Tag: Kelly Bond

Executives from My Alarm Center will be sleeping on the streets of Philadelphia Thursday night, Nov. 19, participating in Covenant House's Sleep Out: Executive Edition. Covenant House is a homeless youth shelter, headquartered in New York. It holds sleep outs Weather reports say that Philadelphia has a 100 percent chance of rain on Thursday and temperature in the low 60s, middle 50s overnight. “We look at it this way: These kids that are homeless, they don't get to pick which weather that have...

NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa.—Alarm Capital Alliance has expanded into a new state with the acquisition of the New Mexico branch of Safeguard Security and Communications.The acquisition, which took place this fall, brings 1,400 mostly residential accounts totaling more than $50,000 in RMR to ACA, which is based here. It also expands the company's footprint to a total of 38 states.“This is a brand new market for us,” Kelly Bond, senior VP of sales and marketing for ACA, told Security Systems...

YARMOUTH, Maine—Home automation and interactive services get most of the headlines when it comes to generating additional RMR, but alarm companies may be leaving money in the field if they're overlooking more basic opportunities, experts told participants at a recent ESX webinar.“Your RMR on Steroids: Expert Tips to Power Growth and Value” delved into newer technologies that hold the promise of a healthy return on investment. It also examined what companies can do to enhance the...

Smooth. That's how Alarm Capital Alliance described a recent transaction that added more than 1,000 accounts to its existing account base in Alabama. ACA, a Media, Pa.-based independently-owned company that acquires and manages security alarm contracts, acquired the accounts through an asset purchase transaction with Ultimate Security of Scottboro, Ala., according to a news release issued last week. Ultimate Security will stay in business and continue to service ACA customers, according to the Aug....

MEDIA, Pa.—Alarm Capital Alliance, an independently owned company based here that acquires and manages security alarm contracts, recently announced it has made acquisitions of about $1 million during 2011, and expects its RMR will be more than $3.7 million by the end of the year.“We've grown significantly this year,” Kelly Bond, VP of sales and marketing for ACA, told Security Systems News.Amy Kothari, ACA president and CEO, told SSN by email that the company has focused on developing...

LAS VEGAS—Alarm Capital Alliance, a Media, Pa.-based company that purchases accounts from alarm dealers, unveiled a new independent dealer program at the ISC West show here. “We're just really excited to get the word out to the industry about our program. It allows dealers to run their business like they've always run it, with the availability of additional cash flow,” Kelly Bond, VP of sales and marketing for Alarm Capital, told Security Systems News in an interview before the...