President, North America at Fotolia.com
Calgary, Canada Area
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- President, North America at Fotolia.com
- Entrepreneur at Lor.vc
- Past
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- EVP & Director at iStockphoto.com
- Product Development Manager at Adobe Systems; (Adobe Studios Division)
- Education
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- The University of Calgary
- The University of Calgary
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Patrick Lor’s Summary
Patrick Lor is President, Fotolia North America. Fotolia.com is one of the world's leading providers of affordable stock imagery, with a database of over five million images and over one million international members. With web sites in 10 languages, Fotolia, LLC is based in New York and has offices in 12 countries. In 2007, Fotolia became the first independent microstock agency to enter the traditional stock marketplace with the launch of Fotolia Infinite Collections.
Patrick helped pioneer the microstock industry, joining the world's first microstock agency in 2001 as co-founder. Upon his departure, the company was selling over 12 million images annually, and was sold to Getty Images for US$50 million in 2006. He has also held senior marketing and product development roles at Adobe's Image Club Graphics Division, which produced and marketed fonts, photography, clip art and design applications to professional designers throughout the world. Patrick has extensive experience mentoring startups, and currently sits on the advisory boards of Aviary.com, Benevity.com and Bumptop.com.
Patrick Lor’s Specialties:
e-commerce marketing, SEM, customer conversion metrics, viral marketing campaigns, contract negotiations
Patrick Lor’s Experience
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President, North America
Fotolia.com
(Privately Held; Online Media industry)
May 2009 — Present (8 months)
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Entrepreneur
Lor.vc
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
January 2007 — Present (3 years )
Advisor and Angel Investor for various technology-related startups.
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EVP & Director
iStockphoto.com
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; GYI; Computer Software industry)
January 2002 — May 2006 (4 years 5 months)
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Product Development Manager
Adobe Systems; (Adobe Studios Division)
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; ADBE; Computer Software industry)
April 1994 — August 1998 (4 years 5 months)
Patrick Lor’s Education
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The University of Calgary
MBA , Business , 1999 — 2001
- Activities and Societies:
- Executive MBA program
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The University of Calgary
BA , Sociology , 1985 — 1990
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EMBA - University of Calgary
Patrick Lor’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
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