A21/Superstock taps industry veterans to help guide company March 21, 2006 About The Image A21/Superstock has hired several high-level employees recently with direct experience in the stock photo industry in an effort to round out its management team with seasoned players. Stock industry veteran Ellen Boughn has joined A21 SuperStock as its VP, Content Strategy and Product Manager of Rights-Managed Content. Ms. Boughn, who founded AfterImage in 1976 and later sold that company to Tony Stone in 1992, most recently served as VP at Uppercut Images, the RM division of PunchStock. She has worked for other major stock photo companies, including Corbis, and served as an industry consultant. Ms. Boughn’s responsibilities will include recruiting new photographers and producing new imagery for both the RF and RM collections at Superstock. SuperStock's hiring of Ms. Boughn follows the recent addition of another key manager, Candice Crough as VP of Sales. Ms. Crough’s history in the stock photo industry began with Corbis in 1999 where she rose from Account Executive to East Coast Commercial Sales Manager. In 2004 she joined another Corbis alumn, Leslie Hughes, at ImageState where she held the post of World-Wide Director of Sales. Another experienced stock photo industry professional, Susan O'Brien, has worked for Superstock for over a year as a consultant to assist Superstock with the development of its world-wide distribution channels. Mrs. O’Brien formerly served as Channel Manager for the Ireland-based RF company, Stockbyte. Posted by Chris Ferrone on March 21, 2006 06:30 AM © 2006 About The Image