Milestone Systems promoted Dr. Barry Norton to Vice President of Research.
Barry Norton joined Milestone Systems in May 2018 as Director of Research. In his new role as VP of Research Barry will, in addition to continue leading Milestoneβs growing research department, also be responsible for an increased collaboration with universities to move forward the state-of-the-art in machine learning, especially in application to computer vision.
This will be instrumental to help create the next generation of video software technology that will not only be innovative but for greater societal good.
βMilestone Systems has high ambitions for the future. We need to understand and predict future technologies and megatrends to help accelerate Milestone Systemsβ ambitious growth journey. Increasing our focus on research will gear this journey,β said BjΓΈrn Skou Eilertsen, Chief Technology Officer, Milestone Systems.
βBarry is always more than one step ahead when it comes to applying future technologies because of his profound knowledge and ingenuity. Iβm confident that Barry will play a key role in taking Milestoneβs video software technology to the next level,β BjΓΈrn Skou Eilertsen continued.
Dr. Barry Norton, Vice President of Research, Milestone Systems, said:
βMilestoneβs βMake the World Seeβ mission is a clarion call to bring together the latest achievements in artificial intelligence from the lab to deliver true situational understanding in the real world. The commitment to deliver such technology in a responsible manner makes Milestone the ideal environment to deliver on this vision.β
Over the years, Milestone Systems has gradually increased investment in research capability and expertise. With the newly created VP role, Milestone Systems will further develop its business and core strategic initiatives to accelerate the companyβs ambitious growth journey with more cutting-edge, high-quality product features. The VP of Research will report directly to the Chief Technology Officer at Milestone Systems.
