Nominations open for PSA/SSN integrator awards

WESTMINSTER, Colo. and YARMOUTH, Maine—PSA and Security Systems News are excited to announce that nominations are now open for the third annual Integrator of the Year/Bill Bozeman Awards, which aspire to identify the leading system integrators within security, from smaller, local integrators all the way up to the big nationals.

Winners will be awarded at PSA TEC 2024 - taking place May 13-16 at the Hyatt Regency Dallas in Texas - and featured within the pages of SSN. 

Broken down by size, there will be a winner in each category – small (up to $5 million), medium ($6 million-$25 million) and large (over $25 million) integration companies – as well as an overall winner, which will be honored with the Bill Bozeman Award.

“We are honored to partner with PSA again for the third annual Integrator of the Year/Bill Bozeman Awards,” said SSN Editor Cory Harris. “I am looking forward to sharing the stage with a true legend in Bill Bozeman and recognizing the top integrators in the security industry at PSA TEC 2024!”

Bozeman led PSA as CEO for more than 20 years and has won many prestigious industry awards including the Paul Marcus Award, the George Lippert memorial award recognizing outstanding contributions to the Security Industry Association (SIA). He was also the recipient of the inaugural Security Legend Award from Security Systems News in 2020.

“We are thrilled to work with Security Systems News for a third year to celebrate leading integrators in the security industry,” said Candice Aragon, vice president of marketing and education at PSA. “I’ve been inspired by the submissions over the last two years, and I look forward to seeing who rises to the top in 2024.”

General criteria for the award include:

• Financial success – Revenue growth year over year
• Impact on/Involvement in the industry
• Commitment to community
• Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion
• Employee satisfaction

“PSA’s mission is to be the rising tide, and honoring top security systems integrators helps support this,” noted Matt Barnette, president and CEO of PSA. “As our industry changes, integrators who are willing to adapt, support their employees and customers and contribute to the industry and their communities are the ones who will flourish. Announcing these winners is a highlight of PSA TEC.” 

Last year’s winners were:

Small business category – DSI Security Services from Dothan, Ala.

Medium business category – ECD Systems from Tempe, Ariz.

Large business category – SAGE Integration from Kent, Ohio

Bill Bozeman Award winner: Preferred Technologies from Houston

Systems integrators may be nominated by a third party or may nominate themselves. Please fill out the form here, answering each question in under 500 words. Submission deadline is March 29, 2024.