Archive: November 2018
UTC to split into three separate companies
November 29, 2018SSN Staff
FARMINGTON, Conn.—UTC this week announced that it will be separating its business into three different companies: United Technologies, which will be comprised of the company's aerospace business; Carrier, which will be the new name for the Climate, Controls and Security business; and Otis Elevator Company."Our decision to separate United Technologies is a pivotal moment in our history and will best position each independent company to drive sustained growth, lead its industry in innovation...
Women in Security: Jessica Burton of Seagate Technology
November 27, 2018Paul Ragusa
CUPERTINO, Calif.—Jessica Burton has more than 10 years of experience in IT storage, and is currently the global surveillance product marketing manager at Seagate Technology, where she has been for the past two years. Prior to her current position at Seagate, she was the worldwide product marketing manager for Hewlett Packard Enterprise, working on the storage, server and cloud portfolios. She also previously worked for HP as the global business planning and product manager.At Seagate, her...
Women in Security: Resideo's Alice DeBiasio
November 27, 2018Spencer Ives
MELVILLE, N.Y.—Honeywell recently spun off its Honeywell Homes and ADI Global distribution business into the separate company Resideo. Alice DeBiasio, who worked for Honeywell's homes business for five years, is now the vice president, general manager of Resideo's global pro security business.“My background was in defense,” DeBiasio said. Prior to joining the industry, she worked as a design engineer for Northrop Grumman Corporation. “In that role I would work on designing...
Women in Security: Rose Sabourin of CMS
November 27, 2018Spencer Ives
LONGWOOD, Fla.—In early November, Rose Sabourin marked 24 years with CMS, the wholesale monitoring center based here.Sabourin is currently the operations support manager. “That basically covers anything and everything to do with our business, and our monitoring platform, and any of the tools that we offer our dealers,” she said. She has been in this role for 10 years and has about six people report to her.When Sabourin joined CMS, she didn't know much about the security industry....
Women in Security: Lisa Roy of JCI
November 27, 2018Paul Ragusa
MILWAUKEE—As VP of commercial sales, Lisa Roy leads commercial sales for Johnson Controls Building Technologies and Solutions Group in North America, which includes all lines of business—systems, services and energy performance contracting.“I'm responsible for driving sales strategy and commercial excellence for the direct channel business and its profitable growth year-over-year,” she said. “Johnson Controls firmly believes in taking proactive measures to prepare for...
Women in Security: Susan Hunter of Security 101
November 27, 2018Paul Ragusa
NORFOLK, Va.—Susan Hunter opened the Security 101 Hampton Roads office in 2013, drawing on her experience as a data analyst in the Air Force. Her military background and the skills and IT knowledge she gained while serving has helped in her role leading a highly successful Security 101 franchise location here, focused on commercial system integration from Virginia Beach to Williamsburg.“As a data analyst … I worked on precision-guided weapons, tactics, some of the auto-routing software...
Women in Security: Angie Wong of Ojo Technology Inc.
November 27, 2018Paul Ragusa
FREMONT, Calif.—Angie Wong, president of Ojo Technology Inc., an integration company based here, started an IT networking company back in 1994, and in 2002, after the dot-com bust, was looking for a more viable business plan.“One of our engineers, and one of our salesmen and myself, we took about a year to explore different verticals and market factors,” she explained. “And we decided, with our IT background and with IP video surveillance coming, we thought it would pretty...
SSN marks 10 years of celebrating Women in Security
November 27, 2018Spencer Ives
YARMOUTH, Maine—For the 10th consecutive year, Security Systems News has the honor of featuring several outstanding Women in Security, each of whom has stood out in her company and within the industry. This year's profiles include women from different areas of the business, including commercial integrators, manufacturers and monitoring centers.
“Security Systems News' Women in Security features in our recent December issue are devoted to highlighting the achievements of leading...
TMA adds AvantGuard's Justin Bailey to its board of directors
November 20, 2018Spencer Ives
The Monitoring Association announced today through its blog that AvantGuard's president and COO Justin Bailey has joined TMA's board of directors, representing contract monitoring companies.
Justin Bailey has worked with AvantGuard Monitoring since 2010. Bailey was promoted�to the role of president and COO mid last year, prior to that he served as the company's COO. Bailey is also a�Security Systems News�“20 under 40” award winner from the Class of 2011.
“I'm...
JCI to sell Power Solutions business for $13.2 billion
November 20, 2018Paul Ragusa
Johnson Controls International announced a definitive agreement to sell its Power Solutions business to Brookfield Business Partners L.P. in a cash transaction valued at $13.2 billion.
"Today's announcement marks a significant milestone in the ongoing transformation of the Johnson Controls portfolio," JCI chairman and chief executive officer George Oliver said in the announcement. "The sale of our Power Solutions business will create value for investors by streamlining our portfolio and giving...