Schafer was previously senior vice president of Americas and global marketing and North American sales at Pelco.
His experience also includes senior vice president of sales, marketing and service at The Reynolds and Reynolds Company, and managing global networking and high availability services for NCR Corp, where heheld numerous global general management, sales leadership and marketing management positions during his 19 year tenure with the company.
Schafer will manage the Arecont’s global strategy to market IP-based high-resolution megapixel video surveillance solutions throughout its domestic and international markets.
“We are excited to have Scott join our dynamic team and look forward to his contributions to Arecont Vision’s mission of establishing our state-of-the-art megapixel surveillance cameras as the industry’s primary means of image capture,” said Dr Michael Kaplinsky, CEO of Arecont Vision.
“Scott is well known in the professional security industry, a proven leader and a prominent advocate for IP technology. As the leading supplier of megapixel video cameras, we are delighted to have someone of Scott’s stature on-board to help us further our goal of transitioning the video surveillance industry to megapixel technology.”
