Our mission
Our vision for founding Cadmore Media was born out of a broad ambition to transform the dissemination of video and audio content in the scholarly and professional world through expert technology. In addition to creating our own products, we aim to facilitate industry-wide innovation by leading industry efforts to shape and promote best practices and standards, thus benefiting any organization or service whose purpose is to publish or structure research and professional information.
Our technology
Cadmore professionalizes the treatment of media assets in research and professional communication, both by bringing in fast-evolving technology and expertise from the wider streaming media world and by applying proven publishing “tricks” to video and audio assets – including extensive metadata, persistent IDs, full-text search, subject tagging and segmentation. Our integrated streaming media platform combines the latest streaming technology with metadata models, workflows and content partners specifically designed and selected for publishing organizations, enabling them to disseminate content that is fully discoverable, navigable, accessible and integrated with all other research and professional outputs including journals, books, conference proceedings and datasets.
Our team
Violaine Iglesias
Chief Executive Officer & Co-founder
Violaine’s experience spans fifteen years in professional, scholarly and trade publishing including stints at technology provider GVPi, SAGE Publishing, Random House, and Flammarion. She has led the development of digital publishing platforms and co-founded Cadmore Media to spur the growth of streaming media in scholarly and professional communication.
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Simon Inger
Chief Operating Officer & Co-founder
Simon has worked with a number of start-ups in the scholarly information space for over twenty years (including CatchWord, Renew Consultants and Accucoms) and in a consultancy and service provider role has nearly thirty years’ experience in meeting the needs of the world’s scholarly societies, both large and small, in North America, Europe and Japan.
Neil Gilstrap
Chief Technology Officer & Co-founder
Neil is a career software engineer and solutions architect by day, with over 20 years of experience and a Masters of Information Systems. By night, he is also a karate instructor, board game creator, entrepreneur, and volunteer. He is serving as the CTO of Cadmore Media and has experience working in the publishing, behavioral health, school system, government contracting, certification testing and conference management industries.
Jessica Lawrence-Hurt
Chief Marketing Officer
Jessica leads Cadmore’s sales and marketing efforts, bringing to bear her 15+ years experience in scholarly publishing, including books, journals, databases, magazines, and video. Most recently she managed international and library sales for MIT Press, and was head of marketing at Alexander Street. She reads constantly and loves travelling, live music, art, eating, and sometimes, cooking.
Melissa Seserko
Chief Product Officer
Melissa is a digital product professional with over 10 years of experience. As Chief Product Officer at Cadmore, Melissa leads our product strategy and product management functions. She spent many years at SAGE Publishing in various project and product manager roles working on video, data, and courseware products. Melissa is currently working on her Master’s in Educational Technology at James Madison University. Outside of work and school, Melissa spends her time baking and reading.
Rachael Schoenbaum
Senior Software Engineer
Rachael is a senior software engineer with over 20 years of experience. She has worked in multiple industries, from medical to legal to non-profit to publishing, where she has spent the last 10 years. The bulk of her experience has been with the Microsoft stack. When not coding, she likes to explore her creative side as the host of multiple shows and podcasts interviewing a cappella groups for an Internet-based, a cappella-only radio station called Acaville.
Matt Enks
Senior Software Engineer
Matthew is a senior web developer with 15 years of experience building web applications for clients across the healthcare, finance and charity sectors. Earlier in his career he spent a number of years in the digital publishing industry, where he launched a successful multi-device magazine platform. In his spare time, he enjoys playing jazz piano, attending comedy gigs, and training unruly golden retrievers.
Chris Sumners
Senior Software Engineer
Christopher has 11 years of experience as a software engineer, creating applications for clients across a wide span of sectors including; retail, construction, insurance and fitness. He spent his early years studying a range of subjects from; ICT, media studies and graphical design to art and theatre studies. During his spare time he likes to listen to music, read comics and build models.
Victoria Dunsmore
Senior UX and Web Designer
Victoria is an award-winning senior digital designer with 12 years of experience. She has cross-industry experience, including advertising, travel, hospitality, and not-for-profit. She specializes in web accessibility, user interface, and user experience design, creating experiences that look great and are easy to use. During her spare time, Victoria enjoys travelling, cinema, and overindulging in great food.