Tag: MSA Systems Integration
MSA Systems Integration is Access Systems Integration once more
October 21, 2015Martha Entwistle
EATONTOWN, N.J.—MSA Systems Integration, which became independent in April, has decided to return to its original name: Access Systems Integration.“We went round and round with a bunch of different names and had a contest internally … but the majority wanted to go back to the original name,” Jim Hennessy, Access Systems Integration president, told Security Systems News.MSA SI was known as Access Systems Integration before it was acquired by MSA Security in 2008. Although it hasn't...
MSA Systems Integration is independent—again
April 29, 2015Martha Entwistle
EATONTOWN, N.J.—Jim Hennessy, who sold his systems integration firm to MSA Security in 2008, has repurchased the company with the help of other members of the management team and MidCap Equity Partners.“It's a very amicable split. We have a great relationship with MSA Security. We will continue to recommend [their services] and they will continue to recommend us. We'll share some leads,” Jim Hennessy, president of MSA SI, told Security Systems News.Terms of the deal, which closed...
Ray Dean joins MSA Systems Integration
July 23, 2014Martha Entwistle
NEW YORK—Ray Dean, who was most recently with Stanley Security, has joined MSA Systems Integration here as SVP.“I'll be involved with business development, working with consultants [and] manufacturers as well as with trade shows,” Dean told Security Systems News. “Most of all I'll be advancing MSA SI's continued commitment to customers, [by working closely with] technicians, project managers and other people in our [MSA] companies,” he said. “I hope to be working...
Physical security and bomb-sniffing dogs drive business for MSA Systems Integration
September 18, 2013Martha Entwistle
NEW YORK—The combination of physical security and explosive-detection canines is driving business in a big way for MSA Systems Integration. At $25 million in revenue this year, MSA SI has a five-year plan to hit $50 million in revenue, Jim Hennessy, president of MSA SI, told Security Systems News.“We are part of the MSA group of security companies,” Hennessy said. “Our parent company, MSA Security, is unique in that it's the largest private provider of bomb dog teams in the...
MSA Systems Integration says future is bright for independent integrators
October 13, 2011Martha Entwistle
EATONTOWN, N.J.— While some independent integrators are wary of recent changes in the security landscape (realignments at UTC and Siemens, and acquisitions such as Stanley/Niscayah) an integrator based here says his business has and will continue to benefit from what's gone on with the competition in recent years.“There's money to be made in confusion,” Jim Hennessy, president of MSA Systems Integration (formerly Access Systems Integration).It's problematic when a security company...