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Michael Teaster serves as vice president of business development and manages our Image Partners program managing acquisition activity overseeing the development and management of strategic partnerships and pursuing new business opportunities including the creation of new products and services. Teaster is also responsible for the development and operations for the Image Partners program adding best-of-breed collections to expand the breadth and depth of imagery our customers require.
Teaster has more than ten years of industry-related business development experience. In 1994 Teaster managed the international network of licensees for The Image Bank and became vice president of Licensee Relations in 1998 (prior to the acquisition of The Image Bank by Getty Images in November 1999). From 2001 through 2004 he served as vice president of agent development overseeing the strategy and implementation of Getty Images’ Master Delegate network worldwide. In 2004 he was appointed vice president of image partners before his role expanded to include business development in July 2005.
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