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Erik Perkins
President and CFO
Erik Perkins is President and Chief Financial Officer at Origin Digital Inc., the leading global IP broadcasting company.
As President, Mr. Perkins is responsible for all facets of Origin Digital’s daily operations including oversight of operations and product executive leadership. Additionally, as the company’s Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Perkins is directly accountable for budgeting, forecasting, human resources and legal administration.
Prior to Origin Digital, Mr. Perkins was Chief Financial and Operating Officer of Image One Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Danka Office Imaging Company. During his tenure at Image One, he served as a catalyst to proactively manage budgets, forecasts, and assisted in all P&L initiatives for the Danka Strategic Division.
Before Image One, Mr. Perkins was an assurance manager with KPMG LLP, where he was the lead supervisor of multiple national public merger/acquisition engagements in the automotive, health care, retail and pharmaceuticals industries. During his employment in public accounting, Mr. Perkins also practiced at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and Ernst & Young LLP.
Mr. Perkins holds Master’s and Bachelor’s Degrees from the University of Michigan Business School. Mr. Perkins presently resides in Morristown, New Jersey with his wife Sara, son, and two Labrador Retrievers.
President and CFO
Erik Perkins is President and Chief Financial Officer at Origin Digital Inc., the leading global IP broadcasting company.
As President, Mr. Perkins is responsible for all facets of Origin Digital’s daily operations including oversight of operations and product executive leadership. Additionally, as the company’s Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Perkins is directly accountable for budgeting, forecasting, human resources and legal administration.
Prior to Origin Digital, Mr. Perkins was Chief Financial and Operating Officer of Image One Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Danka Office Imaging Company. During his tenure at Image One, he served as a catalyst to proactively manage budgets, forecasts, and assisted in all P&L initiatives for the Danka Strategic Division.
Before Image One, Mr. Perkins was an assurance manager with KPMG LLP, where he was the lead supervisor of multiple national public merger/acquisition engagements in the automotive, health care, retail and pharmaceuticals industries. During his employment in public accounting, Mr. Perkins also practiced at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and Ernst & Young LLP.
Mr. Perkins holds Master’s and Bachelor’s Degrees from the University of Michigan Business School. Mr. Perkins presently resides in Morristown, New Jersey with his wife Sara, son, and two Labrador Retrievers.
Darcy Lorincz
CEO
Darcy Lorincz is the CEO at Origin Digital Inc., the leading global IP broadcasting company.
Together with the co-founders, Mr. Lorincz was responsible for building the business plan and raising the capital to privatize this company derived from assets acquired from a public company, SAVVIS Communications.
Previously Mr. Lorincz was the Vice President and General Manager of Global Rich Media Services at SAVVIS Communications where he built the Media and Entertainment Division from its inception to the business unit, contributing over 15% of SAVVIS’ annual global revenue at the time. Together with executive management and investors, Mr. Lorincz was instrumental in the aggressive mergers and acquisitions of the disparate digital media assets that ultimately formed the portfolio of services that he was responsible for developing.
Prior to forming Origin Digital, joining the Accenture family, and holding the SVP Media and Entertainment position at SAVVIS, Mr. Lorincz helped set the global strategy for the Networking and Communications segment of the BBC Technology product and marketing focus, which was primarily focused on New Media in IP and Mobile program distribution.
Preceding his time at BBC, Lorincz was the Managing Director for M&E at Global Crossing. There he directed the strategy for entry and growth of Global Crossing in the Media & Entertainment markets. He then directed the execution of the technology strategy and operating plan for a global applications-enabled media extranet for on-demand and consumption based network services in the Broadcast, Cable, News and Sports markets.
Mr. Lorincz has a proven track record of over 20 years building, implementing, and managing technology strategies, products, and solutions for the IT, networking and media industries. In his current role, Lorincz will continue to direct this new growth venture and build Origin Digital into a premier provider of Digital Media products and Services under Accenture Digital Media Services portfolio.
CEO
Darcy Lorincz is the CEO at Origin Digital Inc., the leading global IP broadcasting company.
Together with the co-founders, Mr. Lorincz was responsible for building the business plan and raising the capital to privatize this company derived from assets acquired from a public company, SAVVIS Communications.
Previously Mr. Lorincz was the Vice President and General Manager of Global Rich Media Services at SAVVIS Communications where he built the Media and Entertainment Division from its inception to the business unit, contributing over 15% of SAVVIS’ annual global revenue at the time. Together with executive management and investors, Mr. Lorincz was instrumental in the aggressive mergers and acquisitions of the disparate digital media assets that ultimately formed the portfolio of services that he was responsible for developing.
Prior to forming Origin Digital, joining the Accenture family, and holding the SVP Media and Entertainment position at SAVVIS, Mr. Lorincz helped set the global strategy for the Networking and Communications segment of the BBC Technology product and marketing focus, which was primarily focused on New Media in IP and Mobile program distribution.
Preceding his time at BBC, Lorincz was the Managing Director for M&E at Global Crossing. There he directed the strategy for entry and growth of Global Crossing in the Media & Entertainment markets. He then directed the execution of the technology strategy and operating plan for a global applications-enabled media extranet for on-demand and consumption based network services in the Broadcast, Cable, News and Sports markets.
Mr. Lorincz has a proven track record of over 20 years building, implementing, and managing technology strategies, products, and solutions for the IT, networking and media industries. In his current role, Lorincz will continue to direct this new growth venture and build Origin Digital into a premier provider of Digital Media products and Services under Accenture Digital Media Services portfolio.
Chris Lemire
Executive Vice President, Operations
Chris Lemire is Executive Vice President of Operations at Origin Digital Inc., the leading global IP broadcasting company.
As EVP of Operations, Mr. Lemire is charged with the development and management of Origin Digital’s Media Operations, Technology Service, and Technical Infrastructure throughout Origin’s global infrastructure. He is responsible for the company’s internal technical strategy and execution of that strategy while maximizing Origin’s impressive footprint and technical expertise in the new media markets.
Mr. Lemire has over 17 years of management and advanced technology consulting experience with 30 launched broadcast channels and systems where he was the lead Engineer and/or Project Manager. His experience architecting, designing, and integrating advance solutions for the Television Broadcast, Production, and New Media industries has put him in a unique position to understand end-to-end technical and operational requirements as IP delivery and broadcast delivery technologies continue to converge, and multi-platform distribution becomes the norm in delivering broadcast content to global audiences.
Mr. Lemire has held technical and operational management positions throughout his career. During his time at Time Warner Cable (TWC), he held numerous C-level positions some of which include Senior Director of Technology and Operations for TWC’s Programming Group, Sr. Director Advanced Broadcast Technology, Rant Technologies, and Sr. Manager of Advanced Media, A.F. Associates (Now Ascent Media Integration). It was here where he began his career in broadcast technologies.
At TWC, Lemire was responsible for the architecture, technical, and operational solutions for the nine operating Time Warner Cable Local News channels. He undertook the build-out, integrations, and staffing of all the markets Time Warner Cable serviced with local programming.
Mr. Lemire attended Hofstra University in Hempstead, NY and holds a Bachelors of Science Degree in Electronic Engineering from DeVry University, Columbus Ohio.
Executive Vice President, Operations
Chris Lemire is Executive Vice President of Operations at Origin Digital Inc., the leading global IP broadcasting company.
As EVP of Operations, Mr. Lemire is charged with the development and management of Origin Digital’s Media Operations, Technology Service, and Technical Infrastructure throughout Origin’s global infrastructure. He is responsible for the company’s internal technical strategy and execution of that strategy while maximizing Origin’s impressive footprint and technical expertise in the new media markets.
Mr. Lemire has over 17 years of management and advanced technology consulting experience with 30 launched broadcast channels and systems where he was the lead Engineer and/or Project Manager. His experience architecting, designing, and integrating advance solutions for the Television Broadcast, Production, and New Media industries has put him in a unique position to understand end-to-end technical and operational requirements as IP delivery and broadcast delivery technologies continue to converge, and multi-platform distribution becomes the norm in delivering broadcast content to global audiences.
Mr. Lemire has held technical and operational management positions throughout his career. During his time at Time Warner Cable (TWC), he held numerous C-level positions some of which include Senior Director of Technology and Operations for TWC’s Programming Group, Sr. Director Advanced Broadcast Technology, Rant Technologies, and Sr. Manager of Advanced Media, A.F. Associates (Now Ascent Media Integration). It was here where he began his career in broadcast technologies.
At TWC, Lemire was responsible for the architecture, technical, and operational solutions for the nine operating Time Warner Cable Local News channels. He undertook the build-out, integrations, and staffing of all the markets Time Warner Cable serviced with local programming.
Mr. Lemire attended Hofstra University in Hempstead, NY and holds a Bachelors of Science Degree in Electronic Engineering from DeVry University, Columbus Ohio.
Rick Fawcett
Vice President, Sales
Rick Fawcett is the Vice President of Sales at Origin Digital, Inc., the leading global IP broadcasting company.
Mr. Fawcett’s primary responsibility lies in growing Origin Digital’s revenue. By carefully matching Origin Digital’s strengths along with an account base that uniquely requires Origin Digital services, Mr. Fawcett and the Origin Digital sales team have been successful in growing profit and obtaining the highest levels of customer satisfaction.
Prior to Origin Digital, Mr. Fawcett served as the head of sales for three private companies that experienced high-growth results. While at Colloquis, a developer of automated chat solutions, the company was acquired by Microsoft in 2006 for nearly 15x company revenues. The Fantastic Corporation, a developer of IP Multicast Solutions, experienced an impressive IPO on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange that grew to an $8.5B market capitalization. At WebCollage, Mr. Fawcett successfully led sales as the company migrated from a software model to an emerging Software as a Service model, resulting in over 130% year over year growth for nearly four consecutive years.
In the beginnings of Mr. Fawcett’s career, he created a solid foundation with public companies of Cabletron Systems and Nortel Networks. During his time at these public companies, Mr. Fawcett was a top sales performer with a consistent track record exceeding all sales volume targets.
Passionate, communicative, accountable, intelligent and innovative are a few of the core characteristics of the sales teams in which Mr. Fawcett strives to build. As Origin Digital operates as a start-up within a market leading public company, Mr. Fawcett’s 20+ years of experience are uniquely suited for Origin Digital’s environment.
Vice President, Sales
Rick Fawcett is the Vice President of Sales at Origin Digital, Inc., the leading global IP broadcasting company.
Mr. Fawcett’s primary responsibility lies in growing Origin Digital’s revenue. By carefully matching Origin Digital’s strengths along with an account base that uniquely requires Origin Digital services, Mr. Fawcett and the Origin Digital sales team have been successful in growing profit and obtaining the highest levels of customer satisfaction.
Prior to Origin Digital, Mr. Fawcett served as the head of sales for three private companies that experienced high-growth results. While at Colloquis, a developer of automated chat solutions, the company was acquired by Microsoft in 2006 for nearly 15x company revenues. The Fantastic Corporation, a developer of IP Multicast Solutions, experienced an impressive IPO on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange that grew to an $8.5B market capitalization. At WebCollage, Mr. Fawcett successfully led sales as the company migrated from a software model to an emerging Software as a Service model, resulting in over 130% year over year growth for nearly four consecutive years.
In the beginnings of Mr. Fawcett’s career, he created a solid foundation with public companies of Cabletron Systems and Nortel Networks. During his time at these public companies, Mr. Fawcett was a top sales performer with a consistent track record exceeding all sales volume targets.
Passionate, communicative, accountable, intelligent and innovative are a few of the core characteristics of the sales teams in which Mr. Fawcett strives to build. As Origin Digital operates as a start-up within a market leading public company, Mr. Fawcett’s 20+ years of experience are uniquely suited for Origin Digital’s environment.