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  • Jason Canada - Director of Product Management, 3VR
  • Jammy DeSousa - Product Manager, IP Video Management Systems, March Networks
  • Charles Foley - Chief Executive Officer, TimeSight Systems
  • Amit Gavish - CPP, General Manager, North America, BriefCam, Inc
  • Keith Romano - Business Development Manager, MOBOTIX AG
  • Steve Surfaro - Industry Liaison, Axis Communications
  • Nick Wooler - Director Product Marketing, 3VR
  • Jason Canada - Director of Product Management, 3VR

    Jason CanadaJason Canada is Director of Product Management for 3VR, Inc., where for the past 7years he has been responsible for 3VR’s video intelligence platform, including its industry-leading appliance lines, as well as the search, storage and analytics portfolio. Jason first arrived at 3VR in 2004, as part of the Engineering team, with a focus on building the company’s first systems from the ground up, including all hardware engineering as well as manufacturing operations. In 2010, Jason took on the Director of Product Management role, reporting to 3VR’s Chief Marketing Officer, and he now works with Engineering to develop product requirements, and on the design, development and testing of 3VR products and technologies.

    Previous to joining 3VR, Jason held IT consulting and network operations positions at marchFIRST (USWeb/CKS), managing large scale IT and web implementations. In addition to 15 years of experience, Jason has an MBA from Carnegie Mellon and an a B.Sci in Information Systems Management from the University of San Francisco. A native of California, Jason is an avid skier and cyclist and enjoys traveling the world and cooking. 


    Jammy DeSousa - Product Manager, IP Video Management Systems, March Networks

    Jammy DeSousaJammy DeSousa brings more than 15 years of physical security and I.T. expertise to his current product management position with March Networks, where he oversees the development of the company’s IP video management systems. Prior to joining the company as a sales engineer in 2008, Jammy spent five years at Axis Communications in field sales engineering and technical services engineering roles. His information technology experience includes a decade in I.T. operations with companies including Muro Pharmaceutical and Optelec Inc.  


    Charles Foley - Chief Executive Officer, TimeSight Systems

    Charles FoleyCharles Foley has over 25 years of experience leading both private and public company teams to success. He was formerly the President of Tacit Networks, Inc., a network optimization company acquired by Packeteer (NASDAQ: PKTR), and CEO of InfiniCon Systems, a leader in high-performance networking which was acquired by QLogic (NASDAQ:QLGC). He was also EVP & CTO, INRANGE Technologies, a storage networking industry leader and VP, WW Marketing & Strategy for the IT systems company Amdahl (acquired by Fujitsu). Foley has also held senior positions at IBM and Memorex-Telex, and sits on the Board of Directors for Network Engines, Inc. (NASDAQ: NENG), as well as serving as Chairman for Critical Links, Inc.   


    Amit Gavish - CPP, General Manager, North America, BriefCam, Inc

    Amit GavishAmit Gavish is General Manager, North America for BriefCam, the developer of Video Synopsis technology for the rapid review of surveillance video. Gavish has a comprehensive international security and management experience with 14 years of security and military experience in both the U.S. and Israel, where he served as the Deputy Director of Security at the Office of the President. Gavish also served as a Staff Sergeant in the Israel's Defense Forces (IDF) infantry unit. A board certified protection professional, CPP, Gavish brings a balanced security approach utilizing best practices from both countries. Throughout his career, he has emphasized the use and implementation of actionable and practical security technologies and concepts. Gavish holds an M.A and B.A degrees in Contemporary Middle Eastern and International Relations studies from the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel and is currently enrolled with an MBA program.   


    Keith Romano - Business Development Manager, MOBOTIX AG

    Keith RomanoKeith Romano serves as Business Development Manager East Coast USA and Canada for Mobotix Corp in the USA. He has an extensive background in corporate IT development and management with over 13 years of experience. Romano also has recent experience with several IP security based products inclusive of video surveillance, access control, intercom, wireless and military grade products.
      


    Steve Surfaro - Industry Liaison, Axis Communications

    Steve SurfaroAs Axis Communications’ Industry Liaison, Steve Surfaro works with Industry associations such as AIS, BICSI, SIA and NBFAA/ESA and is involved in standards initiatives such as ONVIF. Surfaro was also instrumental in developing the Axis Video Hosting Service (AVHS) program, which provides video monitoring as an Internet service. Surfaro is a frequent speaker at industry events, including ISC, ASIS, BICSI and International Security Events.  He is a member of the ASIS Physical Security Council and speaks regularly at their workshops. He is the Chairman of that council's education subcommittee and is responsible for consistent workshop content.  He is a Corporate Member of BICSI, SIA's CCTV Industry Group and Digital Video Standards committee. A regular contributor to numerous industry forums, Surfaro has been published in many industry publications including SecurityInfoWatch.com and Security Products. Surfaro recently completed a significant contribution to BICSI's CCTV and Integration Chapters for their upcoming Electronic Security Manual. He holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering from The Cooper Union.   


    Nick Wooler - Director Product Marketing, 3VR

    Nick WoolerNick Wooler has over 13 years of experience building software products for the F500 at companies such as Oracle, Sun Microsystems, MacGraw-Hill and iXL UK Ltd. Before joining 3VR, he was Oracle’s Principal Product Director in the Identity Management team, directing efforts for two leading security product lines, Directory Services and Access Management.  At 3VR, Nick drives product positioning and messaging for the Video Intelligence Platform, VIP, ranging from the award-winning appliances to the patented and market-leading video analytics. 


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