Tag: Tim Whall

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.—Security 101, a national provider of full-service commercial security solutions, has announced the addition of industry veteran Tim Whall as a strategic board advisor. Whall brings decades of experience to Security 101, and his distinct style of teaching leaders has delivered award-winning transformative results across the industry. According to the company, he determines the behaviors required to achieve operational excellence and improve the customer experience, as...

BOCA RATON, Fla.—ADT announced today that Jim DeVries, currently president of ADT, will be promoted to chief executive officer to succeed Tim Whall, who will be retiring on Nov. 30, 2018 after a decades-long career in the security industry. “I am honored to have the opportunity to lead this talented team as we continue to drive operational excellence with the customer as our true north,” Jim DeVries said in the announcement. “Together, we will execute our strategies to innovate...

BOCA RATON, Fla.—ADT announced this week the acquisition close of cybersecurity company DATASHIELD, unveiling that the newly acquired company will now operate under the brand ADT Cybersecurity. DATASHIELD CEO Michael Malone will join the ADT team as senior vice president for ADT Cybersecurity, reporting directly to Timothy J. Whall, CEO of ADT, who said the new brand will be focused on enterprise and mid-market businesses with Managed Detection and Response (MDR) services to combat advanced...

NEW YORK—Apollo Global Management is about to take one giant leap into security with its May 19 agreement to acquire Protection 1 and ASG Security. Under the agreement, reportedly $2 billion, the combined companies will operate under the Protection 1 brand, with Protection 1 CEO Tim Whall at the helm. Whall told Security Systems News that given the companies' “like-minded approach to the operations, the combination will be a force in the marketplace." The deal would...

Apollo Global Management is about to take one giant leap into security with its May 19 agreement to acquire Protection 1 and ASG Security. Under the agreement, the combined companies will operate under the Protection 1 brand, with Protection 1 CEO Tim Whall at the helm. Security Systems News reported on the proposed deal last week. Here's that story. I had a chance to interview Protection 1 CEO Tim Whall, CMO Jamie Haenggi and ASG's CEO Joe Nuccio last night. I was looking for details...

Protection 1 CEO Tim Whall has always been big on data and measurable metrics. It appears Protection 1 is further fine-tuning its data-driven strategy with the announcement today that the full-service business and home security company is launching a new Field Services Organization. The new group will be led by Paul Straten in the newly created role of VP, field services. Straten, who has been with Protection 1 for 14 years, will report to Don Young, chief information and operating officer. Protection...

ROMEOVILLE, Ill.—Protection 1, based here, is joining the trend of security companies selling solar, the company has announced. Protection 1, one of the nation's largest home and commercial security companies with almost 2 million customers, announced in an Aug. 8 news release that it will “launch Brite Energy, powered by Protection 1 and backed by private equity firm GTCR.” Chicago-based GTCR bought Protection 1 in 2010. Protection 1 is expected to begin selling solar...

PALM BEACH, Fla.—The 18th annual Barnes Buchanan Security Alarm Conference is scheduled for Feb. 7-9 at The Breakers resort. While the lineup of speakers is still being finalized, the agenda includes a roundtable featuring Don Boerema of ADT, Tim Whall of Protection 1, Rich Perry of Security Networks and Pam Petrow of Vector Security. �Other forums will include an overview of debt markets for the security industry, led by Bill Polk of Capital One, and an analysis of the security alarm...

ROMEOVILLE, Ill.—Protection 1 is getting into the summer-sales market by buying some of the assets of Pinnacle Security, one of Utah's leading door-knocking companies. Protection 1, a traditional-model security company based here that now bills itself as “the largest full-service provider of business and home security in the U.S.,” announced in a news release that it has purchased “select assets from Utah-based Pinnacle Security, including certain proprietary IT infrastructure...

ROMEOVILLE, Ill.—Protection 1—which bills itself as the nation's second-largest business and home security company—announced this week that it has acquired Vintage Security, which is based in the nation's capital and has more than 15,000 customers. Protection 1, based here, says the acquisition is the largest it has made in its 25-year history. Vintage serves metropolitan Washington as well as Maryland and northern Virginia, according to Protection 1. Vintage is a...