ISS’ Matt Powell to speak at Securing New Ground

Sept. 20, 2023
Matt’s session, entitled, “What AI Means for your Business,” will examine the impact of artificial intelligence on security applications and how these effects will be felt by firms throughout the industry within the next two to three years.

Woodbridge, N.J., Sept. 20th, 2023 – ISS (Intelligent Security Systems), a global provider of video intelligence and data awareness solutions, announced today that its managing director for North America, Matt Powell, has been selected to speak at next month’s Securing New Ground (SNG) conference in New York City. Scheduled to take place Oct. 17-18 at the InterContinental Times Square, SNG brings together executives and entrepreneurs from across the security industry to network and share information on different technology and business trends that are affecting the market.

Matt’s session, entitled, “What AI Means for your Business,” will examine the impact of artificial intelligence on security applications and how these effects will be felt by firms throughout the industry within the next two to three years. Joining Matt on the panel will be Hamish Dobson, CVP, Product – Enterprise Physical Security Solutions, Motorola Solutions; Jumbi Edulbehram, Global Business Development, Smart Cities and Spaces, NVIDIA; and, Kurt Takahashi, CEO, Netwatch Group.

“The customers that our industry serves are adopting AI at an exponential rate for all aspects of their businesses. Answering the question of how to utilize AI in a business, or how to become part of the value chain that is AI, is fast becoming the dominant conversation across every market sector,” explained Powell. “Our panel draws from a cross-section of the industry, bringing incredible insights based on experience to this important topic. If I were attending and wanting to understand the most important aspects of artificial intelligence and augmented intelligence in our industry, this is a panel I would not want to miss.”

Matt has over two decades of experience in security and transportation technologies and brings a lessons-learned approach to AI and advanced technology deployments. Matt joined ISS in 2022, combining his manufacturing knowledge with his integration experience to help bring the expertise of the company to the North American market. With over three million devices running ISS’ analytics in 56 countries around the world, ISS is the largest video analytics provider globally.

Matt formerly served as Principal – Transportation Markets and Principal-Infrastructure Markets at systems integrator Convergint where he set the strategy for business development and professional services that led the company from a handful of airports to 60-plus aviation deployments, including some of the world’s largest airports and airlines. He has overseen technology deployments including video management, access control, analytics and AI, as well as developed methodologies for deployment used for complex systems, such as identity management and single pane of glass solutions.

Prior to Convergint, Matt was the developer of transportation market strategies for Moog and Videolarm. He can be reached at [email protected].