Despina Stamatelos

Product Marketing Manager, Genetec, Inc.

A marketing professional of 15 years, Despina joined Genetec in early 2019 as the Product Marketing Manager for access control including Security Center Synergis and ClearID. In this role, she is responsible for the go-to market strategy, messaging and positioning of these products. Working across regions, marketing disciplines and sales channels, Despina drives our efforts to help increase Genetec brand equity, particularly within the scope of access control and physical identity and access management.

Round table contributions

Will 2022 be the year for ‘touchless’ security?

Early in the pandemic, before the mechanisms of COVID spread were clearly understood, there was talk about the disease being transmitted through contact with surfaces. Such concerns created a windfall...

What are the challenges and benefits of mobile access control?

There is a broad appeal to the idea of using a smartphone or wearable device as a credential for physical access control systems. Smartphones already perform a range of tasks that extend beyond making...

What are the new trends and opportunities for biometrics?

A shift toward touchless devices during the coronavirus pandemic has been a boon to the biometrics sector. Another factor in the recent increase in use of biometrics is lower prices, which are a sympt...