The brightroom team brightroom, Inc. is a growing company with a talented team of individuals spanning three offices nationwide. From California, Texas to Virginia here are only a few highlighted brightroom team members: Sol Kanthack, President/CEO & Chairman (TX) Rich Snipes, Chief Technology Officer (CA) Chris Miller, Vice President of Sports Photography (TX) Cindy Souza, Corporate Sales Executive (CA) Ed Schulz, Senior Software Engineer (CA) Don Mulligan, Sports Account Manager (VA) Sol Kanthack, President/CEO & Chairman (TX) As a co-founder of brightroom, Sol is responsible for business development, identifying and forging strategic alliances, and day-to-day business operations. Sol has several years of sales, marketing and financial experience with notable firms such as Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan and brings early-stage business development experience from the corporate side at flyswat, a software company acquired by NBC, and from the private equity world evaluating investment opportunities with Trident Capital during business school. Outside of the office, Sol is both an avid runner and photographer who regularly participates in both activities. Sol received a B.B.A. in Finance from Texas Christian University and an MBA from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business with the Dean's Award of Distinction and degree concentrations in Accounting, Entrepreneurship and Finance.     Rich Snipes, Chief Technology Officer (CA) Rich oversees brightroom's technology footprint, from custom imaging software to an international web presence. Through his experience developing software and web solutions for Fortune 500 companies while with Ernst & Young, Rich brings significant design, development, and management skills, including Internet and intranet-based solutions, as well as database design and front-end architecture and deployment. Prior to co-founding brightroom, Rich was responsible for the design, implementation, maintenance, and mining of a multiple terabyte data warehouse while at software-startup flyswat. Rich is an avid ultra-runner, competing in marathons and ultra-marathons around the country. Rich received Bachelors degrees in Physics and Economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.     Chris Miller, Vice President of Sports Photography (TX) Chris has primary responsibility for the development of brightroom’s sports photography business, including its strategic partnerships and its team logistics, which allows brightroom to staff and photograph hundreds of sports events worldwide each year. His other responsibilities also include drafting and review of miscellaneous contracts, service agreements and related transactions. Licensed as an attorney since 1997 in Texas, Chris brought several years of experience in both litigation and transactional commercial practices to brightroom. Prior to joining brightroom in June of 2000, he worked with the firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges, L.L.P. in Houston. Chris received his undergraduate degree from Texas Christian University and his JD from the University of Houston Law Center.     Cindy Souza, Corporate Sales Executive (CA) Cindy joined the brightroom team to help develop the Company’s corporate event division. Since her arrival she has added large companies such as Redken, Best Buy, Coca-Cola and Curves to the client roster. Prior to joining the Company, Cindy spent seven years as a television news journalist with CBS and ABC affiliates. After working in the television industry, Cindy transferred into business development where she successfully developed relationships with Hewlett-Packard, Sony, Menlo Worldwide, Hertz and Kinkos. Cindy holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from California State University, Hayward.     Ed Schulz, Senior Software Engineer (CA) Ed is responsible for technical architecture and development of the software tools used to streamline the business processes for brightroom. He has experience as a senior engineering consultant at Ernst & Young building tools to help Fortune 500 companies improve their efficiencies. Ed has design, development, and management skills with both Internet and intranet-based solutions including database design and integration as well as front-end architecture and deployment. Ed enjoys participating in many outdoor activities and was an expert level mountain bike racer where he competed in many national events. Ed was awarded Dean’s List honors at Elmhurst College where he received a B.S. degree in Computer Science.     Don Mulligan, Sports Account Manager (VA) Don manages all aspects of brightroom's sports accounts and focuses on sports account business development from the East Coast to the Rockies. Don also serves as the lead photographer for brightroom teams at dozens of the largest and most prestigious road races and triathlons in the United States and abroad. He brings to brightroom a diverse background in sales, management, and finance including several years' experience in multi family real estate investment banking, working on Capitol Hill, and acting as the Director of Marketing for a technology company serving the Soccer industry. Don earned his B.A. from the University of Florida in 1992.