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This list showcases the top United States based COO’ operating in the Photography space. If you think a COO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Brian McGee
EVP, COO & CFO of GoPro
Brian McGee is the senior vice president and chief financial officer of [GoPro](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/gopro#/entity), a brand of high-definition personal cameras used in extreme action video photography. Previously, he was the vice president for finance at the same company. He has also served as the vice president for business operations at [Qualcomm](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/qualcomm#/entity). McGee holds a bachelor’s degree in finance from [California Polytechnic State University](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/california-polytechnic-state-university-san-luis-obispo#/entity). He lives in Los Gatos, California, United States.
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About GoPro: GoPro is a brand of personal cameras used in extreme action video photography.
Philip J Faraci
President, COO of Kodak
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About Kodak: Kodak is a technology company that provides imaging solutions and services for enterprises and consumers.
Siavash Shiva
COO & General Counsel of ShareGrid
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About ShareGrid: The largest marketplace for creatives.
Jack Ottman
Chief Operating Officer of Minds
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About Minds: Minds is a crypto social network and secure messaging app that rewards users with crypto for their efforts online.
Tammy H. Nam
COO of Picsart
Tammy H. Nam is the COO at PicsArt, the #1 creative platform and social editing app with more than 600 million downloads and 150 million monthly active creators. She oversees business and operations for the 450-person global startup headquartered in San Francisco. Prior to joining PicsArt, Tammy was CEO of global streaming service Viki (acquired by Rakuten in 2014). She was also a marketing executive at innovative consumer tech companies such as Scribd and Slide. Tammy has 25 years of experience advising dozens of brands such as Akamai, Visa and Starbucks to grow leadership positions and identify new opportunities. A graduate of Northwestern University, she studied journalism and economics and was named one of “25 Women to Watch in Tech.”
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About Picsart: Picsart is an all-in-one photo & video editing app, powered by a creative community of monthly active users and influencers.
Ăn cứt Chó
COO of Timehop
Rick Webb is the Co-Founder at The Barbarian Group. In 2001, Rick co-founded The Barbarian Group, an award-winning digital ad agency. Rick served as its Chief Operating Officer for the first ten years of the company’s existence. Rick left in 2011 to pursue angel investing in and writing on, technology and advertising. Rick is an Angel Investor in Foursquare, Branch, Circa, Percolate, Sherpaa, Nestio and Timehop. Rick is an Advisor to several other tech startups and marketing services companies, including Hard Candy Shell, and Small Girls PR. Rick currently serves as a Venture Partner at Quotidian Ventures and as a Marketing and Sales Consultant to such startups as Tumblr, Soundcloud and Percolate. Rick is author of Agency: Starting a Creative Firm in the Age of Digital Marketing, released by Palgrave Macmillan in 2015 and an avid writer on technology, advertising, economics and government. Rick graduated from Boston University with a degree in International Economics in 1992.
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About Ads By Nimbus, Timehop: Timehop is your throwback thursday for every day of the week. Timehop also offers Nimbus, a mobile, in-app header bidding solution.
Ben MacAskill
COO of SmugMug
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About SmugMug: SmugMug is a photo sharing website that allows its users to store, share and sell their photos online. They also own & operate Flickr.
Heather Le
COO, Co-Founder, VP of Product & Ops of Candidly
Heather Le is the Co-Founder and COO at Candidly
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About Candidly, Women in Product: Book an event photographer on Candidly.com and receive photos back within 24 hours. We shoot all events EXCEPT weddings.
Jakob Osterby
COO of Pixelz
Jakob Osterby is the COO at Pixelz.
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About Pixelz: Pixelz is the leading product image editing service for internet retailers, bloggers, designers, photographers, and webmasters.
Brian McNeill
COO, Co-Founder of Stringr
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About Stringr: STRINGR operates an online marketplace that enables media content contributors to upload and submit digital content.
Chris Cunningham
Co-founder & COO of Rylo
Chris Cunningham is the co-founder of Rylo. He used to be a software engineer at Facebook. He earned his degree at McMaster University.
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About Rylo, VSCO: Rylo is a consumer electronic company that is behind of a powerful little 360° camera that shoots larger-than-life video.
Andrea King
Chief Operating Officer of Maine
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About Maine: Maine is an online magazine that features unexpectedly captured photos, illustrations, and other creative art.
Ana Maria Moreno
Co-Founder, COO of Wonders
Co-Founder, COO at Wonders
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About Uber, Wonders: Wonders app is a mobile journal of hand-picked stories about travel and outdoors.
Ariane Fisher
COO of Storymix Media
Ariane Fisher is the Co-Founder, Co-Owner & Chief Operating Officer of Storymix Media.
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About Storymix Media: Storymix Media is a crowdsourced automated video creation platform for digital agencies and content marketers.
Justin Cho
Co-Founder & COO of Orangemonkie Inc
Justin CHO is Co-founder & COO at ORANGEMONKIE, INC.
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About Orangemonkie Inc, Orangemonkie Inc: Orangemonkie is a hardware, software startup and creators of the Foldio : All-in-one studio, Foldio360 : The smart turn table
Peter Tahmin
Co-founder & COO of MailPix
Peter Tahmin is a long-time digital imaging and retailing executive. He is the Co-founder & COO at MailPix.com located in Huntington Beach CA. Peter also serves as an advisory board member of Powsumer Inc. He joined Ritz Camera and Image as Vice President of RitzPix.com and Online Retail in October 2010. Prior to this, Tahmin was at Ritz Interactive Inc. as Senior Vice Pesident and Chief Operating Officer and a founding member of Ritz Interactive Inc. Responsibilities included IT, Customer Service and Distribution and Fulfillment. Prior to joining Ritz Interactive Inc., he held the position of Director of Digital Services Integration for Eastman Kodak’s Qualex Division, responsible for the introduction of Kodak’s Picture CD, Picture Disk and the joint Kodak/America On Line program called You’ve Got Pictures! During my stay at Qualex, he designed, developed and launched www.Kodaklabs.com, Eastman Kodak’s first on line digital imaging Internet service.
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About MailPix.com, RitzPix.com, Winkflash.com: MailPix, enters its tenth year in business with the broadest retail reach of any mobile photo printing app, 1 Hour Photo app
Phil Ovitt
COO of Sparksight
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About Sparksight: Sparksight is a creative agency that blends commercial expertise with artistic nuance.
Adam Birnbaum
COO & CFO of StickyAlbums, Inc.
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About StickyAlbums, Inc.: StickyAlbums helps professional photographers book more clients by offering a tool allowing photogs to create custom mobile photo apps.