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latakoo in the Big Apple
Transform your video workflow, collaborate seamlessly, create better content, and deliver high-quality footage faster than a New York minute.
Experience latakoo in NYThe world’s largest broadcasters rely on latakoo to deliver their content to the public accurately and first. Visit us at Booth 346 to see a live demo, and our latakoo experts will answer all your questions. You’ll see a video workflow system that’s been put to the test by the world’s most demanding customers in critical situations – journalists.
Deliver large files from low bandwidth areas, store raw and edited video in our cloud, generate transcripts, create clips, retrieve file footage – latakoo does it all and a whole lot more.
Experience latakoo in NYAward-winning
Technology
Award-winning Generative Video Codec: Experience the technology that won NAB’s Technology Innovation award in April. With latakoo’s Generative Video Codec, you can see what matters first. GVC automatically enhances the most relevant parts of a live feed. Users can pinpoint specific areas – like a suspect’s face, structural damage after an explosion or a player’s foot at the goal line – and GVC delivers it in razor-sharp quality while optimizing bandwidth.
Clearer video will save lives. GVC will help law enforcement solve crimes, the military confirm targets and even medical professionals virtually operate with perfect clarity.
Meet our team in person
Paul Adrian
CEO & Co-Founder
Paul Adrian is a Co-Founder and the CEO of latakoo. He believes fully in the power of journalism and the important role it plays in a functioning democracy. Adrian is the essence of a local reporter. As an investigative specialist, he covered the city hall beat, county commissioner’s court, state government, local businesses, the environment, countless disasters and hundreds of positive stories too in Texas, Ohio, Connecticut and Kentucky. He is an award-winning journalist who has earned multiple honors, including NATAS Emmy Awards for investigative reporting. He is a former member of the board of directors of the non-profit journalism organization, Investigative Reporters and Editors. After two decades of broadcast reporting, Adrian co-founded latakoo with Jade Kurian, and together, they used their extensive experience in the broadcasting and cable industry to successfully introduced latakoo’s video platform into some of the largest broadcasting companies in the world. Adrian holds a Bachelor of Journalism from the University of Texas and a Master in Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School, where he focused on entrepreneurship.
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President & Co-Founder
Jade has experience in all facets of broadcasting, including management, communications and technology. She understands video workflow: codecs, formats, editing, transfer. She has managed news staff, coordinated crews while traveling the world, run operations, scheduled teams, and assisted in crafting budgets. Jade launched and managed the ground-up building of a news bureau for a national network. Jade holds a Bachelor of Arts from Florida State University.
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Sales Director
Harley is a newsroom veteran who understands the needs of latakoo’s clients and how vital it is to provide advice and solutions when the clock is ticking. A former newspaper journalist who transitioned to online media and then television, Harley relied on latakoo’s technology as an assignment editor at the NBC station in Austin. Harley grew up in England, but now lives in Austin with his wife and his dog.
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VP of Customer Success
Ryan directs the setup of new accounts and interacts daily with latakoo clients, making sure the latakoo system is working for everyone. As an artist with a keen eye for detail, she designed our management console. She has a deep understanding of how users interface with the latakoo platform and participates daily in the evolution of the design and user interface of latakoo services. Ryan has a BA in Studio Art from St. Edward’s University in Austin, Texas.
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Scholar in Residence
Brian Calfano is a journalist, author, documentarian and former journalism professor. He’s dedicated to enhancing media technology in education and showing future journalists the best and fastest way to deliver information to the public.
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Scientist & Director of Federal Projects
Richard is latakoo’s resident research scientist. Richard’s Ph.D. efforts in Electrical Engineering are at the cutting edge of digital signal processing and information theory. Richard has developed technology that enables simultaneous compression and encryption of data, which allows latakoo to provide speedy and secure information transmission over our platform. Richard has degrees in Physics and Engineering and research experience in quantum optics, wireless power transfer, adaptive signal representation and image processing.
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Software Engineer
