VIDSYS NAMES ALFREDO PEREZ VICE PRESIDENT OF SALES
Seasoned Executive to Further Establish Company’s Dominance in the Physical Security Information Management Market
VIENNA, Va. and MARLBOROUGH, Mass. - April 17, 2007
- VidSys, the leading provider of Physical Security Information
Management (PSIM) solutions for safety, security, surveillance,
military and transportation organizations, today announced it has
appointed Alfredo Perez as vice president of sales. With more than 20
years of sales and management experience with high technology
companies, Perez will be responsible for further establishing and
sustaining VidSys’ dominance in the PSIM market.
“VidSys
is at an important stage as it delivers a market-dominant platform to
new customers and identifies strategic growth opportunities,” explained
Perez. “Joining VidSys enables me to play a significant role in a
rapidly growing company as it pioneers the emerging PSIM space.”
In
this role, Perez will spearhead sales initiatives for VidSys’ flagship
product, VidShield™. VidShield is a robust PSIM platform that supports
the convergence of video management for security and surveillance
applications with incident and event management. VidShield integrates
multiple, often siloed products and systems, including various video
protocols and formats, into a single seamless management platform. He
will also be responsible for driving sales through the company’s
significant reseller channel and partner program including the VidSys
Interoperability Partner (VIP) program. Launched in November 2006, the
VIP program enables customers to select products from any vendor within
the program, and seamlessly integrate all of the technologies through
the open architecture of VidShield.
“Alfredo is
a seasoned sales executive with a proven ability to develop innovative
sales strategies, exceed revenue goals and contribute to a dynamic
company culture,” said Chuck Teubner, CEO of VidSys. “He brings years
of highly relevant industry experience and is familiar with emerging
trends in the security market, particularly as physical and IT security
converge, creating new opportunities for VidSys to expand its footprint
in the PSIM market.”
Prior to joining VidSys,
Perez served as vice president of sales at IPIX Corporation where he
managed the sales team selling surveillance solutions to Fortune 500
companies and the federal government. Prior to that, he served as
regional vice president of sales for McData Corporation where he
managed the sales team selling more than $45M annually of SAN solutions
to Fortune 500 companies. He has also held sales and business
development positions at Convio, Selectica, Sterling Software and BMC
Software. Perez earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science
at Catholic University of America.
About VidSys
VidSys is a leading provider of Physical Security Information
Management (PSIM) solutions and the only operations center software
company that provides truly collaborative situational awareness for
safety, security, military and transportation organizations. The
VidSys platform is based on an open, hybrid architecture that
integrates data from any video source, as well as any detection,
monitoring or control system, allowing public safety and security
personnel to focus on awareness, assessment and action. Founded in
2005, the company’s solutions are deployed in transportation, federal
government, enterprise and state and local government applications,
including some of the largest state and city command and control
centers in the U.S. Privately funded by IDG Ventures, the company has
offices in Marlborough, Massachusetts and Vienna, Virginia. For more
information, visit www.vidsys.com.
Media contact:
Lorena Magali
703.883.3737
magalil@vidsys.com
Liz Campbell
617.758.4149
vidsys@famapr.com