Bill Heston

Bio

Bill has more than 15 years of experience in the areas of internet marketing, commerce and development, strategic business development, and venture capital. Prior to joining Cedar Grove in 1999, he was a Getty Images Senior Vice President, where he managed business development as well as the Internet initiatives for PhotoDisc and Getty Images. Heston was one of PhotoDisc's first employees. He created and directed PhotoDisc's online initiatives beginning in 1995. Additional activities include leading the creation and development of PhotoDisc's industry partnerships with firms such as Microsoft, Netscape, Hewlett-Packard and Adobe Systems. When publicly held Getty Images acquired PhotoDisc, he continued in his Senior Vice President role with Getty where he managed the development of the first e-commerce site for Tony Stone Images, the largest provider of stock photography. Recently, he managed the planning and early development work for the recently launched Gettyone photography hub site. Before joining the PhotoDisc team 4 years ago, Bill was a general partner at The Phoenix Partners, a Seattle-based venture capital firm. In this position he acted as investor, president, board chairman and director for various computer and healthcare start-up companies, including Conner Peripherals, Sunward Technologies, Incyte Pharmaceuticals, La Jolla Pharmaceuticals and Ontos, Inc. He earned his bachelor's degree in business and engineering from Purdue University and a master's of business administration from George Washington University.