Advisory Board Member at Stage264
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- Advisory Board Member at Stage264
- Advisory Board Member at VideoThang
- Board Member at AdBid Central
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- Past
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- Sr. Business Development Executive at ValueClick
- VP, New Venture Strategy & Communications at Mercent
- Sr. Business Development Consultant at InfoSpace
- Founder at FastAlbum/ShowVox
- EIR & Strategy Consultant at The Boeing Company
- Founder at ShareYourWorld
- Internet Marketing Manager at Corbis
- Internet Marketing Specialist at Sony
- Education
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- University of Chicago
- University of California, Berkeley
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Chase Norlin’s Summary
Mr. Norlin is the CEO of Pixsy Corporation, the leading B2B provider of video and image search. Mr. Norlin has spent the last 15 years in the Internet and digital media industries. Prior to Pixsy, Mr. Norlin served as Senior Business Development Executive at ValueClick (NASDAQ:VCLK) where he managed publisher distribution and emerging technologies for the ValueClick display ad network, paid search, and comparison shopping divisions.
Prior to ValueClick, Mr. Norlin held the position of Senior Business Development Consultant to InfoSpace (NASDAQ:INSP) charged with publisher distribution and emerging applications for the paid search division. Previously, Mr. Norlin developed Sony's first online photo sharing venture and founded the web's first video sharing company ShareYourWorld. Mr. Norlin also served as an EIR at Boeing Ventures in launching Boeing's (NYSE:BA) online photo and video licensing division.
Mr. Norlin has served on the advisory board of CampusPoint, a leading online recruiting and staffing firm, and currently serves on the advisory board of AdBid Central, a futures marketplace buying and selling premium display advertising, VideoThang, a popular video editing application, and Stage264, a private label video publishing technology. He received his BA from UC Berkeley and MA from The University of Chicago and is a regular speaker on digital media, online advertising, and search. Recent speaking engagements include OMMA, NATPE, Goldman Sachs 9th Annual Global Media Conference, Goldman Sachs 17th Annual Communacopia Conference, Bear Stearns Annual Media Conference, iMediaConnection, Monaco Media Forum, AlwaysOn, TheDeal, Gnomedex, and Digital Hollywood.
Chase Norlin’s Specialties:
New venture development, distribution and strategic partnerships, business development, product development, contract negotiation, public relations, general management, P&L.
Chase Norlin’s Experience
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Sr. Business Development Executive
ValueClick
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; VCLK; Internet industry)
February 2005 — May 2006 (1 year 4 months)
• Development and management of distribution (publisher) relationships and strategic technology partnerships with Fortune 1000 companies, top 1000 websites, and emerging Web 2.0 applications/services.
• Publisher business development lead for multiple ValueClick properties including ValueClick Media (graphical ad network), PriceRunner (comparison shopping), and Search123 (paid search).
• Creation and execution of syndication/licensing deals with major online media properties, portals, RSS and contextual ad networks, blog and social networks, downloadable applications and loyalty programs, browsers, toolbars, domain holders, search engines, and Alexa top 25,000 sites.
• Achieved 200% QoQ revenue growth resulting in $6M/year in revenue. -
VP, New Venture Strategy & Communications
Mercent
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
May 2004 — February 2005 (10 months)
• New venture development and formulation of market positioning for online marketplace Web Services platform company founded by Amazon.com veterans.
• Media outreach to consumer, retail, technology, and business press (achieved 52 press wins). -
Sr. Business Development Consultant
InfoSpace
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; INSP; Internet industry)
May 2004 — February 2005 (10 months)
Development and management of strategic publisher distribution relationships with Fortune 1000 companies, top 1000 websites, and emerging applications/services.
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Founder
FastAlbum/ShowVox
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
May 2002 — April 2003 (1 year)
• Project managed development of online photo sharing application (www.fastalbum.com), an online video sharing service (ShowVox), and a FlashMX-based website creation tool.
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EIR & Strategy Consultant
The Boeing Company
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; BA; Internet industry)
January 2002 — April 2002 (4 months)
• EIR and Strategy consultant to The Boeing Company in developing an online digital media licensing venture.
• Formulation of new product development, messaging, business development, PR, and sales and marketing strategy.
• Provided staffing recommendations and business plan for achieving visibility in media licensing market.
• BoeingIPLicensing.com now provides a highly automated source of non-aircraft revenue for Boeing. -
Founder
ShareYourWorld
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
January 1999 — January 2002 (3 years 1 month)
• Created and managed development of first online photo and video sharing business.
• Managed business planning, raised @ $1M in funding from investors, managed product development, generated worldwide publicity, built and managed team of 15 employees, managed third-party vendors (PR and legal), managed budget, and formed nationally recognized Advisory Board. -
Internet Marketing Manager
Corbis
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Internet industry)
September 1998 — April 1999 (8 months)
• Identified, negotiated, and managed image distribution partnerships with Microsoft, Qpass, Excite, and Digital River.
• Image distribution partnership with Microsoft exposes Corbis media during content searches in IE.
• Drove the development of Corbis’s first consumer image licensing business. -
Internet Marketing Specialist
Sony
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Internet industry)
August 1996 — August 1998 (2 years 1 month)
Managed the development of Sony's first online photo sharing venture (The Image Studio) and established content partnerships with leading media companies.
