Jacob Hengel is chief technology officer and board member at Yoursix, leading a global team of engineers across the United States and Sweden. He oversees research and development and product, focusing on building technology that’s smarter, cleaner and engineered to perform at scale. Hengel’s foundation comes from hands-on field work pulling wire, configuring network and server infrastructure and deploying security systems, which gives him a grounded, practical perspective on how solutions need to work in the real world. His career grew alongside the evolution of security and telecom in the 2000s. Over more than a decade, Hengel engineered systems for 200+ enterprise customers, designing everything from wide area network architectures and dynamic routing to voice over IP, network security, IP video and virtual networking. That mix of engineering depth and product leadership eventually led him to co-found Yoursix in 2015.

“I’m excited to step into the role of chair of SIA’s Video & Vision Subcommittee, following the leadership of immediate past chair Brian Karas and previous chair James Marcella, as we work to advance the industry-wide standards that shape how video gets used across security, operational and intelligent-video applications. When the work lands well, it shows up as real guidance: our published Cannabis Industry Video Retention Guide is a good example of the kind of vendor-neutral resource this group can produce. We are also wrapping up information for guidance around modern video streaming, to include traditional RTSP but add-in coverage on WebRTC, LL-HLS, QUIC, etc. This works best when the whole ecosystem is in the room: manufacturers, integrators, monitoring providers, end users and subject-matter experts all see different parts of the elephant, and the standards are better for it. Participating members can help shape the industry; we encourage you to get involved now!”

“SIA is proud to welcome Jacob Hengel as chair of the Video and Vision Subcommittee,” said SIA CEO Don Erickson. “Over the past several years, Jacob has played an instrumental role on the subcommittee, and his deep engineering, technology and security knowledge will be immensely valuable to this group of leaders as it advocates for and advances industry standards around video security.”

The SIA Video and Vision Subcommittee reviews, develops, promotes and advocates for the adoption of relevant industrywide standards relating to video. The subcommittee represents all ecosystem stakeholders that provide security, operational and intelligent video solutions, and its scope includes domestic and international video standards activity. The subcommittee’s accomplishments and activities include creating the Camera Setup Guide, Comprehensive Guide to Video Retention Regulations in the Cannabis Industry, Digital Video Quality Handbook, Surveillance Camera Image Quality Guide, Streaming Protocol White Paper and Video Quality Standard.