SEATTLE, Sept. 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- RealNetworks,
Inc. (Nasdaq: RNWK) today announced the appointment of Brad Donaldson as Vice President, Computer
Vision to lead the strategic development and market expansion of
the SAFR® product line. Mr. Donaldson's charter is to
drive substantial growth of the RealNetworks portfolio of computer
vision technologies and solutions, building on its well-established
foundation of exceptionally accurate AI-powered facial recognition
products.
"Brad's deep product expertise, commitment, and fluency in the
physical security market immediately bolster SAFR's leadership
position," said Mike Ensing,
President and Chief Operating Officer of RealNetworks. "The
expansive range of opportunities for our SAFR product line is
nicely paired with Brad's customer focused approach and
demonstrated track record of driving growth."
Mr. Donaldson has extensive experience in computer security and
joins RealNetworks after having previously served as VP of Product
Development for Arecont Vision Costar with oversight of product
management, quality assurance, and engineering functions. During
his tenure he brought to market multiple industry leading products,
including the SurroundVideo® Omni series, the industry's
first completely configurable multi-sensor megapixel camera series,
and the MicroDome series. Most recently, Brad oversaw the
introduction of Arecont Vision Costar's new Contera®
Total Solution line of products, including a Video Management
Software package with Cloud Managed Recorders and a complete line
of cutting-edge megapixel cameras. Before joining Arecont Vision in
2012, Brad's career took him from the US Navy to engineering
management positions within GE Security.
"I'm delighted to join RealNetworks at this remarkable stage in
the Company's computer vision journey," said Mr. Donaldson. "The
SAFR team has consistently developed high quality solutions and
demonstrated flexibility, and responsiveness that is readily
aligned with pressing market needs and long-term opportunities for
innovative new products."
SAFR from RealNetworks is the world's foremost computer vision
platform for live video. With exceptional accuracy tuned for rapid
performance, the computer vision solution instantly detects and
matches millions of faces under the challenging real-world
conditions presented by live video, such as faces in motion, at
varying angles, under poor lighting or partially obscured. SAFR's
flexible, powerful SDKs bring visual intelligence to the edge,
tapping the power of AI and deep learning to improve security,
safety, increase convenience and deepen personalization in everyday
living.
SAFR can be deployed on a single computer to monitor a handful
of IP cameras, or scaled to thousands of cameras in a distributed
architecture – hosted on premises or hybrid cloud. All data passed
through the platform is protected by AES-256 encryption in transit
and at rest. The platform also provides actionable data for live
analytics of traffic volumes, demographic composition, dwell times,
and data exports for further reporting.
Brad will be based in Seattle,
Washington, the worldwide headquarters of the SAFR team.
About RealNetworks
Building on a legacy of digital
media expertise and innovation, RealNetworks has created a new
generation of products that employ best-in-class artificial
intelligence and machine learning to enhance and secure our daily
lives. SAFR (www.safr.com) is the world's premier facial
recognition platform for live video. Leading in real-world
performance and accuracy as evidenced in testing by NIST, SAFR
enables new applications for security, convenience, and analytics.
For information about our other products,
visit www.realnetworks.com.
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For More Information:
Investor Relations for RealNetworks
Kimberly Orlando, Addo Investor
Relations
310-829-5400
IR@realnetworks.com
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