Jessica Ary - Customer Development Specialist, Candid Color Systems
Jessica Irvin is professional photographer with 5+ year’s experience photographing special events, graduations, sports and weddings. She received a BFA in Photography from The University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma. She is currently beginning her own portrait business and knows all the tricks of the trade and what the best practices are for you and your business. She has been with Candid Color for one year as a Customer Development Specialist assisting customers in maximizing events through marketing and operational best practices.

   Darwin Drake - Customer Development/Remote Campus Manager, Candid Color Systems
Darwin is starting his 32nd year as a photographer. He has been a customer and CCS’s employee since 1977. Has owned hundreds of school graduations in five states, eleven campus Party Pics locations, three studios that serviced weddings and seniors, and booked and photographed college and high school football teams. He has photographed senior class groups, proms and school portraits from elementary to college yearbook. Aside from running two Six Flags photography locations taking over 800,000 photographs in one summer; he has photographed Presidential parties, Kentucky derby parties, and Mickey Mouse parties. He considers himself the “Party Pics King”. He still shoots hundreds of images each month.

   Steve Foisy - CCS Customer Support Manager, Candid Color Systems
Steve Foisy is a professional photographer with 27+ years of experience shooting special events ranging from Sports, Races and weddings to Graduations and Groups. Through managing our CCS support staff he also has access to a large knowledge base of photo business insight. Steve also has hands-on experience from running his own photo business.

   Darren Hanson - Customer Support, Candid Color Systems
Darren has been with CCS since 1992. Before joining Customer Support Darren worked as a production department supervior in the lab at CCS for 12 years. Darren specializes in customer support training, including Quicpost, CCS Transfer and Sitebuilder.

   Dan Hays - CCS Chief Operations Officer, Candid Color Systems
Dan Hays is a professional photographer with over 40+ years experience shooting special events ranging from Sports to Graduations. He assists CCS customers in maximizing events through marketing and operational best practices. He also oversees our own local retail business in the Oklahoma City area.

   Blake Johnson - Customer Development Representative, Candid Color Systems
Blake received a position with Candid Color Systems in August 2008 as a Customer Development Representative after graduating UCO specializing in Marketing, Management, and Finance . He spent his first 2 months training on Candid’s software and in photography. Since then, he has photographed Party Pics events, a marathon, and graduations. Working for Candid Color Systems has allowed him to learn the photography business, meet and build relationships with new customers, and share different business strategies with successful photography studios!

   Kim Kelley - Customer Support, Candid Color Systems
Kim has been with CCS since 1997. Before joining Customer Support Kim worked as production



and operations manager for one of our retail divisions, Candid Color Photography. Kim’s



experience in the photography industry includes sales, marketing, and photography. She has



extensive knowledge of production related to Grads, Sports, Party Pics, Groups, Races and



Schools using our CORE and QP2 software platforms. Recently, Kim moved to the Customer



Support Department where she is a lead software trainer and technician.

   Denise Mangiante - CCS Software Project Manager, Candid Color Systems
A CCS veteran of 15 years, Denise Mangiante, is a software project manager with an incredible knowledge of the photography industry. Her experience spans both production and administration in: mail manifest, shipping, order entry, and project management. Her husband operates a successful photography firm in Memphis, Tenn. which also gives Denise the customer's point of view. Her in depth knowledge of how to operate a successful business and our CCS software platforms makes her an outstanding resource.

   Evie Sibert - Customer Development Specialist, Candid Color Systems
Evie Sibert is a 2 year veteran employee of Candid Color Systems. As a Customer Development Specialist she assists customers in maximizing events through marketing and operational best practices. She has more than six years experience in marketing and sales. In addition, she is a skilled photographer specializing in shooting special events, graduations and sports.

   Brian Speers - CCS Customer Development Specialist, Candid Color Systems
Brian is a professional photographer with over 30+ years experience shooting special events ranging from Sports to Graduations. As a Customer Development Specialist with Candid Color Systems, he assists customers in maximizing events through marketing and operational best practices.

   Tom Wall - Photographer/Sales & Marketing Specialist, LabPrints / Tom Wall Photography
Tom grew up in Chatham, NY, and developed his interest in photography during his college years. He graduated with a BA in English from the University at Albany in 1979. Two years later, Tom landed a job as Commercial Photographer at WNYT-TV (NBC), where he worked until this past 2006. In his position at the TV station, Tom shot and produced commercials, news promos, public service announcements, and special programs, winning several awards from the Regional Ad Club and the New York State Broadcasters Association along the way.







In addition, Tom Wall Photography has evolved over the years to become one of the top wedding photography studios in the area, working with his wife Noëlle an expert in marketing, advertising and sales.







Tom now works for LabPrints and his current role with the company involves working with photographers to help them get the most out of their LabPrints software and online services. As a user and a “true believer” himself, Tom’s goal is to show others the huge benefits of the unique LabPrints system.