Specifically Speaking: Charlie R. Pierce
Tuesday, August 21, 2012 11:07Name: Charlie R. Pierce, president
Company: LeapFrog Training & Consulting
City: Davenport, Iowa
1. You do training in addition to Read more...
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Name: Charlie R. Pierce, president
Company: LeapFrog Training & Consulting
City: Davenport, Iowa
1. You do training in addition to Read more...
Name: Jim Pangburn, VP of engineering
Company: Big Sky Inc.
City: Manassas, Va.
1. You describe Big Sky as a small engineering and Read more...
Name: Jim Otte, Data/fire/security department manager, NICET IV
Company: SSOE Group
How large is the A&E group at SSOE? How long has it been Read more...
Name: Jerry “Dutch” Forstater, PE, owner
Company: Professional Systems Engineering, LLC
Location: Lansdale, Pa.
I can see from your web site that Professional Read more...
Name: Louis T. DeStefano
Company: Louis T. DeStefano Inc.
Location: Springfield, Pa.
You recently did some more work at the Read more...
Name: Lorna L. Chandler, CPP
Title: CEO
Company: Security By Design
Location: Pacheco, Calif.
When was Security by Design founded and what Read more...
Name: James A. Francis
Title: SVP, Security Consulting Services
Company: T&M Protection Resources LLC
Location: New York
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Title: President & CEO
Company: Butchko Security Solutions
Location: Cypress, Texas
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Name: Sandor Zirulnik
Title: President
Company: Guidepost Solutions Technology Design Consulting (formerly SafirRosetti)
Location: New York City
Guidepost Solutions (formerly SafirRosetti) has Read more...
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