OnRequest Images Appoints Digital Media and Enterprise Software Industry Veteran Carla Stratfold as CEO

SEATTLE, June 3 /PRNewswire/ -- OnRequest Images, a global web-based solution and resource network for creating Custom Libraries(TM) of brand- aligned imagery, announced today the appointment of Carla Stratfold as CEO. Ms. Stratfold comes to OnRequest Images with more than 20 years of experience building and growing businesses based on scalable software platforms used by Fortune 100 companies. With this appointment, founder David Norris, will assume his previously announced new role as chairman and Chief Strategy Officer.

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"The vision for OnRequest Images has always been to fundamentally transform the photography marketplace. By bringing world-class creative expertise and talent together with OnRequest OnPro(TM), our powerful web-based imagery production and management platform, we enable our clients to efficiently create a valuable visual brand presence," said David Norris, founder, Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer, OnRequest Images. "I'm thrilled to welcome Carla, whose experience establishing the world's leading customer relationship management and digital media platforms in the market makes her uniquely qualified to lead OnRequest Images into this next phase of substantial growth."

Stratfold comes to OnRequest Images with over 20 years of leadership in the enterprise software market. Most recently, Stratfold was an officer and Senior Vice President at RealNetworks where she drove sales, providing leading media companies with the technology platform to broadcast audio and video over the Internet. Prior to RealNetworks, Stratfold was Vice President of Business Development at Backweb and served as Oracle Corporation's Vice President of Product Sales and Marketing for North America and South America. During her ten years at Oracle, Stratfold held various sales and technical management positions.

"It's exciting to join a company that has established a broad, new category in a growing and vibrant market, blending the art of creating compelling imagery with the power and efficiency of a scalable software delivery and management platform," said Carla Stratfold. "With some of the world's leading corporations as satisfied clients, I look forward to further expanding the company's presence in the domestic US market, and broadening our reach globally."

In this new role, David Norris will step up his focus on long term vision for the company, including establishing a global footprint. Over the past several years, Norris has brought together a keen understanding of the creative and business needs of marketing executives with the ability to leverage the Internet to speed delivery and improve workflow. The result, OnRequest OnPro, is a scalable web based platform for the workflow and production associated with sourcing, managing, and licensing brand focused custom images.

With OnRequest OnPro, clients can easily create branded materials utilizing photos and imagery sourced in country or globally from OnRequest's network of professionals. Today, a growing list of Fortune 100 companies depend on OnPro for their brand image needs and OnRequest Images has produced libraries of custom imagery in more than 50 different countries and 100-plus cities around the world.

Stratfold holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Washington State University.

About OnRequest Images

OnRequest Images is a unique global solution and resource network for producing Custom Libraries(TM) of brand-aligned imagery, employing the speed and efficiency of the Internet. The company's patent-pending OnRequest OnPro(TM) web-based production platform and Custom Imagery Experts enable companies to create, share, and manage high-quality photography -- on demand, on time, and on budget. The scalable, end-to-end imagery platform makes even the most complex global shoots reliable and efficient. Employing a global network of certified photographers, models, stylists, location scouts, and other resources, OnRequest Images delivers speed to market, easy Internet collaboration, and reduces the risk of error throughout the production and licensing process. OnRequest Images is based in Seattle with offices in New York, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Los Angeles, Miami, and San Francisco. To learn more, visit http://www.onrequestimages.com/

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