Tag: Ray Coulombe
SIA, SecuritySpecifiers announce inaugural recipients of CONSULT Scholarship
August 21, 2025SSN Staff
SILVER SPRING, Md.—The Security Industry Association (SIA) and SecuritySpecifiers have announced the winners of the inaugural CONSULT Scholarship program for rising security consultants, designers and specifiers.
The 2025 CONSULT Scholarship awardees are:
Robert Demshki, technology designer, P2S
Jordan Dolzadelli, senior technology project designer, IMEG
Alana Hanly, security designer II, Henderson Engineers
Brandon Kuchinski, security analyst, Faith Group
Warren...
New scholarship aims to build next generation of security consultants
July 9, 2025Cory Harris, Editor
CHESHIRE, Conn.—Ray Coulombe sees the new CONSULT Scholarship program as an opportunity to further develop and retain a younger group of security consultants, designers and specifiers.
The scholarship program, in partnership with the Security Industry Association (SIA), will offer three rising professionals the opportunity to attend CONSULT, an event that attracts a couple hundred attendees each year, for free.
“We haven't had that many younger consultants...
SIA, SecuritySpecifiers announce new CONSULT Scholarship
June 26, 2025SSN Staff
SILVER SPRING, Md.—The Security Industry Association (SIA) and SecuritySpecifiers have announced the new CONSULT Scholarship program for rising security consultants, designers and specifiers.
The program will offer three scholarships in 2025 for recipients to use to attend CONSULT, the security industry’s only event for technical security design consultants, taking place Oct. 3-6 in Denver.
“I applaud SIA’s efforts in working with SecuritySpecifiers...
Specifically Speaking with Robert Voisard, ICT Team Leader at Woolpert
March 2, 2022Paul Ragusa
YARMOUTH, Maine—This month’s Security Systems News’ Specifically Speaking column on Robert Voisard, ICT Team Leader at Woolpert, based in Dayton, Ohio, gives a glimpse into his evolution within the security consulting world over the past 10 years.
SSN: What's your title and role at Woolpert?
VOISARD: While my official title at Woolpert is Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Team Leader, I also spend my day working as a technology designer and sometimes...
Specifically Speaking with Ed Howard, Pax Bello Security Solutions
February 2, 2022Paul Ragusa
YARMOUTH, Maine—Security Systems News’ latest Specifically Speaking feature on Ed Howard, President & CEO of Pax Bello Security Solutions based in Hawaii, provides a glimpse into some recent complex projects the company has completed, as well as Howard’s views new technology like AI.
SSN: What's your role at the company?
HOWARD: I oversee company operations involving professional consulting, training, security planning and design for the State of Hawaii and the Pacific...
Specifically Speaking turns 10, CONSULT this week
October 18, 2021Ray Coulombe
YARMOUTH, Maine—Each month since December 2010, Security Systems News has partnered with SecuritySpecifiers to bring you the Specifically Speaking column. Since that time, we have introduced you to more than 130 security consultants, who have provided their backgrounds, perspectives and insights into their own roles and into the industry in general.
The very first column featured Phil Santore and Brian Coulombe of DVS (now part of Ross & Baruzzini) who discussed their work on the rebuilding...
Inside the Industry’s first cybersecurity standard
July 27, 2021Paul Ragusa
YARMOUTH, Maine—The announcement in May of the Security Industry Cybersecurity Certification (SICC) – a new industry credential developed by the Security Industry Association (SIA) with support from PSA Security Network and Security Specifiers – is a “giant” step forward for the security industry.
To get a closer look into the industry’s first cybersecurity standard, Security Systems News reached out to some of the key players involved in its development to...
SIA announces cybersecurity certification for the security industry
May 11, 2021SSN Staff
SILVER SPRING, Md.—The Security Industry Association (SIA) has announced the creation of the Security Industry Cybersecurity Certification (SICC), a new industry credential developed by SIA with support from PSA Security Network and Security Specifiers and the first-ever certification focused specifically on cybersecurity and physical security convergence.
The SICC program is designed for security industry professionals and assesses and validates...
Industry’s first cybersecurity certification coming soon!
April 14, 2021Paul Ragusa
As Security Systems News’ Managing Editor Cory Harris and I have been pointing out lately in our columns, it has been exciting to see the security industry come together in myriad ways to tackle the industry’s top issues.
The latest industry association superheroes to join forces are the Security Industry Association (SIA), PSA Security and Security Specifiers, which have jointly developed something our industry desperately needs – a cybersecurity certification...
BCDVideo launches A&E program to empower security specifiers
March 26, 2021SSN Staff
BUFFALO GROVE, Ill.—Global video data infrastructure leader, BCDVideo, debuted their new A&E Security Specifiers program, which is open for online registration through the BCDVideo website.
This tailored program will allow specifiers to leverage BCD’s two decades of experience and partnerships through an easy-to-use online portal, offering plentiful technical resources, ongoing education and expert support. With the help of the skillful A&E taskforce that BCD has assembled for this...