President, North America at Fotolia.com
Calgary, Canada Area
President, North America at Fotolia.com
Calgary, Canada Area
An entrepreneurial business professional with expertise in the areas of strategy, operations management and marketing, Patrick has coached many companies to success in his career to date. He has a special interest in helping e-commerce businesses tackle critical issues including distribution, product development, branding, customer experience, and data mining.
His latest venture was iStockphoto.com, where he led the company in the areas of strategy, finance, IT, marketing, and business development in his role as EVP and director. He joined iStockphoto pre-revenue, and upon his departure, the company was selling over 12 million images annually. iStockphoto became the world’s most successful web 2.0 stock photography company, and was sold to Getty Images, a NYSE company, for US$50,000,000 in February of 2006.
Link:
Getty Images Buys iStockPhoto.com For $50 Million
http://pdnonline.com/pdn/newswire/article_display.jsp?
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Patrick is actively seeking his next startup opportunity. He has earned a BA (1990) and an MBA (2001) from the University of Calgary.
e-commerce marketing, SEM, customer conversion metrics, viral marketing campaigns, contract negotiations
(Privately Held; Online Media industry)
May 2009 — Present (7 months)
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
January 2007 — Present (2 years 11 months)
Advisor and Angel Investor for various technology-related startups.
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; GYI; Computer Software industry)
January 2002 — May 2006 (4 years 5 months)
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; ADBE; Computer Software industry)
April 1994 — August 1998 (4 years 5 months)
MBA , Business , 1999 — 2001
BA , Sociology , 1985 — 1990
Rotary Club