ZeroEyes Promotes Pete Garza to Senior Vice President Marketing & Sales Development and JT Wilkins to Senior Vice President Sales

ZeroEyes, Inc., creators of the only AI-based gun detection video analytics platform that holds the US Department of Homeland Security SAFETY Act Designation, announced the promotion of Pete Garza to Senior Vice President of Marketing and Sales Development and JT Wilkins to Senior Vice President of Sales.

As SVP of Marketing and Sales Development, Mr. Garza will continue to build an agile and efficient go-to-market strategy for delivering proactive solutions that help to mitigate gun-related violence in communities, schools, places of worship, casinos, public places and more.

“Our number one goal at ZeroEyes is and always will be saving lives,” said Mr. Garza. “In order to accomplish this, we must make ZeroEyes’ A.I. gun detection solution ubiquitous and deployed on every camera, making ZeroEyes a household name and helping to keep our communities safe.”

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In Mr. Wilkins’ new role as SVP of Sales, he will oversee the strategic growth of the commercial, education and government sales teams. Wilkins also will act as a trusted advisor to ZeroEyes’ customers, ensuring they receive the highest quality products and services possible.

“I am humbled to assume the responsibility as SVP of Sales,” said Mr. Wilkins. “At ZeroEyes, we are transforming a traditionally reactive technology, security cameras, into a proactive solution for our customers. My goal is to help democratize the use of our life-saving technology in every school, place of worship, workplace, and military installation around the globe, and reduce the deadly risks that come with the threat of active shooters in our communities.”

Before joining ZeroEyes, Mr. Garza was vice president of marketing at several high-growth companies, including  MedAssets, a mid-market healthcare company acquired for $2.7 billion and InTouch Health, a leading telemedicine solutions provider recently acquired for $1 billion. He is the 2014 Oracle Marketing Cloud Markie Award winner for Demand Generation and received Caterpillar’s annual President’s Quality Award for an effective go-to-market strategy and new product introduction initiative.

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Prior to his new role, Mr. Wilkins led ZeroEyes’ Government Solutions team, expanding the use of ZeroEyes AI gun detection software to the Department of Defense and major metropolitan areas. He came to ZeroEyes from Immersive Wisdom, Inc., where he managed a full-cycle federal sales team focused on delivering Command and Control tools to the Department of Defense and broader Federal Government Stakeholders. Previously, he served as a United States Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant and led intelligence and targeting operations in the Special Operations Forces.

“Garza and Wilkins earned these promotions due to the exemplary results they have produced within our company, and I am confident in the positive trajectory they will continue to take ZeroEyes in,” said Mike Lahiff, CEO of ZeroEyes. “At ZeroEyes, we are proud to recruit and retain top-notch talent. Our company offers significant career growth opportunities and fosters an environment for driven and talented individuals to advance their careers, while also supporting an immensely important mission that saves lives.”

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