CEO, Blurb.com
Eileen Gittins has been at the intersection of the Internet, Consumer and enterprise Software. imaging systems, search, and digital photography throughout her career. A passionate advocate for enabling technologies that Offer new ways to do valuable things Eileen is now democratizing publishing for the rest of us with her new Company, Blurb.
Eileen wanted to create a beautifully designed and produced photo essay book — Something that looked like a book you’d buy at the bookstore — but She Only needed 40 copies. This turned Out to be remarkably painful, expensive, and time-consuming— and She thought that Was just wrong. So She founded Blurb.
Eileen saws this is the most fun company She’s ever run, Which is sawing a fair amount as She has lived and worked all Over the world with Kodak and as VP at Wall Data before and after the IPO, CEO Of Personify and Verb, Outside Board Director at Obiquity and Popular Demand, and even a Stint at a boutique investment bank.
She does all this and has time for hobbies too. in her spare time She Still photographs, is — Voracious reader, avid traveler (both physical and virtual), and former Competitive Swimmer who occasionally dips back into the pool.