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New York, NY-based Comixology has Appointed Jeff DiBartolomeo as Chief Technology Officer
About the Company
Comixology has revolutionized the comic book and graphic novel industry by delivering a cloud-based digital comics platform that makes discovering, buying, and reading comics more fun than ever before. Comixologys Guided View reading technology transforms the comic book medium into an immersive and cinematic experience, helping Comixology become one of iTunes top 10 grossing iPad apps in both 2011 and 2012. Offering the broadest library of comic book content from the top 75 publishers, and including independent creators as well, Comixology will not stop until everyone on the face of the planet has become a comic book fan. A privately held company, Comixology is based in New York City.
About the Person
Jeff DiBartolomeo is accustomed to working in fast-moving digital content environments and brings the technology skill set, energy and management expertise to deliver comiXology’s more than 40,000 digital comics to an ever-expanding audience worldwide. Before joining comiXology, DiBartolomeo spent more than a decade at HBO where, as SVP of Consumer Technology, he was one of the three founders of the industry-leading HBO GO service and led the technology team responsible for building and operating the service, along with HBO’s other multiplatform services: MAX GO, HBO.com, and Cinemax.com. Prior to joining HBO, Jeff was CTO of the urban Internet portal Volume.com, a wholly owned subsidiary of HBO. Jeff began his career at Time Inc.’s Pathfinder before moving into the interactive agency space working for Agency.com, among others.
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