Tag: Alarm Detection Systems (ADS)
Astute Financial Consulting names Amy Becker as president
April 22, 2024SSN Staff
FORT COLLINS, Colo.—Astute Financial Consulting, LLC, a provider of accounting and business management solutions for security companies that use SedonaOffice and FieldHub enterprise software, has named Amy Becker as president.
Becker’s promotion was announced by Jim Lee, founder of Astute, who will remain with the company in the role of CEO. Becker joined Astute in April 2023, as senior vice president after working for over 25 years within the alarm industry in CFO and controller positions...
Amy Becker named senior vice president at Astute Financial
April 6, 2023SSN Staff
FORT COLLINS, Colo.—Astute Financial Consulting, a security industry financial consulting firm and software developer of business reporting solutions, has announced the hiring of Amy Becker as senior vice president.
Becker brings over 30 years of experience in the accounting/finance field, including her time as CFO with two NetOne affiliated companies.
“We’re very excited to have Amy on board. Her collaborative leadership style, results-oriented work ethic, and extensive financial...
Five Questions with Amy Becker, Alarm Detection Systems (ADS)
November 24, 2021Cory Harris, Editor
AURORA, Ill.—Did you know that Amy Becker, Chief Operating Officer, Alarm Detection Systems (ADS), had a grandfather who was killed in the Battle of Iwo Jima? Or that she plays guitar in her church band? Find out more about Becker’s hobbies, her thoughts on what she likes most about the security industry, and more.
Are you married? Any kids?
I have been married for 27 years to Keith, a Navy Vietnam veteran. We have one son, Gus, who is 26 years old.
What are some of your hobbies?...
SSN Q&A: Alarm Detection Systems’ COO Amy Becker
August 4, 2021Cory Harris, Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine—Alarm Detection Systems, Inc. (ADS) is a family-owned alarm company that has protected homes and businesses for more than 50 years.
Based out of Aurora, Illinois, ADS is led by Founder and CEO Bob Bonifas, whose company provides electronic security and fire safety services to businesses and residential customers in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Colorado.
Bonifas started ADS in the basement of his father’s grocery store in Aurora in the late 1960s. With a mantra of providing...
Alarm Detection Systems appoints Amy Becker as COO
May 26, 2021SSN Staff
AURORA, Ill.—Bob Bonifas, Founder and CEO of Alarm Detection Systems, Inc. (ADS), is pleased to announce the appointment of Amy Becker as Chief Operating Officer (COO), effective immediately.
As COO, Becker will oversee the company's day-to-day operations, which includes responsibility for all of the functions at the Illinois and Colorado locations.
"Amy brings proven leadership both within the alarm industry and at ADS,” said Bonifas. “She has worked tirelessly alongside...
Alarm Detection Systems reaches 50th anniversary
August 29, 2018Spencer Ives
AURORA, Ill.—50 years ago, Bob Bonifas got started in the security industry with a Dictograph Security Systems franchise here, with the name Alarm Detection Systems.Prior to joining the security industry, Bonifas managed a grocery business and got his first taste of security when putting in a security system at a tavern across the street from the store.“We started out in Aurora. Having been in the grocery business, I was a businessman and new a lot of the business people. So, I focused...
Alarm Detection Systems expands outside of Midwest
September 2, 2015Amy Canfield
AURORA, Ill.—In its biggest acquisition in 47 years, Alarm Detection Systems has acquired Safe Systems, a residential and commercial security business in Louisville, Colo.The buy expands the company's territory outside of the Midwest for the first time, adds more than 10,000 accounts to Alarm Detection's existing 30,000 and more than $500,000 to its previous RMR of $2.3 million, Ed Bonifas, EVP of Alarm Detection Systems, told Security Systems News.The two companies' central stations will stay...
ADS expands farther into South Carolina
July 29, 2015Amy Canfield
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—ADS Security, the regional electronic security and automation company headquartered here, has made its second acquisition since June with the purchase of more than 1,000 customer accounts from ProTec Plus Inc. in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
The purchase grows ADS' South Carolina market to approximately 4,000 accounts and marks the second deal for ADS in that state after it acquired American Burglar and Fire Alarms in Columbia. In all, ADS has more than 80,000 accounts with an...
Monitoring companies called to action at NFPA meeting
June 15, 2015Spencer Ives
CHICAGO—Alarm monitoring organizations, including CSAA and IESA, are rallying the industry to vote on two motions at the NFPA's annual meeting, scheduled to take place June 25.
“What's happening in Chicago is that some of these communities are operating their own monitoring centers. � This [motion would change the NFPA code and] enable that community to have an effective monopoly on alarm monitoring,” Kevin Lehan, executive director for the Illinois Electronic Security...
Monitoring companies called to action on NFPA vote
June 3, 2015Spencer Ives
The alarm monitoring industry is taking notice of the NFPA. There are two motions proposed for vote at NFPA's meeting this year that could have a serious impact on the industry. This pair of motions directly refers to the NFPA 72 Nation Fire Alarm and Signaling Code, which, in the current draft of the 2016 edition states that listed central stations can be used for fire alarm monitoring. A group based in northern Illinois opposes this language, and seeks to alter it, giving local municipalities...