Qognify, the foremost provider of video and Enterprise Incident Management (EIM) solutions, announced the Yaniv Toplian as its new Vice President of Research and Development.

As part of Qognify’s senior leadership team, Yaniv has a remit to define and execute the company’s R&D strategy to design and develop solutions that mitigate risks, increase security and optimise operations, through world-class research and innovation.

Leading a global team

Based in the Qognify office in Ra’anana, Israel, Yaniv Toplian leads a global team that includes Product Management as well as software developers, DevOps and QA engineers.

He explains: “Our highly capable and committed team enables us to perform the full development life cycle, starting from the requirements definition through implementation, deployment and support for Qognify customers and partners throughout the world."

"We rely on state-of-the-art agile development methodologies that enable improved transparency and better quality of the results.”

Launch of Qognify VMS

With Qognify VMS the company can offer a strong combined portfolio for organisations that place a premium on security

A recent example of Qognify’s impressive R&D capability is the launch of Qognify VMS. The next-generation video management system (VMS) leverages advanced integration capabilities and enterprise-class functionality, combined with a low total cost of ownership, to maximise the outcomes of a physical security strategy.

Toplian adds: “With Qognify VMS and Qognify EIM we can offer a strong combined portfolio for organisations that place a premium on security and want to manage the entire incident lifecycle in their control rooms.”

Brings over 20 years of R&D experience

Yaniv Toplian brings over 20 years of R&D experience and a proven record of delivering enterprise software to his new role at Qognify.

He began his career as a software engineer in the telecom and IT software industry and has held leading engineering positions in companies such as Comverse, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and NICE. He joined Qognify in 2019 as R&D Director.

Authority Comment

CEO of Qognify, Steve Shine, states: “Research and development has been the cornerstone of Qognify’s past achievements and continues to be instrumental for the future success of the company, our customers and partners."

"We are committed to a continual program of innovation and improvement and Yaniv has the knowledge of the sector, the technical ability and management skills to lead our R&D group.

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