Richard Burns is the executive chairman of ISS (www.issivs.com), a leading developer of intelligent video software solutions. Headquartered in the United States, ISS provides video management and AI-driven video analytics to large public and private sector end-users ISS software powers Safe/Smart Cities around the globe, Intelligent Transportation Solutions (ITS) and is the inventor of multiple hybrid instruments that are used to protect critical installations and citizens. ISS has twice received the U.S. Commerce Department’s “E-Award”, for its “outstanding contribution to American exports.” Burns also sits on the boards of Silvercrest Asset Management (NASDAQ: SAMG), where he chairs the Audit Committee; Interaudi Bank, where he chairs the Audit Committee; and the Board of Trustees of Carnegie Hall. Burns was previously chairman of Isis Venture Partners and its media portfolio, Manhattan Media; President & CEO of Thomson Financial Media, one of the largest financial publishing companies in the world with holdings that included American Banker, Bond Buyers and the ABA Bank Routing Number System; and Chief Executive of Institutional Investor. He is a graduate of St. John’s College, Oxford, and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.