iLovePhotos solves a simple problem: People have too many photos on their hard drive and they never look at them. iLovePhotos uses facial detection to make it effortless to organize, share and enjoy your photos. Our desktop software applies advanced technology to auto create personalized slideshows for your friends to watch on the web, iPhone and TV. Given thousands of personal photos, it auto creates new 60-second slideshows every day.

Lorenz is co-founder & CEO of Blue Lava Technologies. Prior to Blue Lava, Lorenz was co-founder at New Direct Ideas, an award-winning online direct marketing company based in Boston. In 2004, New Direct received the New England Direct Marketing Association’s Award for Creative Excellence in Interactive Marketing, beating Digitas for first place.

He comes from an extensive background in both software development and direct marketing. Lorenz received his BS in Computer Engineering from Tufts University, after having lived in 7 countries and visited over 30. He is also the founder of Beer and Business, a successful Hawaii-based Web 2.0 networking event that connects local investors, executives, and entrepreneurs in a casual environment.

Lorenz & Henk founded Blue Lava in December 2005 with a mission to help people deal with their ever-growing and overwhelming digital photo collections. Lorenz's passion is to enable people to enjoy their photos as effortlessly as they take them.