Mark, Pictopia's founder and CEO, was also the founder and CEO of Vividata, Inc., founded in 1988. Over the years Vividata has created and licensed image processing, scanning, OCR and printing software and drivers to such customers as the U.S. Department of Defense, Sun Microsystems, Lockheed Martin, and Disney. As their first CTO, Mark also helped found Surf Communications/Tunes.com, the Internet's first and most extensive music store. In 26 years of hardware and software engineering he has worked on 2D and 3D graphics and animation, broadcast video editing, the science and application of the psychophysics of human vision and color, scientific visualization software for oil exploration, and ASIC implementations of signal and image processing and rendering.
Joel Miller, VP Business Development & Content
Joel has over 15 years of experience in the film and photography business. His experience is in both post production and image licensing. He is the former Director of Associated Press/Wide World Photos, and was General Manager for The Image Bank, a worldwide still photography and film licensing company. He has successfully established and managed still photography businesses, hired and trained sales personnel, and implemented internal development and sales system procedures.
