CEO, Simplestar
As CEO of Simple Star, Chad Richard guides the strategy and vision for the evolution of the PhotoShow platform.  PhotoShow enjoys broad distribution to consumers with the help of the industry leading partners including Kodak, HP, Walgreens, Shutterfly, Ritz Cameras, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, and Earthlink.
For fifteen years Chad has developed interactive consumer products and entertainment properties involving music, gaming, video and digital photography.  Prior to founding Simple Star he served as Executive Producer of Macromedia’s Shockwave.com.  Before joining Macromedia, Chad did pioneering work in interactive television, converging web-casting with broadcasting.  He has successfully started and sold three digital imaging businesses that were focused on interactive telephony, digital music, and web entertainment, respectively.