Lars Thinggaard is CEO at Milestone Systems A/S headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark. He became CEO and President in 2003, and have since been spearheading the fast growing company to be the global industry leader in open platform Internet Protocol (IP) video management software. Under Lars Thinggaard's leadership, Milestone Systems has followed a unique vision to bring the physical security industry together as a business ecosystem. His vision of using openness as a business tool are deeply coded in the DNA of Milestone – from Open Platform Software, open partner relations to open management style. Lars Thinggaard is a dynamic manager with years of entrepreneurial experience. He was Co-founder and CFO at Mondosoft, COO and CFO at Beologic (acquired by Baan), CFO at In2itive (acquired by SPSS), Auditor at Arthur Andersen and at Price Waterhouse, now Price Waterhouse Coopers. Lars Thinggaard holds a Bachelor’s degree in Corporate Finance and Accounting from the Copenhagen Business School.
As the trend towards digital video progresses, we are seeing corporations that are not taking full advantage of the possibilities for enhancing their business with visual data.