ImageSpan Leadership
The ImageSpan management team includes technology, media and Web 2.0 industry executives with extensive experience from leading companies including Amp’d Mobile, Corbis, Ericsson, Global Crossing, Edmunds.com, Napster and Walt Disney Co. Combining business acumen with technological savvy, these executives guide ImageSpan’s talented employees to develop groundbreaking products and solutions that enable customers to maximize the value of their creative assets at a reasonable cost.
Executive Team
Iain Scholnick, Chief Executive Officer and President
A visionary and veteran of the Internet and wireless industries, ImageSpan CEO Iain Scholnick brings more than 18 years of technical and operations experience to drive ImageSpan towards its mission of leading the market in licensing and billing automation for media. Under Iain’s leadership, ImageSpan has filed multiple patents, secured significant funding in financing led by Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments and Alan Patricof and his venture fund, Greycroft Partners, forged strategic partnerships with Adobe, Arvato, Bertelsmann, and Bertelsmann, and secured a series of AlwaysOn awards.
Jeff Shear, Chief Information Officer
Jeff leads the technical design and deployment of the LicenseStream Cloud for ImageSpan. He is a domain expert for digital imaging and rights management. His deep technology experience spans more than 20 years in systems and application development in the intellectual property, media, financial and insurance industries. Previously as VP, Business Design and Operation at Corbis, Jeff worked to integrate many acquisitions, transform the business process and deliver applications streamlining the customer relationship and order processes. Jeff joined Corbis with the successful sale of The Stock Market Photo Agency to Corbis, where he was Chief Information Officer. He currently is involved in analyzing standards to attach meta- and rights data to intellectual property and have media licensing events trigger financial transactions.
Scott Lipsitz, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Senior President, Corporate Development
Scott oversees and directs all aspects of ImageSpan’s financial and accounting operations. He provides leadership in business development and in strategic initiatives. Scott is a founder of Rainmaker Capital, LLC, a San Francisco-based consulting firm providing corporate development and M&A services to technology companies with a focus on mobile communications, media and entertainment, and IT infrastructure. An experienced technology entrepreneur with more than 15 years investment banking and operational experience in technology, Scott provides client companies with both general business and strategic consulting services with an emphasis on business development, value creation, financial engineering and merger and acquisition activity. Scott has been engaged by leading companies including Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERICY), Global Crossing (NYSE: GE), and One Equity Partners (JP Morgan Chase’s Private Equity Capital Group) among many others.
Rafael Solis, Vice President of Marketing
Rafael oversees all corporate and product marketing initiatives for ImageSpan. Rafael brings 12 years’ experience in strategic marketing and digital media. Previously as Vice President of Online at MVNO Amp’d Mobile, he led online marketing and indirect channel distribution. Prior to Amp’d, he served as Marketing Director at Napster transforming marketing efforts to performance-based contributing to a four-fold increase in paid subscribers. His previous experience includes marketing roles at Edmunds.com and the Walt Disney Company. Rafael holds a bachelor's degree in Economics from Portland State University and a Masters in Business Administration from Pepperdine University.