Tag: Matt Barnette
PSA Network names Allen Riggs as Chief Financial Officer
September 14, 2021SSN Staff
WESTMINSTER, Colo.—PSA (www.psasecurity.com), the world’s largest systems integrator consortium, has announced the hiring of Allen Riggs as its new Chief Financial Officer.
Riggs comes to PSA with over 20 years’ executive and management experience and most recently served as Chief Financial Officer of The Synergy Company, a manufacturer of nutritional supplements.
“Allen is an excellent addition to PSA’s leadership team and has already made an impact in the short...
Alarm.com joins PSA's network of technology partners
September 8, 2021SSN Staff
WESTMINSTER, Colo. —PSA, the world’s largest consortium of professional systems integrators, has announced the addition of Alarm.com to its network.
The Alarm.com platform integrates with a growing variety of IoT devices through its apps and interfaces to provide mobile control for business security and automation system functions.
“We are thrilled to partner with Alarm.com and know the immense value this will bring to our systems integrators,” said Matt Barnette, CEO...
PSA Network announces leadership changes for PSA Security and USAV
July 12, 2021SSN Staff
WESTMINSTER, Colo.—PSA, a global systems integrator consortium, announced a structure change among its executive leadership team affecting both PSA Security and USAV. PSA’s CEO Matt Barnette made the adjustments to reflect his belief that each team member’s role should be focused.
“We have an extremely talented team at PSA. Over the past six months, I have been evaluating the team structure to ensure we have our vital employees in the correct roles,” said Barnette....
Bill Bozeman to join board of Netwatch Group
February 23, 2021SSN Staff
LAKE FOREST, Calif.— Netwatch Group, a provider of proactive video monitoring services comprised of NMC, CalAtlantic, and Netwatch, announced that Bill Bozeman, CPP, will be joining its Executive Board.
Bozeman, one of the most respected professionals in the security industry, will bring his unparalleled expertise and over 40 years of experience to help steer the organization to meet corporate objectives in 2021 and beyond.
“Bill Bozeman is one of the security industry’s...
New PSA CEO Matt Barnette comes full circle
January 13, 2021Paul Ragusa, Editor
WESTMINSTER, Colo.—Security Systems News caught up with new PSA CEO Matt Barnette to talk about the incredible opportunity and challenge it is to be taking over at PSA with the retirement of SSN Security Legend Bill Bozeman, who has been leading PSA successfully for nearly 20 years.
SSN: You have some pretty big shoes to fill taking over as CEO following security legend Bill Bozeman. As a New York native I know you can appreciate the sports analogy that it is like taking over for Derek Jeter...
PSA names Matt Barnette as CEO upon retirement of Bill Bozeman
December 21, 2020SSN Staff
WESTMINSTER, Colo.—PSA, a global systems integrator consortium, announced the appointment of Matt Barnette as its next Chief Executive Officer, following the retirement of PSA’s current CEO, Bill Bozeman, who plans to retire from the organization in 2021.
Barnette most recently served as Vice President of Physical Access Control Solutions North America Business Unit for HID Global and previously held the role of President at Mercury Security.
“We are thrilled Matt has accepted...
HID Global unveils HID Aero
July 9, 2020SSN Staff
AUSTIN, Texas—HID Global extended its open-architecture controller line with the introduction of HID Aero. Building on the proven success of its Mercury intelligent controller platform delivering total security beyond the door, HID Aero extends flexibility and access control choices to a wide range of businesses while future-proofing an organization’s investment as requirements change.
“HID Aero is providing features to a broader market that were generally available only in solutions...
Market Trends: Mobile access control today—where are we?
May 19, 2016Andrew Mazer
YARMOUTH, Maine—Access control is one of those areas in commercial security that just screams for smartphone compatibility. People seldom leave their home, car or office without their phone in tow, and scanning a prox card or identity badge seems so, well, 2006.For the past five years at least, security software vendors have been proclaiming a mobile-first strategy, focusing on creating products that exploit the capabilities of smartphones and tablets. And the industry has seen some innovations...
AMAG hones in on visitor management, credential authentication and compliance
September 23, 2015Martha Entwistle
TORRANCE, Calif.—AMAG Technology, a provider of access control, video and security management systems, this week introduced Symmetry CONNECT, an enterprise-wide software platform designed to help multi-site organizations operate more efficiently, mitigate risk and reduce operating costs.Symmetry CONNECT offers multi-site organizations a software solution that automates processes to improve security and to meet compliance and audit requirements. Many multi-site organizations do audit and compliance...
AMAG to sell Salient video products under Symmetry name
April 22, 2015Martha Entwistle
AMAG's big announcement at ISC West was about selling Salient's video products under AMAG's Symmetry name. In an email interview, Matt Barnette characterized the deal as different from its partnerships with other manufacturers. Known for its Symmetry line, AMAG Technoloigies is a provider of access control and integrated security management systems for government and commercial customers.
"Traditionally, we do not resell another technology partner's products under the Symmetry brand, but this partnership...