Laura Teodosio - Chief Executive Officer

Laura has over 18 years experience designing and building innovative software solutions involving images, media and information. As one of the founders of Salient Stills, she blended her knowledge of media, video and software to conceive key features and original algorithms for VideoFOCUS. At Salient Stills, Laura ensures the software meets the changing demands of users in each market, taking every opportunity to elaborate on the possibilities the product delivers. Further, Laura works with government and contract customers, helping to create unique solutions to meet their imaging needs.

One of the first students at the pioneering MIT Media Lab, Laura moved on to work with the Advanced Technology Human Interface Group at Apple Computer, where she came to understand the inherent value of user centered design combined with innovative technologies.

Laura holds a bachelor's degree in engineering from Yale University, a master's degree from MIT, and is the holder of two US and one Japanese patent.

Jeff Hunter - Chief Technology Officer

Jeff brings his 15 years of experience in the development of state-of-the-art of image and video processing systems to Salient Stills. Taking advantage of an extensive background in R&D and contract and product engineering, Jeff is the chief surveyor of all contract and product development initiatives.

Prior to his work with Salient Stills, Jeff headed software development for security and surveillance product company Millivision LLC. While there, he was responsible for all image and video related software development, spearheading a great number of federally funded imaging research initiatives.

Jeff holds a BS in Physics and PhD in Optics and Semiconductor Physics from Heriot-Watt University, Scotland.

Mark Payne - Director US Sales

Mark brings over 17 years of experience equipping Federal, State and Local government agencies with information technology to Salient Stills. His most recent work – 10 years in the field of digital and video forensics - has given him the unique understanding of the challenges law enforcement and intelligence communities face in an increasingly complex environment. Mark comes to Salient Stills from Intergraph Corporation; prior to that, he was the Program Manager for the GSA Catalog, overseeing contract sales and partnership development.

Mark holds a bachelor's degree from Jacksonville State University and lives in Huntsville, Alabama.