Tag: Matt Barnette

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...

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...

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...

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...

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'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...

Bob Sawyer, who has been with AMAG Technology for 40 years, the past 19 as president and CEO as of July 1, is now chairman of AMAG's Board of Directors. The new president of AMAG is Matt Barnette, who been with AMAG for 10 years, most recently as EVP of global marketing and sales. Barnette will report to G4S Technology CEO, Keith Whitelock. I had a chance to correspond via email with Matt yesterday and asked him to fill me in on any new deals AMAG has closed since I last saw him at PSA-TEC in May. "Since...

On Friday, April 12, Day 3 of ISC West, many were already heading to McCarren, but I was heading back to the show floor. And this year, though the crowd had thinned considerably, so were a lot of other folks. Very decent crowd for Friday of ISC West. While I had early rallies on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, I didn't have any official appointments until 10 a.m. on Friday. My first was with IMS/IHS's Niall Jenkins. We caught up on a few things including plans for TechSec 2014. Yes, plans are underway,...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—Access control and security management systems provider AMAG Technology expanded its annual consultant event this year to include a handful of select integrators.The AMAG Security Engineering Symposium took place here March 4-7. On March 7, AMAG held an Integrators Insight conference. It invited all of the consultants, a group of about 20 integrators, along with Bill Bozeman, CEO of PSA Security. The integrators were also invited to attend some of the consultant events...