Pixim, a leading provider of imaging chips for enterprise security cameras, announced the appointment of David Beech, a surveillance security professional with over 28 years industry experience, as channel development director EMEA.

As a member of channel marketing, Beech will be responsible for increasing the awareness of Pixim's brand as well as building channel relationships in his markets. Most recently, Beech served as managing director of dBeech Associates and cctvX, a management consulting company and electronic security distribution company.

In this role, Beech provided many services for security companies including the development of business strategies, license agreement negotiation, and, through cctvX, the distribution of niche electronic security products. Other key industry positions he has held include vice president of technology for Ademco International where he was responsible for building the company's Ademco Video CCTV brand, and eight years at Norbain SDL as Technical Director where he was responsible for building the very successful in-house Vista brand as well as a wide variety of functions on the product and marketing side of the business.

"Dave brings the ideal blend of experience to his new position," says John Monti, Pixim's vice president of marketing and business development. "He has a strong technical background combined with real-world marketing experience. Security integrators and end users will benefit from his breadth of knowledge; he has a true understanding of the challenges they are facing in today's market."

"I'm thrilled to be joining forces with Pixim," explains Beech. "Pixim's Digital Pixel System technology offers a solution for the lighting issues that are so common in many video security systems. Plus, I'm excited to be joining Pixim just as its new imaging chip, Seawolf, with an effective resolution of 690 TV lines, is setting a new performance benchmark in the surveillance market. Seawolf's price point is making cameras with Pixim's technology accessible to everyone."