The Euclid Discoveries team is a tight knit, yet geographically dispersed group of developers, mathematicians, engineers and programmers in the multiple disciplines that impact our technology. While we’re based in Concord, MA, many of our team members live and work around the US, and the globe. In addition to the PhD’s and engineers that are dedicated full time to our technology, we also call on a number of the best researchers and professors at leading universities to collaborate and consult on key aspect of the development process.

Euclid’s technology team includes PhD’s in the fields of Algorithmic Mathematics, Algorithmic Engineering, Software Development, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, and Information Sciences. Our researchers, developers and consulting experts combine their corporate experience and academic disciplines to creating the next generation of video compression technology. The teams’ experience includes contributions at Fortune 100 companies including Boeing, IBM, ComputerVision, AT&T, Halliburton, and American Express. The team’s academic and research experience has included Harvard University, University of California, Princeton and NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies.

During the company’s Research phase, a number of leading mathematicians, engineers and scientists contributed to Euclid’s Intellectual Property, including our Proofs of Concept, Reductions to Practice and work product. Key contributors included:

• Anna Gilbert, PhD, Consulting Algorithmic Engineer
• Igor Najfeld, PhD, Consulting Mathematician
• Amit K. Roy-Chowdhury, PhD, Consulting Technical Scientist
• John Weiss, PhD, Consulting Mathematician
• Yilei Xu, PhD, Consulting Software Engineer
• Jiangang Yu, Consulting Software Engineer

Our current team’s academic and work backgrounds reflect our focus on the EuclidVision technology and its implementation in the eFLEX codec.

Key members of the group leading the technical and intellectual property management responsibilities are:

• Charles C. Pace, Chief Technologist
  
  Mr. Pace is a technologist whose experience ranges from executive strategy to expert software development. Mr. Pace has made a career of leading high exposure technical development for companies such as Silknet (Kana), Sprint, and IBM. As Chief Technologist, he is responsible for the end-to-end technical strategy and execution that leads to the creation of a viable technology. Having collaborated on over 17 patents in the areas of distributed systems and collaborative technologies, Mr. Pace's experience in developing intellectual property and his broad knowledge of both mathematics and computer science make him ideally suited to lead the company’s technology team. Mr. Pace graduated from Clarkson University with dual BS degrees in Computer Science and Mathematics.


• Jeffrey V. Roberts, Director of Engineering
  
  Mr. Roberts works closely with the company's Chief Technologist and engineering team to plan, manage, and deliver Euclid's technology. Mr. Roberts has been leading technology development teams for over seventeen years. Mr. Roberts has delivered mission critical client/server and distributed Web based software applications for major United States based companies such as IBM, National Semiconductor, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad, and Charles Schwab. Mr. Roberts has designed and implemented new and innovative computer software products for both established and startup firms in the San Francisco Bay Area. Mr. Roberts holds a BA in Computer and Information Science, from the State University of New York.


• Darin DeForest, PhD (ABD), Lead Algorithmic Software Engineer
  
  Dr. DeForest is a senior systems professional with over fourteen years of experience in system architecture, research, and staff development. Dr. Deforest is responsible for Euclid’s development of systems-based algorithms and proofs of concept. His technical expertise includes full life-cycle object oriented development, and the modeling, design, and development of web and database systems on desktop and mobile systems. Dr. DeForest has led systems development programs for a number of major corporations including, Motorola, Boeing, American Express, CSC and CSX. Dr. DeForest obtained his undergraduate degree in Computer Science from the University of Maryland and earned his PhD from the Department of Computer Science at Arizona State University.


• Nigel Lee, PhD, Chief Algorithmic Engineer
  
  Dr. Lee brings extensive experience in matrix theory, adaptive signal processing, and systems analysis to Euclid, where he is working to develop advanced algorithms for image and video processing. Prior to joining the company, Dr. Lee was a principal investigator in the Advanced Sensor Techniques Group at MIT Lincoln Laboratory in Lexington, MA. There, he developed advanced adaptive processing techniques to improve the detection and classification of submarine targets via both submarine towed arrays and torpedo arrays. Dr. Lee has also managed projects focused on adaptive time-frequency detection of active sonar signals in shallow water environments for the Weapons Technology Branch of the U.S. Naval Undersea Warfare Center in Newport, RI. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from Brown University in Providence, RI, with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. He received both his M.A. and PhD degrees in electrical engineering from Princeton University in New Jersey. His doctoral dissertation was on linear time-frequency detection of transient signals.


• Renato Pizzorni, Lead Integration Software Engineer
  
  Mr. Pizzorni is responsible for the engineering design and development of the company's proprietary technology. In past work, Mr Pizzorni has been the project leader in the design, development, and implementation of sophisticated network technology. Having extensive experience in advanced computer programming languages, Mr. Pizzorni has created a number of functional and analytical computer programs for major corporations, including IBM Sprint, Halliburton, Northern Telecom and Open Software Foundation. Mr. Pizzorni holds a BS in Electrical Engineering and two Masters degrees in Information Systems and Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Texas.


• Anne Watelet, Intellectual Property Assets Manager
  
  Ms. Watelet is responsible for ensuring the company’s work product and technical advances are correctly recorded and processed to secure the company’s intellectual property assets. In this role, Ms. Watelet manages the company’s Task Management System (TMS), a proprietary workflow processing system designed to facilitate full life-cycle Intellectual Property development and IP management. Ms. Watelet’s background in project management, database programming, and execution of high exposure projects with virtual teams uniquely suits her to this role. Prior to joining Euclid Discoveries, Ms. Watelet worked on mission critical applications for companies including IBM, Pratt & Whitney and American Skiing Company, one of the largest operators of alpine ski, snowboard and golf resorts in the United States. Ms. Watelet graduated with honors from Rochester Institute of Technology with a BS degree in Computational Mathematics.

 Marketing, Communications, Research and Strategy support are provided by:

• Anne Marsden
  
  As Euclid's Head of Marketing, Ms. Marsden is responsible for the company's overall branding, messaging and communications programs. Working with the company's executive team, Ms. Marsden directs the company's external communications. Ms. Marsden, has over 20 years of marketing, sales and operational experience in high technology companies in the US, Europe and Latin America. Ms. Marsden's career has spanned both Fortune 100 and entrepreneurial start-ups, holding officer, VP and director level positions with companies including Sprint, British Telecom, Jacada, and DataCentric. Ms. Marsden obtained her BS degree in Industrial Management from the Georgia Institute of Technology.


• Bill Wilmoth
  
  Mr. Wilmoth is responsible for market intelligence and research.  Keeping abreast of market developments and trends in video processing and related fields, Mr. Wilmoth provides insight and analysis of issues that can impact the company’s technology. Mr. Wilmoth worked for a number of years in the financial services industry, as a stock broker.   In this role, his tracking and analysis of technology companies, particularly in networking and wireless sectors, fueled his interest in emerging technologies.  Mr. Wilmoth studied Mathematics and History at Western Kentucky University.


• Steve Hutchison
  
  Mr. Hutchinson has nearly three decades of experience as a venture capital and private equity investor. He spent two years in investment banking with White, Weld & Co. and the next seventeen years were spent at The Hillman Company, a large private investment company in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he was a Vice President and Director. Mr. Hutchinson was also a Managing Partner of the Private Equity Group at Weiss, Peck & Greer. Throughout his career, Mr. Hutchinson has been involved in placing private equity funding for dozens of private companies and has served on the Boards of several dozen private companies. Mr. Hutchinson graduated from Vassar College with an AB degree in Liberal Arts. He graduated from Harvard University with a Masters degree in Business Administration.

Inspiring and directing the skills and expertise of this diverse team is the combined responsibility of the company’s founders, Richard Wingard and Bob Werner.

Richard Y. Wingard
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Wingard directs Euclid's overall strategic direction and drives research and development for the company. With over 25 years of experience with companies focused on the conception, development and launch of emerging technologies, he has held senior management positions at a number of leaders in the field, including Access Radiology Corporation, Tel-Care Inc., Multimedia Medical Systems and Vidimedix Corporation. Mr. Wingard was also in senior management at Sprint, where he oversaw the development and execution of a unique healthcare technology product, HANDS™, which set the standard for telemedicine. Prior to Sprint, Mr. Wingard worked for AT&T in Sales and Marketing. Mr. Wingard serves on the MPEG-4 INCITS committee, and is a frequent guest speaker at technology and healthcare conferences. He also serves as Managing Director of several companies in the technology and healthcare industries. Mr. Wingard graduated from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte with a BA degree in Psychology.

J. Robert Werner
Co-Founder & President

Mr. Werner has over 30 years of management experience in various sectors of the technology and healthcare imaging industries. Before launching Euclid Discoveries, Mr. Werner was Vice President of Business Development & Strategic Alliances for VideoLan Technologies, where he led a successful public offering and negotiated an exclusive marketing agreement with Samsung. Prior to VideoLan, he was President of MDG, the United States' first dedicated manufacturer of mobile teleradiology and diagnostic equipment. Mr. Werner spent his career at the forefront of technology advances in video and image compression, particularly as it relates to medical applications. He was a key member of the Sprint HANDS (Healthcare Application Network Delivery System) program and he helped found and create the Computed Tomography Ultrasound and Nuclear Medicine Department for the Jewish Hospital of Louisville, Kentucky. He is a founding member and past President of the Kentucky Society of Nuclear Medical Technologists. He is also a past member of the National Society of Nuclear Medical Technologists and is AART Board certified in Nuclear Medicine. Mr. Werner graduated from Western Kentucky University with a BS degree in Biology.