Tag: Sandy Jones
SIA names Bill Bozeman as honorary member
April 8, 2024SSN Staff
SILVER SPRING, Md.—The Security Industry Association (SIA) Executive Committee has named Bill Bozeman as an honorary SIA member.
Bozeman – a security industry veteran and longtime SIA member and SIA Board of Directors member – is one of only six individuals to have received this honor, joining fellow honorary members Les Gold, Joe Grillo, Sandy Jones, Dave McGowan, and Scott Schafer. SIA recognized Bozeman during ISC West.
Bozeman is the founder of Bozeman Strategic...
SIA names quartet as 2024 Sandy Jones Volunteers of the Year
March 5, 2024SSN Staff
SILVER SPRING, Md.—The Security Industry Association (SIA) has named four recipients of the 2024 Sandy Jones Volunteer of the Year Award, which recognizes SIA volunteers who have made tireless efforts to expand SIA’s programs and services.
Kelly Ann Christensen, Jason de Souza, John Nemerofsky and Elaine Palome will be honored with the award at The Advance, SIA’s annual membership meeting, which will take place April 9 during ISC West.
Christensen is a...
WISF feature : ‘This industry is exciting and very special,' says Tracy Larson
February 21, 2024Kenneth Z. Chutchian, Contributing Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine—To say that Tracy Larson has made her mark in the security industry is an understatement.
Larson serves as president and founding partner of WeSuite, a provider of industry-specific sales software for security, IT and AV integrators, based out of White Plains, N.Y.
“We enable security systems integrators, alarm, fire, and technology companies to record and track prospects, accurately and profitably estimate material, labor, chargeable items and recurring services,...
SIA names Dan Moceri as 2023 George R. Lippert Memorial Award winner
October 26, 2023SSN Staff
SILVER SPRING, Md.—The Security Industry Association (SIA) has named Dan Moceri as the 2023 recipient of the George R. Lippert Memorial Award, an honor presented annually to a distinguished individual for long-term, selfless service to the security industry and to SIA.
Moceri will be presented with the award on Wednesday, Nov. 15, during the 2023 SIA Honors Night reception – and will accept it on behalf of Convergint colleagues around the world.
Moceri...
SIA names Joseph Grillo as honorary member
March 21, 2023SSN Staff
SILVER SPRING, Md.—The Security Industry Association (SIA) Executive Committee has named Joseph (Joe) Grillo as an honorary member.
Grillo – a security industry veteran, a longtime SIA member and the founder and former CEO of ACRE, LLC – is one of only five individuals to have received this honor, joining fellow honorary members Les Gold, Sandy Jones, Dave McGowan, and Scott Schafer. SIA will recognize Grillo at its Executive Reception taking place March 28 during ISC...
SIA names Jim Black and Ryan Kaltenbaugh as 2023 Volunteers of the Year
March 3, 2023SSN Staff
SILVER SPRING, Md.—The Security Industry Association (SIA) has named Jim Black, senior director, security architect at Microsoft, and Ryan Kaltenbaugh, senior vice president for sales in North America at LenelS2, as the 2023 recipients of the Sandy Jones Volunteer of the Year Award.
The Sandy Jones Volunteer of the Year Award recognizes SIA volunteers who have made tireless efforts to expand SIA’s programs and services. SIA will present Black and Kaltenbaugh with the...
SIA names Antoinette King as 2022 SIA Chair’s Award honoree
February 24, 2022Cory Harris, Editor
SILVER SPRING, Md.—The Security Industry Association (SIA) has named Antoinette King as the 2022 recipient of the SIA Chair’s Award, an award presented annually and selected by SIA’s Board of Directors chair recognizing SIA members’ diligent efforts in furthering the association’s mission and commitment to its future.
SIA will present King with the award at The Advance, SIA’s annual membership meeting, which will be held March 22 during ISC...
SIA names Sean A. Ahrens, Elizabeth Lowe as 2022 Volunteers of the Year
February 17, 2022SSN Staff
SILVER SPRING, Md.—The Security Industry Association (SIA) has named Sean A. Ahrens and Elizabeth Lowe as the 2022 recipients of the Sandy Jones Volunteer of the Year Award, which recognizes SIA volunteers who have made tireless efforts to expand SIA’s programs and services.
SIA will present Ahrens and Lowe with their awards at The Advance, SIA’s annual membership meeting, which will be held March 22 during ISC West.
An active member of SIA with over 20...
Janet Fenner recipient of SIA award
February 7, 2020SSN Staff
SILVER SPRING, Md.—The Security Industry Association (SIA) has selected Janet Fenner as the 2020 recipient of the Sandy Jones Volunteer of the Year Award, which recognizes SIA volunteers who have made tireless efforts to expand SIA's programs and services. SIA will present Fenner with the award at The Advance, SIA's annual membership meeting, during ISC West.
“I sincerely thank SIA for this acknowledgement and honor for which I am most grateful,” Fenner said in the announcement....
Advice from PSA-TEC 2011: Embrace change
May 26, 2011Martha Entwistle
WESTMINSTER, Colo.—What's the biggest challenge for independent integrators today? According to Bill Bozeman, “it's not the need to learn the latest and greatest technology,” and it's not learning how to sell better or more efficiently. Rather, it's understanding how to run and adapt their business models so they can run profitable businesses.
Bozeman mentioned conversations he's had with Ron Oetjen, president of Intelligent Access Systems of N.C., a tech-savvy...