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Resideo names president and CEO
May 20, 2020SSN Staff
AUSTIN, Texas—As the result of a comprehensive search process, Resideo Technologies, Inc. appointed Jay Geldmacher as president and CEO, and a member of the board of directors, effective May 28. Geldmacher succeeds Mike Nefkens, who announced company departure in Dec. 2019. “Jay is the ideal CEO to lead Resideo forward,” Roger Fradin, chairman of the board, Resideo, said in the announcement. “Jay has a long history of operational excellence while delivering profitable growth and value...
HID Global names Björn Lidefelt president and CEO
January 27, 2020SSN Staff
AUSTIN, Texas—HID Global, a worldwide leader in trusted identity solutions, announced today that Björn Lidefelt has been named company president and CEO.“I look forward to leading a dedicated and talented global workforce, focused on delivering industry-leading solutions to governments, universities, hospitals, financial institutions and some of the most innovative companies on the planet to create trusted physical and digital places,” Lidefelt said in the announcement.Lidefelt...
Access control in the cloud
November 15, 2017Paul Ragusa
YARMOUTH, Maine—On the residential side of security, the idea of using your phone to disarm your alarm, open your door or just check on things remotely has not only become expected today but demanded, as both manufacturers and dealers have embraced this new wireless world we are all living in. But on the commercial side of the business, especially within access control, that same kind of convenience, ease of use and access to resources and data at your fingertips is not quite there yet, although...
PSIM—Just another four-letter word
June 15, 2015Martha Entwistle
DELRAY BEACH, Fla.—Jim Henry of systems integrator Kratos PSS described "physical security information management"—PSIM—as a term that has confounded and bamboozled the security industry for 10 years.
“It's a four-letter word that belongs with other four-letter words,” he said, laughing. However, a TechSec 2015 educational session shed light on the term's meaning and how integrators should approach PSIM sales, according to Henry, who called the discussion...
Systems Depot gets new president
August 6, 2014Martha Entwistle
Distribution news this week: The Systems Depot has hired Scott Hay as president.
Scott is out of the office this week, but I expect to interview him next week. Hay comes to The Systems Depot from Protection 1, where he was operations manager for North and South Carolina. He's been in the industry for 20 years and has also worked at Iverify as director of installation. He was also the founder and owner of Custom Automation and Security in Dallas, N.C.
In a prepared statement, Hay said that The...