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Steve Surfaro

Channel Manager and Security Industry Liaison

Axis Communications

Speaker Bio

Steve Surfaro is Axis Communications Strategic Channel Manager and Security Industry Liaison. He works with end users, consultants, telecom providers and systems integrators to achieve successful Network or SaaS-based video applications. Prior to Axis, Steve served as group manager and strategic technical liaison at Panasonic. Prior to that Steve was an account manager at Wells Fargo Alarm Services.

A regular contributor to numerous industry forums and blogs, Steve has been quoted and published in many Infrastructure, Safety and Security-related publications such as Access Control, Security Director News and Security Products.

Steve recently completed a significant contribution to BICSI's CCTV and Integration Chapters for their upcoming Electronic Security Manual. Steve holds a bachelors degree in engineering from The Cooper Union.

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Central Station

CS01: Successfully Creating a Hosted Video Solution for a Recurring Revenue Stream
Room: 104 ~ 10:15AM - 11:15AM (Wednesday, March 24, 2010)

Software as a Service (SaaS) presents opportunity for a wide range of vendors and service providers to work in concert to create a cost-efficient, hosted surveillance solution for customers. The potential for providers to penetrate a plethora of vertical markets, and establish a steady monthly revenue stream is enormous. But how do you create this central security station? What is the business model for the various markets? This session will help you address those issues.

Speaker:

Douglas Curtiss - CEO, SONITROL SECURITY SYSTEMS OF HARTFORD INC

Steve Surfaro - Channel Manager and Security Industry Liaison, Axis Communications

Steve Van Till - President & CEO, Brivo Systems LLC

Architecture, Design & Engineering

AD04/CS04: High Definition Surveillance: A Clearer Picture
Room: 201 ~ 4:00PM - 5:00PM (Wednesday, March 24, 2010)

There has been much confusion in the marketplace amongst integrators and end users alike in regards to the benefits of high definition surveillance technology. In this session a panel of experts will provide a balanced view on how to better deploy and utilize HD, HDTV, HDcctv, and megapixel technologies for the benefit of the industry at large.

Moderator:

Scott Goldfine - Editor-in-Chief, Security Sales & Integration

Speaker:

Todd Rockoff, Ph.D. - Executive Director, HDcctv Alliance

Scott Schafer - Executive Vice President, Arecont Vision

Sara Scroggins - Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Imaging Systems

Steve Surfaro - Channel Manager and Security Industry Liaison, Axis Communications

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Architecture, Design & Engineering

AD06: The 10 Year Future of Video Analytics
Room: 201 ~ 2:45PM - 3:45PM (Thursday, March 25, 2010)

There are many issues and questions surrounding the future of intelligent video. These include technology focused issues as well as market adoption and application issues. This presentation will discuss the ten year future of the video analytics market from all of these perspectives. Specific topics include analytics functionality, accuracy, embedded analytics, supporting video devices, computing power, market adoption and future applications of video and analytics.

Moderator:

Bob Beliles - VP, Enterprise Business Development, Hirsch Electronics

Speaker:

Zvika Ashani - Chief Technology Officer, AgentVI

Bob Cutting - Vice President, Product Management, ObjectVideo

Mike Janzen - Co-Founder and Chief Software Architect, Aimetis Corp.

Jo Stark - Global Director of Digital Video Surveillance, IBM Global technology Services

Steve Surfaro - Channel Manager and Security Industry Liaison, Axis Communications