Brien Lee began his career in the 1970s as co-founder of
Sorgel-Lee, Inc. (also known as Sorgel-Lee-Riordan), a
slide and multimedia production company known for its
multiple-projector slide shows, meeting productions, arts
marketing projects, and computer graphics. The company was
unique in that it was based on a concept-to-completion
philosophy, centered on scriptwriting, audio production,
photography, and visual editing skills, rather than simply
selling the technology. This helped distinguish it from a
host of other local and national companies.
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By the beginning of the 1980s,
the company had been selected by companies like Borden,
Kirby Vacuum Cleaner, Harley-Davidson, and AVL as their
producer of marketing and meeting materials. The company
was featured in national magazines and was considered an
industry leader.
In the 1980s, Brien split off a
portion of the company to specialize in video, then an
emerging production method. The new company, Brien Lee
& Company, produced meetings and media for AT&T,
Public Service Electric & Gas of New Jersey, Kohler,
The Milwaukee Journal, RR Donnelley, CUNA Mutual, Wisconsin
Electric, Mercury Marine, Briggs & Stratton, and
others. The company led the industry in the adoption of
real-time motion graphics and multiple screen panoramic
projection for meetings.
During this time, Brien was named Advertising Club
President of the Year in Washington DC and was also a
featured columnist in AV / Video Magazine on the emerging
use of computers for meetings, video production, and
business tasks.
After selling his business to TriMarq, Brien spent the two
years of his "non-compete" clause evangelizing the use of
computer and digital media for video editing and
presentations on behalf of Chicago / Milwaukee systems
house Video Images, as well as presentation system
manufacturer Television Labs (TVL) Inc.
He then joined Visuals Plus, Inc., a former competitor,
where he led that company into meeting production,
acquiring such accounts as Walgreens, Underwriters Labs,
and True Value.
After the owner of Visuals Plus
closed the company, Brien returned to self-employment as
founder of Brien Lee Creative Solutions, a broad-based
multimedia company specializing in video, PowerPoint, web
and e-learning projects, meeting media, and other
computer-based communications.The company adopted
non-linear editing techniques and was among the first to
standardize on DVCam and HDV in the Midwest. The company's
work for Walgreens, Johnson Controls, The American Cancer
Society and others won numerous local and national awards.
Four years ago, the company focused its efforts on its
inherent strengths--audiovisual and video storytelling for
the web, DVD, projection, and other digital media. And the
company's operations were streamlined, making it more
efficient and flexible.
These changes returned the company to its roots as a
complete turnkey video storyteller, with emphasis on
extraordinary scripting, sound, videography, and
editing--all in a well-paced package guaranteed to "move
audiences."
