Meet Our CEO

Sean Lee is the Chief Executive Officer at OpenDrives, Inc., where he leads the company’s vision, culture, and growth with an unwavering commitment to authenticity. Guided by a service-oriented leadership philosophy, Sean believes in empowering team members and customers to support one another and themselves, fostering genuine connections. His approach is simple, but profound: OpenDrives must exemplify empathy, curiosity, and collaboration. Our focus should not be on perfection; we should be striving for the relentless pursuit of improvement instead. By doing so, only then can we live up to our company’s core values of openness, persistence, effectiveness, and nimbleness. An authentic desire to truly understand and help one another will pave the way forward, enabling OpenDrives to solve data challenges and media workflow problems with solutions that are straightforward, high-performing, flexible, and transparent. He firmly believes that the company’s success is inseparable from the success of our customers.

Sean’s leadership approach and deep technical expertise are driving OpenDrives’ transformation from Hollywood’s premier storage workflow solutions provider to a global leader in data storage, accessibility, management, and protection services. His ability to inspire genuine engagement and innovation is paving the way for continued growth and evolution.

With over 25 years of experience in the media and entertainment technology sector, Sean has held key roles in some of the industry’s most forward-thinking companies. He began his career at NBCUniversal and went on to serve as Director of Technology at Illumination Entertainment, Chief Technology Officer at Siren Studios, and Director of Technology at AV Squad before joining OpenDrives in 2015. At OpenDrives, Sean’s journey has been marked by authentic leadership and substantial contributions—starting as head of engineering, where he designed and implemented custom workflow solutions for Hollywood’s biggest studios, to becoming a visionary leader driving strategy, product, marketing, and operations.