Tag: Woodie Andrawos

LAKE FOREST, Calif.—National Monitoring Center (NMC), a Netwatch Group Company, announced that it is the first monitoring center issued the UL 827A listing for Central Station Hosted Services, allowing it to become a provider of 3rd party IT services.This designation comes from the Underwriters Laboratories (UL), a leading global safety science organization, upon having met strict compliances.“We are extremely honored to be the first monitoring center to earn this designation. Central Stations...

LAKE FOREST, Calif.—National Monitoring Center, a Netwatch Group Company, announced that it has been issued the certificate of compliance from UL that certifies NMC and Netwatch Group as a UL approved monitoring station for managed video services.The scope of UL 827B, as defined by UL a global safety science organization, covers managed video services provided by monitoring stations that deliver security services by leveraging video cameras and related video technologies installed at protected...

04.Mon_.Nikola-NMC copy.jpg LAKE FOREST, Calif.—National Monitoring Center (NMC) announced the promotion of Nicola Oakie to vice president of sales, proactive video monitoring (PVM) in which she will lead the growth of the company's PVM Dealer Channel. “Nicola's reputation as a business leader who looks beyond her sales role to seek opportunities has earned her praise and recognition from her peers; this passion and drive have resulted in strengthening NMC's relationship...

LAKE FOREST, Calif.—National Monitoring Center (NMC) announced the recent hiring of Mark Matlock as vice president of sales, responsible for nurturing key relationships within the industry and driving NMC's growth.“We are very pleased to welcome Mark to the team,” NMC President Woodie Andrawos said in the announcement. “He comes to NMC with extensive industry experience having served in leadership roles in wholesale monitoring for over 20 years.”Demonstrating his deep...

Lake Forest, Calif.—National Monitoring Center (NMC), a third-party monitoring company in the United States with monitoring centers in Calif. and Texas, hires industry veteran, Mark Conger as national accounts manager. He will be responsible for supporting national integrators providing Proactive Video Monitoring.“I am thrilled to have Mark join us at NMC,” Mike Taylor, vice president of sales, U.S., said in the announcement. “His long history of success was the key to bringing...

LAKE FOREST, Calif.—National Monitoring Center, part of the Netwatch Group, recently welcomed Grant Graham back to the team as its vice president of dealer relations. Graham will be responsible for the leadership of dealers and dedicated to their success. Graham previously served as NMC's operations manager from 2001 to 2016. As operations manager, he skillfully and successfully oversaw all daily aspects of NMC's multifaceted, nationwide operation. Most recently, Graham served as Brinks Home...

YARMOUTH, Maine—Video monitoring, including proactive video monitoring, guard tours, video verification and even MIY among consumers, is on the rise, according to six wholesale monitoring professionals interviewed by Security Systems News.“The subscriber is demanding more video monitoring options and we are continuing to invest in our video monitoring capabilities,” Woodie Andrawos, president of NMC, told SSN in an email interview. “NMC has been a big proponent of video monitoring...

LAKE FOREST, Calif.—National Monitoring Center, a third party monitoring company with monitoring centers based here and in Irving, Texas, announced this week the launch of a new global monitoring company, Netwatch Group, following the merger of four monitoring companies with the backing of global private equity firm The Riverside Company.The Netwatch Group, which includes monitoring companies NMC, Netwatch (Ireland), CalAtlantic (United States) and Onwatch Multifire (United Kingdom), will focus...

LAKE FOREST, Calif.—National Monitoring Center's two monitoring stations, located here and in Irving, Texas, are now CSAA Five Diamond certified. “Achieving the Five Diamond Central Station Certification validates all of the hard work and the forward-thinking philosophy of our company,” Woodie Andrawos, president of NMC, said in a prepared statement. “NMC's mission is to provide the highest degree of technology, customer service and CSR training for the benefit of our dealers,...

LAKE FOREST, Calif.—National Monitoring Center made changes to its management structure in early February: Michael Schubert, the company's president, became its first CEO, and Woodie Andrawos, NMC's EVP, is now president of NMC.These changes afford Schubert, as CEO, the ability to focus on the future of the company. “Michael will be looking at the bigger picture… looking at things that would continue to position us for the future, growth-wise—new technologies, new services. Of course,...