Management Team

“I wish other media Web sites were run this professionally.”

Joshua Dowling, Editor, “Drive,” the Sydney Morning Herald

The Knowledge Leaders

In 1991, a group of United Press International veterans launched Wieck Media to fill a growing need for timely, precise delivery of digital images. Today, Wieck uses leading-edge compression and editing techniques, advanced Web technologies and searchable databases to keep up with the changing world of digital media — but it’s our unmatched editorial experience that makes our clients and their audiences breathe easier when deadlines are near.

Drawing upon decades of experience, our seasoned management team leads a talented, dedicated staff that delivers unmatched customer satisfaction. Key members of our team include:

Jim Wieck, Founder and Chairman

Jim Wieck, a 23-year veteran of United Press International, has always had a knack for finding ways to help reporters cover breaking news and hit their deadlines, even under the most difficult circumstances.

During his wire service career, Wieck served on the editorial committee that implemented the agency’s first nationwide computer system in the mid-1970s. He also arranged ship-to-shore services in the North Atlantic that enabled reporters to provide daily coverage of the successful search for the sunken ocean liner Titanic. And when an 8.1 earthquake struck Mexico City, leaving local media with no means of communications, he authorized the leasing of a private jet outfitted with long-range international communications technology to fly in reporters and photographers and provide the world with the first eyewitness accounts of the tragedy.

Since cofounding Wieck Media in September 1990, Wieck has continued to provide journalists with a vital link to news sources through Wieck-powered digital newsrooms and databases.

Tim Roberts, President

As an award-winning photographer with United Press International and Agence France-Presse, Tim Roberts spent a decade capturing both triumphs and tragedies on film — from Super Bowls, the Final Four and the Olympics to natural disasters, hostage situations and the final days of the Branch Davidian standoff. This firsthand experience as a photojournalist proved invaluable when Roberts joined Wieck in early 1991 to help launch operations for what was then known as Wieck Photo DataBase — with The New York Times as its first client.

As photo editor for the enterprise, Roberts soon began researching the new digital technology and formats available for compressing, storing and transmitting photographs. Within six months of the startup, Roberts was experimenting with a system of delivery that enabled newspapers and magazines to dial in via modems and download photo files in less than one-third the time required by previous technologies.

By the mid-1990s, Roberts was leading the fast-growing company’s migration to Web services. He was appointed president in January 2002 after serving nearly three years as vice president and general manager.