements spanning HP’s photography products and solutions.
Managed the development of future product introductions of digital imaging client applications. Provide direction and oversight to team members and external vendors to ensure plans are in place and deliverables are met. Actively develop and maintain requirements, plans and schedules. Lead cross-functional planning meetings to ensure program requirements are articulated, issues resolved and products delivered. |
| Employer: | Pixology Software and Systems Ltd., London, UK |
| Position: | Head of Product Development |
| Time period: | July 2002 - July 2003 |
| Description: | Drove product strategy, market vision and experience design in a newly created management role in this digital imaging software company. Responsible for defining product roadmap and solutions strategy across entire range of software applications and network services. Lead team of designers and operations staff to deliver compelling experiences and support within products. Prioritize, define, manage and approve product requirements, working closely with Sales and Engineering. Interface with existing clients and potential customers in defining products and articulating features and benefits. Manage Operations and Creative Services teams in support of new and existing product releases. |
| Employer: | Yahoo! Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (photos.yahoo.com) |
| Position: | Senior Producer, Yahoo! Photos |
| Time period: | February 2001 - July 2002 |
| Description: | Provided overall strategy, creative direction and product management of core properties and services for this leading Internet portal. Responsible for P & L and leading cross-functional teams in determining product features, design, marketing, development, positioning and project management. Engaged, evaluated and managed external business relationships. |
| Employer: | PictureIQ Corp, Seattle, WA |
| Position: | Director of Product Management, Internet Services |
| Time period: | February 2000 - February 2001 |
| Description: | Responsible for developing and defining market-driven Internet solutions of this Adobe Ventures imaging technology start-up. Decided optimal tradeoffs between design and engineering complexities, schedules, and market needs. Contributed to business development activities by presenting company Internet solutions to partners and industry.
Synthesized market trends and technology advancements into product roadmap focused on competitive advantages, resulting in industry dominating sales and services. |
| Employer: | Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (www.kodak.com) |
| Position: | Director, Interactive Content, Kodak Professional, Design Manager, Internet Marketing |
| Time period: | December 1996 - February 2000 |
| Description: | Led strategy and creative direction of internet content and online imaging applications. Managed cross-functional Customer Experience Group as part of a multi-disciplinary management team including engineering and marketing. Liaised with senior executives regarding internet marketing strategies and special projects. Managed relationships with external vendors.
Developed brand identity guidelines for Kodak on-line. Conceived and patented the Kodak PhotoQuilt Web application. |
| Employer: | The Pentagon, Sygma Photo News, U.S. Air Force |
| Position: | Photographer |
| Time period: | June 1987 - August 1995 |
| Description: | The Pentagon, Washington, D.C. (1993 - 1995)
Sygma Photo News, Washington, D.C. (1991 - 1993) U.S. Air Force, Frankfurt, Germany (1983 - 1991) News coverage of the White House, Capitol Hill, Pentagon and events in Washington, D.C. and worldwide. Stock photography continues to be published regularly in domestic and international magazines and publications through Corbis/Sygma. Documented activities in Europe, Africa and Middle East: combat, deployments, news events and humanitarian operations. Produced aerial photography from jet fighters, bombers, helicopters and other aircraft. Awarded Bronze Star for combat photography in Gulf War. Photographs in the book In the Eye of Desert Storm, winner of Leica Award of Excellence. |
EDUCATION
| University: | Rochester Institute of Technology |
| Degree: | M.F.A. |
| University: | Syracuse University |
| Degree: | BSc |
Lee's Startups (1)
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BrightQube
BrightQube is a revolutionary interactive marketplace for stock photography with a time-saving interface that gets buyers in front of the images they want faster than ever before.
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SimpleBucket
Simplebucket is photo hosting made easy for everyone! Once you upload your photo, your images gets it own Simplebucket page with a bunch of nice features. Add notes, comments, ratings. Release2 is now live!
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Doug Rowan
From July 1997 to the present, Doug Rowan has served as President and CEO of Imaging Solutions Corporation.
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