Tag: Firstline
Firstline expands into Silicon Valley
January 21, 2015Martha Entwistle
ANAHEIM, Calif.—Spurred by customer demand and the opportunity to expand its local business, systems integration firm Firstline has opened a third location in San Jose, Calif.This is a “strategic move that will enable us to support our current client base in the area and also grow our client base,” Steve Morefield, Firstline company founder, told Security Systems News.Firstline has had clients in Silicon Valley “for decades,” but it had previously used subcontractors...
Firstline outgrows headquarters
August 14, 2014Martha Entwistle
ANAHEIM, Calif.—Systems integration firm Firstline has more than doubled in size since 2009, and company founder Steve Morefield anticipates that growth to continue.The company went from $5 million in revenue in 2009 to about $12 million in 2013. “We will do about $14 million this year and in '15 we'll be north of that,” Morefield told Security Systems News.“The goal is to grow to at least $25 million in revenue. From now on we're growing aggressively,” he said.Firstline...
Engineering focus is first at Firstline
March 20, 2013Martha Entwistle
ANAHEIM, Calif.—Steve Morefield, founder of systems integration firm Firstline, says his company is an “engineering-driven company, not a sales-driven company.”“We don't have salespeople and we don't bid jobs,” Morefield said. Firstline favors account managers over salespeople, he said. “Our business comes from existing customers and referrals. That's why our phone rings.”And it's been ringing a lot in the past four years. Firstline had $5 million in revenues...