RE:If the Directors and the C-suite are the problem.....Sure sounds like an easy solution pfm, but you might just be creating a bigger problem.
Unfortunately, with a company like Avigilon and many other where the founder is the driving force behind the business concept, things don't typically work out so well when you try to force a change.
Whenever someone bring this solution up, I'm always reminds me of this article and others like it:
https://www.businessinsider.com/irreplaceable-what-happened-to-10-tech-companies-when-they-lost-their-founders-2011-8?op=1