Kondek joins viasys from Agent Vi where he served as president and CEO. While at Agent Vi, Kondek and his team designed, launched, and enhanced Agent Vi's worldwide reseller and OEM program. His efforts included the management of several large OEM and systems integrator relationships in the US, Europe and Asia. Kondek brings 35 years of experience with technology, business and video security to viasys. Previously, he served in top management positions at companies including DynaPel, Dell, Computer 2000, Linotype-Hell, MetaCreations and IBM.

"I am very exited to join this young and enthusiastic team", said Dieter Kondek, "and I know that many customers, integrators and OEM's are looking for an entry level video analytics solution which runs at the edge, is easy to integrate and affordable."

Viasys' next generation motion detection is focusing on the mass market to deploy video intelligence into every IP camera for a very competitive price. The software plug-in has been widely deployed by leading network/IP camera manufacturers and VMS platform developers like Axis, IQInvision, Milestone and OnSSI.

"We're excited about the technology industry experience he brings to the table, and as this new era of video analytics drives the market, we expect his insight, track record and leadership to be critical success drivers as we execute our market strategy in the US," said Dirk Owerfeldt, VP business development of Viasys.

"Viasys software plug-in gives system integrators and OEM technology partners a new level of flexibility to deploy this solution to existing edge devices without any hardware upgrades," said Kondek.