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Paul DiPeso joined RealNetworks in June 2022 as President of SAFR. Mr. DiPeso has over 25 years of top management experience in physical security with leading industry corporations. He was most recently Executive Vice President and General Manager of Feenics Incorporated since its inception in 2014 until the acquisition by ACRE late in 2021. Feenics developed an enterprise Access Control as a Service (ACaaS) software platform that had exponential growth over its years in existence. He previously served in various physical security executive roles at Tyco International, Lenel, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation, and Honeywell International. Mr. DiPeso earned his Bachelor of Science in Communications from Towson University.

Tasked with leading strategic development and market expansion for SAFR, Brad Donaldson brings extensive experience in physical security to his role as General Manager of SAFR. Before joining RealNetworks, Donaldson served as VP of Product Development for Arecont Vision Costar and held various management roles within GE security. He also served in the US Navy.

Joining RealNetworks in 2021, Charlie is responsible for SAFR’s growth across Europe. Charlie has more than 9 years of experience with video analytics and facial recognition in the security industry, with his previous role being the Head of Sales for EMEA at Ipsotek. Charlie also spent 5 years based in the Middle East where he was involved in major video analytics and facial recognition deployments for airports and government projects.

Noriaki Takamura joined RealNetworks in 2017 and manages SAFR’s ambitious business growth across APAC with special focus on Japan, South Korea, India, Australia, and Indonesia. With 30 years of direct sales, distribution, marketing, and management experience, previously, Takamura held executive positions at Schneider Electrics and Rittal Corporation, as well as sales leadership positions at Cisco Systems.

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Milko Boic has served as lead for several video technology initiatives in his 20 years at RealNetworks, including leading research and development for SAFR. Awarded with eight patents, Boic has previously led development of embedded software for computer vision guided semiconductor assembly equipment at Kulicke and Soffa Industries, and taught graduate level courses in Computer Science.