Cawamo has announced a significant addition to its leadership team with the appointment of Scott Goldfine as Chief Marketing Officer and Strategic Growth Advisor.
Goldfine is set to guide Cawamo's global marketing strategy and serve as a strategic consultant to both the CEO and the executive leadership team. His responsibilities will encompass areas such as corporate marketing, global brand development, demand generation, product messaging, and forming strategic partnerships, along with roles in investor relations and public communication.
Strategic Growth and Industry Trends
This leadership shift coincides with a growing demand for AI-driven remote security solutions, driven by global labor shortages and rising security costs.
The increased need for proactive security measures has prompted a surge in interest for intelligent video monitoring systems. According to Cawamo CEO David Yakov, "Remote video monitoring is rapidly becoming the new standard for protecting commercial properties, critical infrastructure and other environments. Organizations are demanding smarter, more scalable, AI-driven solutions that improve security while reducing operating costs.”
Goldfine’s Industry Experience
Goldfine brings nearly three decades of experience in the security industry
Goldfine brings nearly three decades of experience in the security industry, with expertise in fields such as channel marketing, business development, and corporate communications. He has played a significant role in advancing the security profession by engaging in trade associations and addressing top industry conferences. His achievements include his induction into the Security Industry Hall of Fame in 2017 and being named to the Life Safety Alliance’s list of 2025 Top 40 Global Security Thought Leaders.
"Cawamo represents where the security industry is headed," Goldfine remarked. "AI is changing how organizations protect people and assets. The companies that successfully combine AI, automation, intelligent workflows, and human expertise will define the future of security operations.” He highlighted that VisiGuard offers more than a simple video management tool, providing an intelligence layer that enhances the efficiency, scalability, and proactivity of monitoring centers.
Emerging Market Opportunities
Industry analysts predict significant growth in the global markets for remote video monitoring, AI-driven video analytics, and intelligent security operations over the next decade.
Industry analysts predict significant growth in the global markets for remote video monitoring
This growth is attributed to factors such as security labor shortages, rising operational expenses, and reductions in false alarms facilitated by advances in AI and cloud computing.
Cawamo's VisiGuard platform empowers remote monitoring centers and other security providers to transform standard surveillance cameras into smart virtual security tools.
Advanced Cloud-based Solutions
VisiGuard’s cloud-based system integrates sophisticated AI analytics, event detection, automated workflows, and centralized command-and-control into a cohesive solution. This platform promotes improved detection accuracy, reduced false alarms, and increased efficiency in remote security operations.
Goldfine's addition to Cawamo's executive leadership is expected to bolster the company's long-term growth strategy, enhance market presence, and expand strategic partnerships. His previous experience includes serving as Marketing Director for Elite Interactive Solutions, where he achieved national recognition, and as Editor-in-Chief of Security Sales & Integration, one of the industry's leading trade journals.
Cawamo, the developer of the AI-powered VisiGuard™ intelligent remote video monitoring platform, announces that security industry veteran Scott Goldfine has joined the company as Chief Marketing Officer & Strategic Growth Advisor.
As CMO, Goldfine will lead Cawamo's global marketing strategy while serving as a strategic advisor to the CEO and executive leadership team. His responsibilities include corporate marketing, global brand development, demand generation, product positioning and messaging, strategic partnerships, investor communications, public relations, analyst relations, go-to-market strategy, sales enablement, market intelligence, competitive positioning, agency management, executive advisory services, and strategic growth initiatives.
Strategic growth initiatives
The appointment comes as demand for AI-powered remote guarding and intelligent video monitoring continues to accelerate worldwide, fueled by labor shortages, increasing security costs, advances in artificial intelligence, and growing demand for proactive security operations.
"Remote video monitoring is rapidly becoming the new standard for protecting commercial properties, critical infrastructure and other environments. Organizations are demanding smarter, more scalable, AI-driven solutions that improve security while reducing operating costs,” says Cawamo CEO David Yakov.
Security industry innovator
“Cawamo has built a platform in VisiGuard that was designed for this moment. Adding someone with Scott's experience, industry credibility, and strategic vision strengthens our ability to execute at a much higher level."
With nearly 30 years as a results-focused security industry innovator, collaborator and team builder across a multitude of disciplines, including channel marketing, business development, public relations, corporate communications and content management, Goldfine has been integral to the success of organizations with which he has served. He’s also advanced the security profession by being active in trade associations and speaking at top conferences and tradeshows. Recognition of his efforts includes being named to the Life Safety Alliance’s 2025 Top 40 Global Security Thought Leaders and the Security Industry Hall of Fame in 2017.
Video management platform
"Cawamo represents where the security industry is headed," says Goldfine. "AI is changing how organizations protect people and assets. The companies that successfully combine AI, automation, intelligent workflows, and human expertise will define the future of security operations.
“VisiGuard is more than another video management platform. It provides the intelligence layer that allows monitoring centres to become more efficient, scalable, and proactive. The market opportunity is enormous, and Cawamo is exceptionally well positioned to capitalize. I'm excited to help accelerate the company's growth, expand visibility, strengthen strategic partnerships, and communicate the huge value for customers, partners, and investors."
Experiencing substantial growth
Industry analysts estimate that the global markets for remote video monitoring, AI-powered video analytics, and remote guarding will experience substantial growth over the next decade as organizations increasingly replace traditional guarding models with intelligent technology enabled security operations.
Security labour shortages, rising operating expenses, false alarm reduction initiatives, and advances in cloud computing and artificial intelligence continue to accelerate adoption across virtually every commercial market. Cawamo's VisiGuard platform enables remote monitoring centres, enterprise security teams, systems integrators, and security providers to transform virtually any surveillance camera into an intelligent virtual security guard.
Cloud-based platform
The cloud-based platform combines advanced AI analytics, intelligent event detection, automated workflows, centralized command-and-control, live intervention, reporting, and operational management into a unified solution that improves detection accuracy, reduces nuisance alarms, increases operator productivity, lowers operating costs, and enables highly scalable remote security operations.
With Goldfine joining its executive leadership team, Cawamo is further strengthening its ability to execute its long-term growth strategy, expand its partner ecosystem, increase market awareness, and capitalize on one of the fastest-growing opportunities in the global security technology industry. Goldfine’s previous roles include Marketing Director for remote guarding specialist Elite Interactive Solutions, which he led to several national awards, including The Monitoring Association’s 2026 Monitoring Center of the Year.
Prior to Elite, Goldfine served as longtime Editor-in-Chief and Associate Publisher of Security Sales & Integration, one of the market’s most respected trade journals. His accomplishments included founding several programs that have become institutionalised within the security industry.
