

Randy manages the Vertical Edge & Computer Vision team globally for Dell Technologies. Prior to joining the Dell Technologies team Randy held a position with an intelligent video storage and scale-out solutions company overseeing operations in the Americas. Before that, he worked with a major VMS, camera and analytics manufacturer as a video surveillance expert in design and implementation.
Randy is a graduate of Cal State Fullerton with a Degree in Business Finance. He is a former LAPD Gang, Narcotics and SWAT officer. After leaving law enforcement Randy transitioned to a career in the Security and Surveillance space where he has spent 21 years. His experience spans working with Global Security Integrators both in commercial and retail sectors with a focus on Fortune 1000 accounts and large enterprise accounts.

Josh is the lead analyst and founder of Novaira Insights. He has been an analyst covering the wider video surveillance and electronic physical security industries for the last decade.
Prior to founding Novaira Insights Josh worked in analyst and managerial roles at IMS Research, IHS Markit and Omdia. He is based in Northamptonshire, UK.

Daniel Hulme (PhD) is a globally recognized expert in Artificial Intelligence (AI) andinvestor in Emerging Technologies. He's the CEO of Satalia, an award-winningcompany that provides AI products and solutions for global companies such asTesco and PwC. Satalia's mission is to create a world where everyone is free toinnovate and that those innovations become free for everyone.
Passionate about how technology can be used to govern organizations and bringpositive social impact, Daniel is a popular keynote speaker specializing in thetopics of AI, ethics, metaverse, emerging technology, innovation, decentralization,and organizational design. He is a serial speaker for Google and TEDx, holds aninternational Kauffman Global Entrepreneur Scholarship, and is a faculty memberof Singularity University.
Daniel is a contributor to numerous books, podcasts and articles on AI and thefuture of work. His mission is to create a world where everyone has the freedomto spawn and contribute to innovations, and have those innovations become freeto everyone. He has advisory and executive positions across companies and governments,and actively promotes purposeful entrepreneurship and technology innovationacross the globe.

Barry Norton is Milestone’s VP of Research. He holds a PhD in Computer Science and academic post-doctoral research, with teaching experience at universities of London, Innsbruck and Karlsruhe, as well as further doctoral-level teaching at UC Berkeley, Kings and UCL, and University of Oxford.
Prior to joining Milestone in 2018 he was Head of Digital Platform at Maersk, and Deputy Head of Data Science for Analytics at Elsevier. His personal research area is in AI/Knowledge Representation, including ontologies and knowledge graphs.
Members of his team also carry out R&D on AI/Computer Vision, synthetic data for training and performance/bias evaluation, and multimodal data fusion from video and IoT.

Thomas Jensen joined Milestone Systems in October 2020 as CEO. Prior to that, he spent two years in Barcelona and five years in Silicon Valley in California in various management roles within the technology industry.
He has an international mindset and a leadership style where cultural differences and a People First approach play crucial roles.
Thomas has solid experience with international expansion, global channel development, and go-to-market strategies. In Spain, he was Executive Vice President at Bechtle, which is Europe’s largest IT integrator company, and in the U.S. he was Head of Worldwide Channel Sales Strategy at HP. In fact, during the separation of Hewlett-Packard into HP Inc. and HP Enterprise, Thomas oversaw the channel separation and was responsible for preparing the new strategy and organization.
Before moving to the U.S., Thomas was General Manager for HP’s PC& Print Division in Denmark and prior to that held various leadership positions within Vestas and Maersk.

Ilijana Vavan is Chief Revenue Officer of Milestone Systems and is a member of the organization’s Executive Leadership Team. Her primary responsibilities include direct oversight of Milestone’s Go-To-Market organization and providing leadership and mentoring the global sales team.
Ilijana has expertise in commercial sales strategy and has worked in senior sales and management roles, as well as technical roles. She has a solid reputation in the software industry for surpassing sales targets.
Prior to joining Milestone Systems, Ilijana was Regional VP at UiPath. She was also Chief Sales Officer at VMRay, MD Europe at Kaspersky, Senior Sales Director HCM at Oracle; Director Enterprise Sales at Juniper Networks; and Director Enterprise Solution Sales, Eastern Europe at Microsoft.

Keven Marier is Milestone’s VP of Technology Partners and leads the teams working with Milestone’s 3000+ technology partners. He has been with Milestone since 2005 and has held leadership roles in business management, business development, strategy, product management, partner technology and program management.
With over 20 years of extensive physical security, entrepreneurial and business development experience, he has contributed significantly to the video industry’s thought leadership. He regularly speaks on a wide range of industry topics including advanced technology, business development and solution sales – both internally and externally.

Anders Bo Rasmussen joined Milestone Systems in 2019 as Director of Product Marketing and has transitioned into the position of Director of Product Direction in 2021. Anders and his team are responsible for building communication around Milestone’s products and services.
Before joining Milestone, Anders had a lengthy career in Product Management with acknowledged tech companies as Coloplast, GN (Jabra) and Universal Robots on his CV.

Barry Norton is Milestone’s VP of Research. He holds a PhD in Computer Science and academic post-doctoral research, with teaching experience at universities of London, Innsbruck and Karlsruhe, as well as further doctoral-level teaching at UC Berkeley, Kings and UCL, and University of Oxford.
Prior to joining Milestone in 2018 he was Head of Digital Platform at Maersk, and Deputy Head of Data Science for Analytics at Elsevier. His personal research area is in AI/Knowledge Representation, including ontologies and knowledge graphs.
Members of his team also carry out R&D on AI/Computer Vision, synthetic data for training and performance/bias evaluation, and multimodal data fusion from video and IoT.

Thomas Børve has 20 years of experience working as an executive advisor and management consultant to B2B companies. He is a senior partner at Kvadrant Consulting A/S where he supports commercial leaders accelerate performance in their commercial organizations.
Thomas specializes in high complexity B2B sales and marketing and has led several global commercial transformation projects.
Prior to establishing Kvadrant Consulting A/S, Thomas headed the Sales Excellence practice as a Senior Partner at Implement Consulting Group.

Daniel Hulme (PhD) is a globally recognized expert in Artificial Intelligence (AI) andinvestor in Emerging Technologies. He's the CEO of Satalia, an award-winningcompany that provides AI products and solutions for global companies such asTesco and PwC. Satalia's mission is to create a world where everyone is free toinnovate and that those innovations become free for everyone.
Passionate about how technology can be used to govern organizations and bringpositive social impact, Daniel is a popular keynote speaker specializing in thetopics of AI, ethics, metaverse, emerging technology, innovation, decentralization,and organizational design. He is a serial speaker for Google and TEDx, holds aninternational Kauffman Global Entrepreneur Scholarship, and is a faculty memberof Singularity University.
Daniel is a contributor to numerous books, podcasts and articles on AI and thefuture of work. His mission is to create a world where everyone has the freedomto spawn and contribute to innovations, and have those innovations become freeto everyone. He has advisory and executive positions across companies and governments,and actively promotes purposeful entrepreneurship and technology innovationacross the globe.

Tim Palmquist has 28 years of experience in the technology industry. This has given him perspectives that range across IT and includes IP video from the early adopter days through to today. He joined Milestone in 2007 and has supported and navigated the growth of Milestone through several sales, operations, and leadership roles in the Americas region. He was promoted to Vice President, Americas, in 2012.
Tim is passionate about driving the opportunities of the open platform business model, believing that customers are best served by the innovations of a partner community working in cooperation together.

Christina Molt Wengel joined Milestone Systems in September 2021 as Chief Marketing Officer. Being the first in this role at Milestone, the focus is to professionalize and strengthen the marketing capabilities to support customers and succeed with partners.
Christina comes with vast experience within global senior leadership and strategic commercial roles from companies such as Merck, Coloplast and GN Hearing.

Christoph Schell is the Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer of the Sales, Marketing and Communications teams at Intel Corporation.
In his role, Schell oversees Intel’s global sales, business management, marketing, communications, corporate planning, customer support and customer success teams, leading the company’s efforts to foster innovative go-to-market approaches that broaden Intel’s business opportunities and deepen customer and partner relationships and outcomes worldwide.
Schell joined Intel in March 2022 from HP Inc., where he was Chief Commercial Officer. During his 25 years with the company, Schell held various senior management roles across the globe, including president of 3D Printing& Digital Manufacturing. Prior to rejoining HP in 2014, Schell served as Executive Vice President of Growth Markets for Philips, where he led the lighting business across Asia Pacific, Japan, Africa, Russia, India, Central Asia and the Middle East.
He started his career in his family’s distribution and industrial solutions company before working in brand management at Procter & Gamble. Schell holds bachelor’s degrees from ESB Reutlingen in Germany and École Supérieure de Commerce de Reims in France. He is fluent in German, English and French.
We’re delighted that Christoph Schell, EVP and Chief Commercial Officer, Intel will speak at MIPS 2022. He will share his rich experience on how to transition to the future.

Tim Palmquist has 28 years of experience in the technology industry. This has given him perspectives that range across IT and includes IP video from the early adopter days through to today. He joined Milestone in 2007 and has supported and navigated the growth of Milestone through several sales, operations, and leadership roles in the Americas region. He was promoted to Vice President, Americas, in 2012.
Tim is passionate about driving the opportunities of the open platform business model, believing that customers are best served by the innovations of a partner community working in cooperation together.

Waldo ‘Wingman’ Waldman is a decorated fighter pilot who has flown missions worldwide. He has earned an MBA and continues to thrive in the private sector.
His skills and experiences as a fighter pilot provide him with the insights and skillset to consult with the largest, most diverse companies in the world.
His book ‘Never Fly Solo’ has been on the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller list. He believes the key to building a culture of trust and performance lies with your wingmen – those who help you overcome obstacles, adapt to change, and achieve success.
He is a much sought-after motivational speaker. Audiences connect with him because of his energy and infectious passion for helping people.
We’re excited to announce decorated ex-fighter pilot Rob ‘Waldo’ Waldman as a guest speaker. Here are a few words from him on MIPS 2022.