SIA appoints Jacob Hengel chair, Video and Vision Subcommittee
By SSN Staff
Updated 12:37 PM CDT, Tue July 28, 2026
SILVER SPRING, Md.—The Security Industry Association (SIA) has named Jacob Hengel of YourSix as the new chair of the SIA Video and Vision Subcommittee. Hengel is chief technology officer and board member at YourSix, which he co-founded in 2016. He oversees research and development and product, focusing on building technology that’s smarter, cleaner and engineered to perform at scale. Hengel’s foundation comes from hands-on field work pulling wire, configuring network and server infrastructure and deploying security systems, which gives him a grounded, practical perspective on how solutions need to work in the real world. “I’m excited to step into the role of chair of SIA’s Video & Vision Subcommittee, following the leadership of immediate past chair Brian Karas and previous chair James Marcella, as we work to advance the industry-wide standards that shape how video gets used across security, operational and intelligent-video applications,” said Hengel. “When the work lands well, it shows up as real guidance: our published Cannabis Industry Video Retention Guide is a good example of the kind of vendor-neutral resource this group can produce. We are also wrapping up information for guidance around modern video streaming, to include traditional RTSP but add-in coverage on WebRTC, LL-HLS, QUIC, etc. This works best when the whole ecosystem is in the room: manufacturers, integrators, monitoring providers, end users and subject-matter experts all see different parts of the elephant, and the standards are better for it.”
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