Our prize was disrupting the security camera industry.” “Sometimes you want to stop, but you keep an eye on the prize. The company grew globally, although Lodhia remembers it wasn’t without its struggles. At that time, that was Amsterdam, where CameraManager moved in 2004. By adding cloud-technology, before the cloud was invented, they were two product lifecycles ahead of the industry, says Lodhia: “It was like launching Spotify in the era where only cassettes existed.” Moving CameraManager to Amsterdamīuilding a fast-growing business meant for Lodhia they had to move to the ‘centre of the universe’. The knowledge he and Vos gained from their hosting business gave them an advantage when building their next company, CameraManager. Their solution allowed cameras to be used not only for security but in many different ways. Lodhia noticed the surveillance industry slowly moving away from their analogue hardware. It allowed him to run a better operation and he did not need to drive to Groningen every week.” A novelty in times before Zoom, Skype and FaceTime. And he could always see if the shelves were full and the store was set up neatly. If a customer in Maastricht wanted a shirt in a different print, someone in Groningen could hold it up to the camera. “We installed a connected camera so my friend could see his store remotely. Their solution: zero distance communication. Lodhia: “We started thinking about what technology could do for him.” That forced him to spend hours travelling back and forth. He opened the second one in Groningen, on the other side of the country. One of his friends had a clothing store in Maastricht. That came after an ‘aha-moment’ Lodhia clearly remembers. “It could’ve been one of the biggest digital companies in Europe, but we saw a market in video surveillance.” It was a web development company in an end-to-end way.” Lodhia and Vos built something like WordPress, WooCommerce or Joomla well before the world would even know these companies would ever exist. We were one of the first ones that built a good WYSIWIG-editor, an extremely intuitive Content Management System to maintain and edit your website. “We built web applications and custom made online business applications and we offered hosting. So together with Vos, he started an internet business. “We thought it was ridiculous to pour someone’s beer”, he recalls. During his second year of International Business Science, Lodhia needed some cash but didn’t like the idea of getting a job. Together with business partner and roommate Tijmen Vos he studied at the university. His entrepreneurial adventure started long ago in Maastricht. Rishia Lodhia is Managing Director of Eagle Eye Networks in EMEA. Last year, the scaleup installed more than 13.000 cloud-managed cameras all around Mexico City, to enhance the safety of its inhabitants. Their use cases range from monitoring retail and hospitality to providing AI-enabled security in banks as well as entire cities. Their software works with any connected camera, adding analytics to the recordings and an open API-platform for customised applications. Cloud-based video surveillance for any situationĮagle Eye Networks offers a smart, cloud-based video surveillance solution. The company, with a solid base and EMEA headquarter in Amsterdam, is on its way to becoming a unicorn. After selling and re-buying their own global video surveillance platform from Panasonic, they are now heading Eagle Eye Networks in EMEA and are part of the global leadership team. It’s 2021 now, and Lodhia still shares a small space with the same guy. During the second year of their studies, they worked on web applications that were well ahead of their time. Register now.In the early 2000s, Rishi Lodhia shared a small room with his roommate Tijmen Vos. Eagle Eye Networks is exhibiting at IFSEC International, 19-21 June 2018, ExCeL London. Eagle Eye Networks sells through authorised reseller and installation partners. The API uses the Eagle Eye Big Data Video Framework, with time-based data structures used for indexing, search, retrieval and analysis of the live and archived video. An angel investor too, Drako holds myriad patents in network security, network protocols, digital circuits, software, biochemical processes, and sporting equipment.Įagle Eye Networks provides a cloud-based security and operations video management system (VMS) providing both cloud and on-premise recording and a cloud video API for integrations and application development. In the video below Dean Drako, CEO and president of Eagle Eye Networks, answers my questions about cloud video surveillance, cybersecurity and IFSEC 2018 via video call.ĭrako – one of few in the physical security industry influential enough to have their own Wikipedia entry – was also co-founder, president and CEO of Barracuda Networks from 2003 to July 2012.
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