Alexandre Winter Named Chief Executive Officer of LTU Technologies.Several Leadership Changes Highlighted by New CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. ; Goal to Enhance Global Sales Channels and Product Research WASHINGTON -- LTU Technologies LTU Technologies provides image search and image filter software, and is the standard platform for digital forensic analysis in law enforcement, security and intelligence. , the global leader in image search and recognition solutions, today named Alexandre Winter as its Chief Executive Officer. A LTU LTU Luleå Tekniska Universitet (Luleå University of Technology; formerly Luleå Tekniska Högskola) LTU Lithuania LTU La Trobe University (Australia) LTU Lufttransport-Unternehmen GmbH Co-Founder, Winter's earlier role at LTU was Chief Technology Officer. Before founding LTU Technologies in 1999, Winter worked as a researcher at the Image and Multimedia Indexing Group at the French National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control (INRIA INRIA - Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et Automatique ) where he developed new image segmentation and retrieval algorithms, and published articles in international conferences and journals. He also worked as an engineer at Aerospatiale, now part of EADS EADS European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company N.V. EADS Expeditionary Air Defense System (USMC) EADS Extended Air Defense Systems EADS Environmental Assessment Data System EADS Echelons Above Division Study , the leading European company in aeronautics, aerospace and defense manufacturing. Winter received his Ph.D. with honors in Image Processing image processing Set of computational techniques for analyzing, enhancing, compressing, and reconstructing images. Its main components are importing, in which an image is captured through scanning or digital photography; analysis and manipulation of the image, accomplished from the "Ecole Nationale Superieure des Telecommunications" in Paris. Other leadership changes at LTU include Frederic Jahard, previously Director of Product Development is now Chief Technology Officer and P. Kevin Smith has expanded his prior role as Vice President of Sales for North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. to Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales & Marketing. The company personnel changes signal a focus on expanding sales globally into new markets and a push towards the research and development of new image search and recognition offerings. LTU provides industry standard tools needed to automatically control and help manage large amounts of digital images and video. Applications of this technology range from online content protection to copyright infringement and liability/risk management, as well as forensic investigations of seized material. LTU's core technology analyzes the pixels of a digital image or video to create a digital signature or "image DNA DNA: see nucleic acid. DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid One of two types of nucleic acid (the other is RNA); a complex organic compound found in all living cells and many viruses. It is the chemical substance of genes. " that describes the key visual features of each image. This approach, combined in LTU's products with various other automatic intelligent content recognition technologies, has proven to offer a reliable alternative or a powerful enhancer for the manual processing of data. "This is an exciting time for LTU Technologies as the market for advanced multimedia content recognition tools continues to grow and expand across industries and through out the world," said Noboru Nakatani, Chairman of the Board of LTU technologies. "Alex is unique in that he has the executive leadership skills as well as the research expertise necessary for LTU to carry out its next phase of growth." "As a co-founder of LTU eight years ago, I am deeply dedicated to the continued success and growth of the company," said Winter. "I believe the stars are finally getting aligned and the market for automated multimedia content recognition systems will boom in the coming years. I look forward to ensuring that LTU gains significant share of this market, after having been a pioneer in this field for more than seven years. Our team is excited about this opportunity to make things happen." Chahab Nastar stepped down as LTU CEO, but will remain on the company's Board of Directors. About LTU Technologies Founded in 1999 by veteran scientists of MIT MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Oxford and INRIA, LTU Technologies provides mission-critical software for search, retrieval and classification of images and videos. LTU's technology is patented worldwide. LTU's clients include government organizations such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), division of the U.S. Dept. of Justice charged with investigating all violations of federal laws except those assigned to some other federal agency. , the Bureau of Immigration immigration, entrance of a person (an alien) into a new country for the purpose of establishing permanent residence. Motives for immigration, like those for migration generally, are often economic, although religious or political factors may be very important. and Customs Enforcement and the French Patent Office as well as commercial organizations such as Bizrate.com and Meredith Corporation. The technology has also successfully been integrated in third party solutions for brand protection, enterprise search, digital asset management, and email monitoring. LTU Technologies has offices in Paris, France and Washington DC. For more information, visit http://www.ltutech.com Trademark Notice LTU Technologies and Image-Seeker are registered trademarks of LTU Technologies. Any other third party trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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