Digital Barriers
Kieron Messer has over two decades of work experience in the field of video analytics, artificial intelligence, and biometrics. Kieron founded OmniPerception Ltd in 2001 and served as Research Director until 2013. Prior to that, they worked as a Research Fellow at the University of Surrey where they managed the acquisition of a large video and audio database used in the development of face and speech biometrics. Kieron currently works at Digital Barriers as CTO for both Video Analytics and Artificial Intelligence, and Face Recognition, where they are responsible for designing and developing SmartVis Face, a system of facial recognition products that work together.
Kieron Messer obtained a Bachelor's degree in Physics from Royal Holloway, University of London in 1993. Kieron then pursued a Master's degree in Machine Intelligence at the University of Surrey from 1993 to 1994. Kieron continued their studies at the University of Surrey and was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Image Database Retrieval in 1997.
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Digital Barriers
Digital Barriers is a world leader in edge-intelligent solutions for the global surveillance and security markets. The company is headquartered between the United Kingdom and United States, with regional operations covering Europe, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific.We provide software solutions and cloud services to manage the capture, analysisand streaming of live video, enabling actionable video intelligence to be delivered where it’s needed, when it’s needed. Our software-based solutions, supplied with highly-performant hardware where required, readily integrate with video management systems, cameras and sensors, and have been sold to flagship defence, security and law enforcement agencies in more than fifty countries around the world. We also resell through large commercial channel partners and on a licensed basis to leading technology companies and service providers.Digital Barriers established its reputation by providing integrated mission-critical surveillance and security solutions to some of the best known surveillance and security agencies in the world. We reinvented the art of the possible through the deployment of new, proprietary technology – our favorite customer references all contain the phrase “game changing”. Digital Barriers solutions are in use around the world every day keeping people safe, at the heart of national security operations and the fight against terrorism and serious and organised crime. We can deliver our software-based solutions as SDKs and licenses, on standard COTS hardware, or on bespoke hardware designed to meet the needs of the most demanding customers across defense, security and law enforcement.