Tag: Erica Wood
ESX draws a crowd in Nashville
June 26, 2013Martha Entwistle
The ESX show, now in its sixth year, returned to Nashville this year for the third time but this year, it was in a new, very nice venue, the Music City Center.
The center's musical instrument-inspired design is really beautiful. And the trade show floor and classrooms were easy to find.
The center had literally been open for only two weeks before ESX, so we'll give facility managers a little time to fix two things: the building needs more consistent wifi throughout� (maybe a vendor...
This Blog's on Fire (And Other Stuff)
Getting to know the media can improve ROI
June 28, 2012Tess Nacelewicz
Erica Wood, co-owner and chief security officer of Dayton, Ohio-based American Fire & Security, said she kept getting turned down by a business newspaper in her community when she tried to get it to publish news about her company.
It wasn't until she met with the publication's editor that she found out the paper only wanted stories focused on business growth. Now Wood knows how to tailor press releases about her company to win the interest of that publication.
Talking to editors and...
'20 under 40' 2012 - Erica Wood
May 22, 2012Tess Nacelewicz
Erica Wood, 33
Co-owner, chief security officer
American Fire & Security
Dayton, Ohio
How did you get into the security industry?
When I met my husband back in the '90s, he was in the security guard business, and I got involved and got really excited about meeting business owners and helping them out with their security. And I began to expand the business out into electronic security, and eventually the electronic security division of our business just spun off into American Fire & Security....