Tag: 1 Time Alarms and Security

HENDERSON, Nev.—Security Partners, a Lancaster, Pa.-based wholesale monitoring company, acquired equipment, accounts and staff of 1 Time, a third party central station based here, Mike Bodnar, president of Security Partners, told Security Systems News. An AES radio mesh network operated by 1 Time is part of the deal. The network is established throughout southern Nevada. “[It's] a great opportunity for our dealers, local and national,” Bodnar said. “I think the most...

HENDERSON, Nev.— Michael J. Joseph, a veteran of the security industry, is pioneering a new dealer program for 1 Time, a small third-party central station in a suburb of Las Vegas, after joining as VP, general manager and part-owner of the company at the end of September. “We encourage our dealers to remain independent business people. We don't buy accounts from them, we want them to build their business for themselves,” Joseph told Security Systems News. Joseph described...

The last time SSN caught up with Mary Jo Vance, she was exploring opportunities in security consulting after a stint with 1 Time Inc. in Nevada and the Central American nation of Belize. Now the CSAA's 2007 Manager of the Year has launched a venture that combines her love of travel with her dedication to the industry: plugging in as a temporary central station manager whenever and wherever she is needed. “It's a new concept and I truly believe there is a market for it,” Vance...

Mary Jo Vance is on the move. Vance, better known in the security industry as MJ, is no longer with 1 Time Alarms and Security of Henderson, Nev., where she served as manager from late December 2011 until July. She has returned to the St. Louis area and is pursuing other professional opportunities, she told Security Systems News this week. Vance received the CSAA's Manager of the Year award in 2007 and the Presidential Award from the Fire Marshals' Association of Missouri in 2010. Before joining...

HENDERSON, Nev.—The husband-and-wife team behind Southern Nevada Fire Protection has launched a new central station here, with a well-known industry veteran at the helm: Mary Jo Vance, the Central Station Alarm Association's manager of the year in 2007. 1 Time Inc. Alarms and Security began operating in this Las Vegas suburb in late July. Vance, better known to colleagues as MJ, came on board as manager in late December. She previously was vice president of operations and business development...

The last time SSN caught up with Mary Jo Vance, in April 2011, she was contemplating taking the summer off to “ride cross-country on my Harley” after leaving CenterPoint Technologies. Vance, better known in the industry as MJ, recently let CSAA members know she is “alive and very well in Vegas” after landing a new gig: manager of 1 Time Inc.'s new central station in Henderson, Nev. MJ says she'll have more details soon about her latest endeavor, but the company...