Founder Profile
James Ren
Last reviewed: October 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is James Ren?
James Ren is a founder of Verkada, which was founded in 2016 with Filip Kaliszan, Hans Robertson and Benjamin Bercovitz.
- Company founded
- Verkada
- Founded
- 2016
- Co-founders
- Filip Kaliszan, Hans Robertson and Benjamin Bercovitz
Background
Computer scientist and Stanford graduate.
Founding Story
James Ren co-founded Verkada in 2016. He played an absolutely critical role in building the early computer vision and machine learning algorithms that allowed Verkada's cameras to automatically detect specific people or vehicles, elevating the hardware from a simple recording device to a highly intelligent enterprise security system. (Exact birth year remains publicly undisclosed).
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