Tag: Dom D'Ascoli
Former ESA president Cecil Hogan dies at 73
April 29, 2021SSN Staff
DALLAS—Cecil Hogan, founder and president of Security Consultants, Inc. in Memphis, Tenn., and president of the Electronic Security Association (ESA) from 2002-2004, passed away on April 24, 2021. He was 73.
Hogan served 13 years on the ESA Executive Committee, and in 2004, he was awarded the industry’s most prestigious award, the ESA Morris F. Weinstock Award, which recognized his lifetime of service to the electronic security and life safety industry.
During his ESA presidency,...
SMS Integration, formerly Smoky Mountain Systems, acquires first branch
December 7, 2015Martha Entwistle
FRANKLIN, N.C.—After being in business for 32 years, Smoky Mountain Systems has changed its name to SMS Integration, and it acquired its first branch office in Myrtle Beach, S.C.It's part of the company's new mission, Dom D'Ascoli, SMS Integration president, told Security Systems News.“What we're doing is expanding,” D'Ascoli said. He's hired two industry veterans—Roger Parks and Don Childers—to help execute the plan.SMS Integration will continue to do the high-end residential...
ESX reinvests $1m in security industry since 2008
October 3, 2011Daniel Gelinas
VIENNA, Va. and IRVING, Texas—AE Ventures, the management company that produces the annual Electronic Security Expo for the Central Station Alarm Association and the Electronic Security Association, announced on Aug. 31 that the show had reached a milestone with the 2011 show, which took place from June 6-10 in Charlotte, N.C. The show has raised more than $1 million in profits since its launch in 2008. The best part, according to association leaders, is that the money went right back into...