Richard Lerz is the founder and current COO / President of Pixsy Corpration (Pixsy.com).
Richard’s years of Internet Related Service experience helped him build a leading image and video index syndication platform, powering such sites as Lycos, Sonic Solutions (NASDAQ:SNIC), Pearson (NASDAQ:PSO) and Rediff (NASAQ:REDF).
Pixsy has been named one of Time Magazine’s Top 50 Companies and included in the “AlwaysOn Top 100” for the years 2006 through 2008.
Richards Achivements with Pixsy include:
• Managed fund raising, transaction negotiations, legal, and investor relations • Built company from incorporation to opening multi-state locations • Recruited HR, finance, technology and development teams • Managed fiscal budgets and projections for all procurement • Architected and deployed all datacenter and distribution infrastructure technologies • Implemented corporate policies and procedures
Pixsy.com was not Richard’s first experience in the Internet related industry. As a leader in the Internet Revolution, Richard has a very impressive pedigree.
In early 2002, Richard was a founder & investor in CentralPoint Corporation.
Developed specifically for researchers, CentralPoint provides Principal Investigators, researchers and government agencies worldwide, a private environment for secure data-sharing and communicating sensitive information that provides controlled access to critical information anytime, anywhere. CentralPoint complies with HIPAA, Sarbanes Oxley and Data Safety Monitoring mandates.
Richards accomplishments/highlights with CentralPoint include:
Management • Raised capital and managed investor relations • Developed partnership programs with the National Institutes of Health and universities nationwide • Managed patent and trademark specifications and process • Recruited staff and built company from ground up
Technology • Architected and designed specifications for all technologies • Negotiated US and International outsource development contracts • Managed development teams in Russia and India • Conducted usability studies among Principal Investigators • Managed asset acquisitions and datacenter deployments
Prior to the develpment of CentralPoint, Richard was the founder and CEO of one of Seattles first ISP and ASP Providers, Dataform Corporation.
Starting in 1995, Dataform Corporation was amongst Seattle’s first Internet Service Providers (ISP). Dataform evolved to become an enterprise infrastructure management provider, servicing clients such as Electronic Arts, Microsoft, and Bristol Meyer Squibb.
Accomplishments and Highlights from Dataform Corporation include:
Management • Founded one of Seattle’s initial Internet Service Providers (ISP) • Raised funding and managed investor relations • Expanded services to include customer network management •Transitioned company to an enterprise provider of infrastructure services and application delivery (ASP) • Recruited staff and built company from ground up
Technology • Designed datacenter architecture infrastructure • Oversaw all acquisitions and technology budgets • Expanded operations to 4 datacenters • Hosted one of the highest traffic gaming download sites
