Digital Railroad Appoints Photo Industry Veteran Lee Corkran Vice President of Products

Corkran will apply more than 20 years of photography and product development experience to the growth and development of the company’s services.

New York, NY (PRWEB) October 16, 2005 -– Digital Railroad, Inc., the leading provider of Web-based application services for the professional photography industry, today announced the appointment of Lee Corkran to the position of Vice President of Products, where he will oversee the development of the company’s application services.

With more than 20 years of photography industry experience, ranging from serving as a combat photographer for the US military, to overseeing product development at Hewlett-Packard, Yahoo!, Eastman Kodak as well as key management positions with a selection of start-up Internet imaging companies, Corkran brings extensive domain knowledge of the critical challenges facing creators and buyers of digital images. His considerable product development and marketing expertise will help Digital Railroad provide the ideal solutions to those challenges. Having served on Digital Railroad’s Board of Advisors since 2003, Corkran has already played a key role in the rapid growth of the company and the creation and development of its innovative solutions.

“With the ever-increasing use of digital photography by professional users and consumers, the photo industry is undergoing one of the most remarkable transitions in its history. Digital Railroad’s services directly solve the key problems that are emerging in the photo business today and for tomorrow,” said Lee Corkran. “I am pleased to have this opportunity at Digital Railroad as we will continue to introduce solutions that enable photographers, agencies and buyers to minimize production efforts and maximize their returns. As someone who has spent significant time as a professional photographer in the field with an extensive background developing imaging solutions designed to create new opportunities and efficiencies for the photo industry, I am confident that all of us at Digital Railroad will provide tools and technology that are vital to the industry. I look forward to fulfilling my role in helping the company further develop these critical application services.”

Corkran recently served as Experience Architect for Hewlett-Packard’s consumer digital photography business. He also headed product development at Pixology Ltd. and at PictureIQ, an Adobe-backed start-up. Corkran also served as Senior Producer at Yahoo! Photos. While at Eastman Kodak, he directed Internet imaging strategies and brand identity for Kodak online.

Corkran’s photography background includes covering Europe, Africa and Middle East activities for the Pentagon, and he earned a Bronze Star for aerial combat photography in the Gulf War. He has also been represented by Sygma photo agency (currently Corbis), covering newsworthy events in Washington, D.C. and across the United States and Europe. His photography is featured in the book “Eye of Desert Storm,” winner of the Leica Award of Excellence. His work continues to be published internationally.

Corkran holds an M.F.A. from Rochester Institute of Technology and a B.S. in Photography from Syracuse University.

“The appointment of Lee Corkran to the position of Vice President of Products further strengthens the Digital Railroad management team; a group which features a wealth of experience in virtually every aspect of the photo industry,” said Evan Nisselson, founder and chief executive officer of Digital Railroad. “Our mission is to solve the technical issues for those who create, distribute and buy digital content online. Having executives with first-hand knowledge of how to best address those myriad issues is critical to our success. Lee Corkran represents the combination of first hand knowledge, expertise and passion that will enable Digital Railroad to execute and surpass all of our business and technology goals.”

About Digital Railroad
Digital Railroad is an application services company that is dedicated to solving the critical technical problems facing the creators and buyers of digital imagery. Members presently span 40 countries and across subject categories including Sports, News, Commercial, Nature, and Stock. Digital Railroad’s unique, comprehensive suite of online services transforms the way photographers and agencies manage, market, and sell images to photo buyers worldwide. For more information, visit: http://www.digitalrailroad.net

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