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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Kevin Casey, CEO of Collages.net, Joins PPA’s
Board of Directors
Langhorne, PA, April 29, 2008 – The Professional
Photographers of America (PPA), the world’s largest
professional photography association, recently announced
the appointment of Kevin C. Casey, CEO and President of
Collages.net, to its Board of Directors.
“Kevin has been an important voice on PPA’s Industry
Advisory Committee for a number of years now. He brings
a lot of business experience to the table and has
provided important insight,” said PPA CEO David Trust.
“He’s a strong addition to the group.”
Kevin Casey founded and built Collages.net without
previous experience in the photography business. Kevin's
career includes key roles in two successful start-up
companies in the medical and lab industries. Kevin
brings a broad range of technical sales and marketing
experience, ranging from product development to building
markets for a wide range of innovative products and
services, to Collages.net. Collages.net is a
multi-million dollar corporation that now provides
leading workflow, online posting, printing, product, and
marketing solutions that help over 10,000 professional
photographers save time, cut costs, and build their
businesses.
Kevin has a BA in Mathematics from College of the Holy
Cross and an MBA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
For six years, Kevin also served in the United States
Air Force where he was a B-52 combat crew member.
“I am really looking forward to working with the
talented staff on PPA’s board. There are a number of
tremendous initiatives taking place at PPA right now,
and I am thrilled to do my part with an organization
that does so much to help each and every photography
studio,” Casey said.
In addition to Casey, Doug Box, M.Photog.Cr.,API, and
Don MacGregor, M.Photog.Cr.,API also joined PPA’s Board
of Directors. More information is available at
http://www.ppa.com.
About PPA
Professional Photographers of America began providing
education and a sense of community to the photography
industry since 1880. To those offerings, the association
has since added business and personal protection,
business discounts, professional recognition, and more.
Today, PPA is the world’s largest not-for- profit
association for professional photographers, with more
than 18,000 members in 64 countries. It is an
association that seeks to increase its members’ business
savvy as well as broaden their creative scope. It aims
to advance their careers by providing them with all the
tools for success.
About Collages.net
Collages.net is the industry leader in providing
workflow, printing, product, and marketing solutions for
professional photographers. Collages.net offers
professional printing through collagesColor™,
Collages.net’s full service, professional printing
solution. Fully integrated with collagesDesktop™
software, this ordering interface provides a wide
variety of products, finishes, textures, sizes and other
lab options. In addition to earning many industry
accolades and awards as the industry’s leading online
posting, professional printing, and full e-commerce
platform, Collages.net also offers products such as
albums, press printed books, gallery wraps, high-end
cards, and DVD slide shows.
Professional photographers shooting all types of events
including: weddings, senior portraits, family portraits,
children's portraits, sports, special events, Bar/Bat
Mitzvahs, and corporate events utilize Collages.net to
create customized, password-protected, e-commerce
websites for their clients. Collages.net's web-based
platform allows photographers to sell photographs and
market their studios to guests, associates, friends, and
family members who previously were without access to the
professional photographs. With over 1.5 million unique
visits to Collages.net event websites each month,
Collages.net's photographers enjoy a unique online
presence and incredible exposure for their studios. The
powerful combination of high event traffic and
Collages.net's innovative marketing tools result in
Collages.net photographers increasing their studios’
revenue through online sales and generating numerous
referrals through broad studio exposure.
Collages.net works with over 10,000 professional
photographers across the United States and enjoys strong
partnerships with Professional Photographers of America
(PPA), Disney Weddings, and Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep
(NILMDTS).
Contact:
Deirdre Gillin
Director of Marketing and Product Development
(267) 572-5019
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