C2RO
Riccardo Badalone has extensive experience in the technology industry. Riccardo is currently the Chief Executive Officer at C2RO, a company that specializes in transforming human behavior into actionable data for enterprises. In this role, they have developed a privacy-aware AI video analytics AI-SaaS solution and focused on key market segments such as retail, smart city, transportation, and industry.
In addition to their role at C2RO, Riccardo is also a Mentor and Strategic Advisor at MentorConnect Montreal, where they provide guidance and advice to individuals seeking mentorship.
Furthermore, they serve as a Board Advisor at Maple Microsystems Inc., a position they have held since 2017. Riccardo is involved in advising the company on various matters related to its operations.
Riccardo recently became a Board Member at AIoT Canada in November 2021. In this role, they contribute to the strategic decision-making process of the organization.
Prior to their current positions, Riccardo was a Co-Founder, Chief Executive, and Board Member at Diablo Technologies (acquired by Rambus) from 2003 to 2017. Riccardo played a crucial role in the company's successful transition from a silicon IP company to a fully vertically integrated system company. In addition to their executive roles, Riccardo also served as the Chief Product Officer, driving technical innovation within the company.
Earlier in their career, Riccardo worked as an ASIC Design/Verification Engineer at Nortel Networks, where they were responsible for designing and verifying digital phase alignment algorithms for multi-link CMOS transceivers.
Riccardo also held various roles at Matrox, including Manager of OEM Platform Design, Hardware Engineer, and Technical Support. During their time at Matrox, Riccardo gained experience in platform design, hardware development, and technical support.
Overall, Riccardo Badalone's work experience spans across multiple companies and roles, showcasing their expertise in leading technology companies, driving innovation, and providing strategic guidance.
Riccardo Badalone pursued their education from 1992 to 1996 at Concordia University. During this time, they acquired a Bachelor's degree in Engineering with a specialization in Microwave/Optical Theory.
C2RO
C2RO™ is the leading global provider of Privacy-Aware AI-powered video analytics for physical spaces using proprietary edge-cloud AI and computer vision technologies. The C2RO™ biometric-free solutions are built for scale and reuse existing surveillance cameras while being fully compliant with the most restrictive data privacy regulations in theworld including the EU’s GDPR.ENTERA™, C2RO’s flagship product, is the most advanced GDPR-Compliant Video Analytics Platform in the world. It provides comprehensive, accurate, and 100% faceless shopper journey insights, detailed socio-demographic breakdowns, and full conversion funnel analysis, enabling data-driven decision-making to improve quality of service, customer experience, and safety by detecting inefficiencies and bottlenecks that impact the ROI. ENTERA™ enables unprecedented savings on Edge Computing for large deployments across thousands of sites.C2RO™ was founded in 2016 and headquartered in Montreal, Canada, a global hub for Artificial Intelligence. C2RO™ was named the 2020s most trusted retail technology provider in the world by CIO Techie magazine. It was also listed two years consecutively in 2020 and 2021 as the Most Innovative Privacy-Aware AI-Based Video Analytics Solution by Corporate Vision.In 2021, C2RO™ was named the official AI Video Analytics Technology provider of Telefonica Tech, providing innovative Video Analytics capability to their IoT and Big Data portfolio and always prioritizing consumer data protection.