Tag: Siemens
40 under 40: Ryan Leithead, senior sales manager of security business, Siemens
June 7, 2023Cory Harris, Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine—Ryan Leithead, 34, is the senior sales manager of security business at Siemens, a technology company focused on industry, infrastructure, transport, and healthcare based out of Munich. Find out what inspired him to pursue a career in the security industry, what being a "40 under 40" winner means to him, what appeals to him about the security industry, and more.
SSN: Describe your roles, duties, and tenure at your current job.
LEITHEAD: I lead a strong...
Stopping the generational “brain drain”
May 13, 2023Connie Moorhead, president and CEO, The CMOOR Group
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—As security companies look toward the future, it is vital that knowledge and skills are transferred between generations.
It is not a trivial task - large gaps in knowledge can occur as members of the old guard move on and take their expertise with them, leaving those new to the industry struggling to fill the void. A targeted effort is necessary to bridge these gaps, proactively transferring generational knowledge between experts of varying experience levels in order to keep...
NAPCO’s Buchel discusses paths to success at Needham Growth Conference
January 12, 2023Ken Showers, Managing Editor
NEW YORK – At the 2023 25th Annual Needham Growth Conference, NAPCO Security Technologies discussed some key components in the growth of their business.
For NAPCO, the manufacture of security products has been a staple for the company for many years, but their current growth can be attributed to a different source according to CFO Kevin Buchel “…About seven or eight years ago we came out with a product that gave us recurring revenue, and that was the game changer....
SIA announces founding members of Utilities Advisory Board Steering Committee
May 2, 2022SSN Staff
SILVER SPRING, Md.—The Security Industry Association (SIA) has announced the first members of its Utilities Advisory Board Steering Committee.
SIA created the Utilities Advisory Board to offer insight and education to security practitioners, members of the security industry and other stakeholders about emerging security trends, regulatory compliance issues, and recommended practices for protecting utility infrastructure.
The steering committee members, listed below,...
Siemens, SDS team to boost public safety during active shooter incidents
December 2, 2021SSN Staff
MUNICH, Germany and ROWLEY, Mass.—Siemens, an innovation leader in safe and secure buildings, and Shooter Detection Systems (SDS), an Alarm.com company and the security industry’s leading gunshot detection provider, have integrated technologies to improve public safety in the event of an active shooter situation.
The integration between the Guardian Indoor Active Shooter Detection System and Siveillance Video system (with possible inclusion of Desigo...
Siemens updates mass notification system
July 12, 2021SSN Staff
MUNICH, Germany—Siemens recently released the next generation of its Desigo Mass Notification System as part of the Building Technologies Division’s overall Intelligent Infrastructure Solution for the market.
This multi-layered alerting system can be used in a single building or across a large campus to communicate a series of emergency and non-emergency messages via visual, audio, and digital notifications. Using a combination of message delivery methods that includes visual warnings,...
Siemens’ PACS grants access to interoperability
May 19, 2020SSN Staff
MUNICH, Germany—As one of the eight Physical Security Interoperability Alliance (PSIA) partner companies to participate in the Virtual PLAI Experience, Siemens is excited to demonstrate how their SiPass integrated physical access control system (PACS) can safely and reliably share identity data in a multi-PACS environment.
“The goal of the Virtual PLAI Experience is to show that PLAI does function as described and to demonstrate how these disparate systems can share the...
Five Questions with Rich Reidy
February 12, 2020
Rich Reidy, acting security segment head, Siemens, recently chatted with Security Systems News about life, the industry and new trends that are impacting and shaping security today. Are you married? Any kids? Pets? Yes, I'm married, coming up on 25 years. I have two daughters, both of them in their early 20s, and, at present, I have two animals — a dog and a cat — but sometime in the relative past, we were a family that had five animals.What's something your coworkers might not know...
Arcules and Siemens partner
November 5, 2019SSN Staff
IRVINE, Calif.—Arcules, an innovator of integrated cloud-based video and access control services, announced their partnership with Siemens Smart Infrastructure (SI) to provide its Integrated Video Surveillance Service to modern enterprises. The collaboration is intended to be global, starting across North America.This partnership demonstrates the increasing importance of cloud-based security solutions, which have recently experienced tremendous growth. By offering the Arcules Service, Siemens...
News Poll: The future of biometrics
February 17, 2016Spencer Ives
YARMOUTH, Maine—Most respondents to Security Systems News' latest poll said they install biometrics solutions at least occasionally, and some readers raised concerns about the technology's cost, false acceptance rate, and security of biometric data.Biometric solutions have barriers to overcome, according to 45 percent of respondents. “Reliability (consistency) remains a concern and, speaking for what I've seen in my geographic area, there still seems to be a bit of reluctance from users...