Digital Railroad Cuts Staff in Half

Charles Mauzy, who was just appointed CEO of Digital Railroad in November after Evan Nisselson stepped down, announced today that the online photography service is restructuring and will be cutting back on its staff. The number of cuts has not been reported but blogger John Harrington has speculated that Digital Railroad would cut as many as 22 jobs, or roughly half its staff. Mark Ippolito, who I met at this years Picturehouse, and Tom Tinervin, who I saw speak at the Apple store in Soho, will remain in their respective roles.

This is a definite shift in their business strategy most likely to focus more on the marketplace model, which we also believe at Cutcaster was the way to go, or they are running out of money and hanging on. What was the amount of their last round of investment?

Mauzy says, “The friends and colleagues we say farewell to today have laid the foundation for our mutual success,” and notes, “Our investors have tremendous confidence in our leadership team, our strategy and have renewed their financial support with additional investments in capital this month.”