40 Under 40

YARMOUTH, Maine—April Chastain’s daily focus on efficiency and best practices is one reason why Owen Security Solutions is a trusted property and life safety solutions company in North Georgia. Chastain is the Director of Operations at the Calhoun, Ga.-based electronic security company, and has been with the family-run business for 10 years. She started off as a customer service representative before working her way up to her current position. “My day-to-day responsibilities...

YARMOUTH, Maine—Daniel Clark, 35, takes a certain approach in his daily responsibilities as Senior Account Manager at Rapid Response Monitoring. “My day-to-day responsibilities include working with our dealer partners in the New York City and Mid-Atlantic markets that depend on Rapid Response for their monitoring needs,” he told Security Systems News. “I take a consultative approach with all my dealer partners in trying to help them continuously identify additional opportunities...

YARMOUTH, Maine—Design and technology have been interwoven throughout William Scabora’s career in the security industry. Currently the President of Atlas Consulting, a technology consulting firm in the Austin, Texas area, the 31-year-old Scabora, RCDD, served as Senior Consultant with COMBS Consulting Group in Austin when he was nominated as a 40 under 40 winner for the Class of 2020. During his time at COMBS Consulting, Scabora was responsible for the direct design and project...

YARMOUTH, Maine—Safety and security have been Kathryn Schultz’s main focal point for two decades. Currently the Marketing and Sales Coordinator for United Central Control (UCC) in San Antonio, Texas, Schultz, 40, has worked her way up through the UCC ranks during her 20-year career at the alarm monitoring services provider, having celebrated her work anniversary in May of this year. “Along with being the Marketing and Sales Coordinator, I am also a member of the UCC executive...

YARMOUTH, Maine—Eric Scrivana has seen his responsibilities change at COPS Monitoring over the past 23 years. In fact, his title has changed since being named one of the 40 under 40 winners for the Class of 2020. Last year, the 40-year-old Scrivana served as Operations Project Manager at the Williamstown, N.J.-based provider of wholesale professional alarm services in North America. In that role, his daily activities included: Holding efficiency meetings with all sites to consistently...

YARMOUTH, Maine—While stationed at Kleine Brogel AB, Belgium, Master Sgt. Daniel Simpson ensures that U.S. Air Force cybersecurity operations on the European air base are performing at the highest level. Simpson, 35, serves as Cyber Operations and Planning Superintendent at Kleine Brogel, home of the Belgian Air Force 10th Wing Tactical and the 701st Munitions Support Squadron, located in the province of Limburg, Belgium. As the Superintendent, Simpson is the senior enlisted cyber leader...

YARMOUTH, Maine—Security integration is the focus of Joshua A. Williams’ daily responsibilities at Minuteman Security Technologies, Inc. As the Vice President, Southeast, for the Andover, Mass.-based provider of enterprise security technology solutions, Williams is responsible for the management and growth of Minuteman’s security integration and fire alarm business in the State of Florida. “My day-to-day responsibilities include the fiscal management and oversight of sales...

YARMOUTH, Maine—When it comes to technology, Dave Seiling, PE, is the man to turn to at Salas O’Brien. Seiling, 37, serves as Senior Vice President/Technology Leader at the employee-owned engineering and facility planning firm based out of Santa Ana, Calif., one of 35 offices across North America. “Salas O’Brien is a national A&E [architectural and engineering] firm with nearly 900 team members across 35 offices.  Technology design and engineering is a core business...

YARMOUTH, Maine—Tiffany Galarza, 40, and her group are all about keeping businesses connected, and she takes pride in that role in order to achieve personal and company goals. As Director of Telecommunications Procurement and Telemanagement at ADT in Irving, Texas, Galarza is responsible for the lifecycle of telecommunications procurement and vendor management for wireline, wireless, and machine to machine (M2M). This includes sourcing, contract negotiations, order, installation, provisioning...

YARMOUTH, Maine—Greg Thompson’s military upbringing has led to a mindset for security success. The well-traveled Thompson, 34, currently serves as Director of Physical Security at Vantage Data Centers, a Denver-based company that powers, cools, protects and connects the technology of hyperscalers, cloud providers and large enterprises. Thompson, who has worked at Vantage since September 2019, literally outlined his daily activities when asked to describe his responsibilities with...