About Us
Pixorial
Pixorial was created to liberate the world’s video – to empower people of all ages to share, create and connect with friends and family through video.
With Pixorial, you can easily send, upload, edit, organize and share your video memories.
Founded in 2007, Pixorial is a privately held company based in Englewood, Colorado.
At Pixorial, we believe:
You should be able to have access to your video memories.
Regardless of whether your video was captured on your phone, web cam, film, digital or analog media, you should be able to easily access and watch your videos in one place.
Your videos should be easy to edit.
Spend your time creating memories, not editing them. Pixorial’s web-based editing tools make it easy to trim, add titles, transitions and more to your video creations.
Your videos should be safe and organized.
Organize your videos with Pixorial, decide who has access to your videos and feel safe knowing that Pixorial archives videos on secure, redundant servers at co-location facilities.
Your videos should be easy to share – in the places that you designate.
Now you can broadcast your videos to several places – with one click you can post your videos to Facebook, your blog, LinkedIn, Myspace, Twitter and YouTube. It is up to you! And don't forget grandma, you can send your videos via email or DVD too.
Executive Team
Our Team:
We’ve garnered experience with innovative companies both big (Apple, Disney, Oracle, Netscape, Adobe, Canon, Deloitte & Touche, Andersen Consulting, Morrison & Foerster, Sun Microsystems, LookSmart) and small (Open Grid, Lifepics, Lightspan, OEX Options, Quarterform, Beatport, Greenplum). Collectively we have pioneered new technologies, designed innovative software applications, conducted hundreds of hours of user interface analysis, developed pre- and post-IPO business strategies and created new products and marketing campaigns.
Andrés Espiñeira - Co-Founder and CEO
Andrés is the Chairman and visionary behind Pixorial. He founded the company in 2007 with a mission to help liberate all the video in the world and make memories accessible and easy to share and enjoy with friends and family. After sailing across the Atlantic Ocean with his father, fulfilling a lifelong dream, he is now working on a bringing his vision to life with Pixorial. Andrés is an entrepreneur with a strong background in product strategy, marketing, and software development. He was Vice President of Marketing of Open Grid, Inc. a company delivering wireless Internet solutions to Fortune 100 companies where he helped secure a $19M round of financing. Prior to OpenGrid, Andrés spent four years in management at Netscape Communications, playing a leading role in shaping Netscape's initial electronic commerce product strategy. Andrés also worked at Oracle Corporation where he managed the engineering team responsible for the rollout of Oracle 7 on UNIX platforms. Andrés has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University and a Master in Management from the Kellogg School of Business at Northwestern University.
John Martyniak - Senior Vice President of Product Development & Operations
As Senior VP of Product Development & Operations, John successfully manages Pixorial’s Product Development & Operations staff while providing hands-on guidance for strategic hardware and software solutions. John's technological experience and vision, coupled with his strong leadership ability, are an immense asset to the Pixorial team. John has participated in the processes of numerous software development teams, and has proven to be an expert in designing and implementing software applications, web services, content management systems (CMS) and Internet portals. He has designed and developed components using Java (J2EE), WebObjects, Teamsite, Documentum, Webtrends, Google Analytics, Oracle Application Servers, Oracle Databases, IBM Websphere, ASP .NET, and SQL Server, among others. John's career spans more than two decades with key roles in global Fortune 500 companies, including roles at both Disney and Canon USA. While at Disney, John served as the Project Lead and Producer of the Disneyland, Disney Channel, Walt Disney home video sites. In addition, in conjunction with Walt Disney Imagineering, he participated in the exploration of the implementation of Disney technology and branding into early stage set-top boxes. John also had the opportunity to collaborate on Disney game development and video distribution. Just prior to Pixorial, at CANON USA, John helped define and implement the Webtrends Web Analytics System for all Canon USA websites. John was also the Project Lead for the Canon USA Internet marketing site, which included 10,000+ pages of dynamic content, and he assisted with the definition and selection of the new Canon USA Customer Support System.
Melissa Hourigan – Vice President of Marketing
Melissa is the Vice President of Marketing for Pixorial where she is responsible for developing key messages and the marketing strategy for the company. She works closely with the product development team as well as the users to better understand what’s next in video. For more than a decade, Melissa has helped launch Internet start-ups with first-to-market technologies including Natural Language Search Company, Ask Jeeves (now Ask.com), and the early social network Tribe.net (co-launched with LinkedIn and Friendster). She was instrumental in launching ModernMom, a site run by co-CEO’s Lisa Rosenblatt and celebrity mom, Brooke Burke. Melissa was also a founding partner for the most comprehensive media on Twitter database, Mediaontwitter , which is currently, used by PR and media professionals around the globe.
