Offir Gutelzon Promoted to CEO of PicScout

Offir Gutelzon was appointed to be PicScout’s CEO. Gutelzon is a co-founder of PicScout and in his previous position as General Manager led the company’s development and implementation of the leading image recognition solution Image Tracker ™.
By: Nancy Shapira, PicScout
 
Feb. 19, 2009 - PRLog -- Herzilya, Israel-  Offir Gutelzon was appointed to be PicScout’s CEO.  Gutelzon is a co-founder of PicScout and in his previous position as General Manager led the company’s development and implementation of the leading image recognition solution Image Tracker ™.  

After the announcement was made, Gutelzon commented, ”I look forward to this challenge and am confident in our team’s abilities to continue to build innovative solutions.  We will be using our technology platform to enhance our Software as a Service (SaaS) offering and create new applications and tools for our customers and partners to help them solve their copyright issues.  I want to thank PicScout’s co-founder, Eyal Gura, who as founding CEO was instrumental to PicScout’s success from initial vision to market leadership.”

”Six years after its founding, PicScout is a profitable market leader with a unique and scalable image recognition technology and most importantly, a strong team with entrepreneurial culture”  says Eyal Gura , PicScout co-Founder and chairman of the board. “The Board of Directors congratulates Offir and  has confidence in Offir’s ability to take the company to even higher levels”

As General Manager and co-founder of PicScout, Offir led all product management and R&D activities. Prior to PicScout, Offir worked with several start-up companies and was involved in the vision and creation of various software and hardware solutions.  One of the start-ups was Tundo Telecommunications where Offir held product marketing and project management positions. Offir served in a key technology unit of the Israel Defense Force and is a graduate of the Zell Entrepreneurship Program of IDC Herzliya.

About PicScout: PicScout’s Image Tracking Solution: Image Tracker ™ is the leading global solution for tracking and monitoring images in various media.  Image Tracker™ monitors millions of images from the world’s most prestigious image collections and individual photographers. PicScout  helps content owners protect their copyrighted images, identify the copyright infringers and provide valuable data for increasing their customer base.  Founded in 2002, PicScout has offices in San Francisco, CA, Chicago, IL, and Herzelia, ISRAEL. www.picscout.com   http://blog.picscout.com

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About PicScout: PicScout Ltd. specializes in image recognition and tracking services based on our leading technology platform. Our image tracking solutions help stock photography agencies, publishers, media companies, photographers and any image owner protect their copyrighted images. PicScout identifies where their images appear on the web and in print and provide you with accurate and time saving image usage reports. PicScout’s Image Tracking Solution: Image Tracker ™ is the leading global solution for tracking and monitoring images in various media. Image Tracker™ monitors millions of images from stock agencies and individual photographers. Founded in 2002, PicScout has offices in San Francisco, CA, Chicago, IL, and Herzelia, ISRAEL. www.picscout.com http://blog.picscout.com
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