Executive Team

LANCE HUKILL

PRESIDENT

Prior to launching StorExcel, Mr. Hukill held a variety of roles at Quantum Corporation having joined (via ADIC) in 1999.  These roles included Vice President of Worldwide Software Sales, Advanced Solutions Business Unit management, Federal Sales Director, and Account Executive. Mr. Hukill's responsibilities ranged from Sales Management to Alliance/Channel Development supporting Vertical and Geographic driven go-to-market strategies and sales execution.
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Prior to ADIC, Mr. Hukill spent two years at SANZ (formerly Vangard Technology) with roles as Account Executive and System Engineering Management.

Additionally, Mr. Hukill spent 6 years with Harris Corporation and Lockheed Martin in a variety of Engineering Management and Software Development positions supporting Geospatial programs within the National Intelligence Community.

KURT CLAWSON

CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER

Mr. Clawson has been an active member of the Media and Entertainment community for over 30 years.  Starting his career as an editor on episodic and long form television in Hollywood, Mr. Clawson joined Philips Broadcast Television Systems, and later The Grass Valley Group, where he designed and developed fast-turn news editing solutions, asset management systems, and integration frameworks for the broadcast and production environments. 
 
Mr. Clawson moved from Grass Valley in 2005 to join Technicolor and led the Digital Asset Management and Workflow Automation initiatives deemed critical to Technicolor’s digital transition efforts.  Mr. Clawson’s innovative contributions to the Technicolor Product and Patent Portfolio earned him a founding Fellow role in Technicolor's sponsored Media & Entertainment Technology Fellowship where Mr. Clawson engaged with industry technologists and shared innovations back to the community.
 
At StorExcel, Mr. Clawson leads our Media & Entertainment technology initiatives including workflow design, development, and integration as well as corresponding technology partner development. Mr. Clawson continues to contribute in thought leadership within the M&E community, including authoring StorExcel’s technical white paper on Metadata Fusion.