Tag: Adam Matlin
Integrators '20 under 40' 2015—Adam Matlin
October 13, 2015Amy Canfield
Adam Matlin, 37COO, Think ProtectionTorontoAdam Matlin was working in the film industry in Los Angeles when he went to Toronto to attend a hockey game with his father, AlarmForce founder Joel Matlin. “Out of the blue,” he said, his dad asked him if he'd like to come to work for him at AlarmForce as marketing coordinator.“I gave it a shot and instantly it was a great fit. I loved growing the company with my father,” Matlin said, adding that he learned a lot about the industry...
Matlins' new gig includes e-commerce
August 19, 2015Amy Canfield
Think Protection, the mass market home alarm company launched by industry veteran Joel Matlin in June, is preparing for another launch next month: an e-commerce store.
“The launch is incredibly exciting as potential customers can order an alarm system through the store 24/7 from anywhere in the world," Matlin's son, Adam Matlin, Think Protection's COO, told me.
"With us operating throughout the U.S. and Canada, we believe the e-commerce store will present a fantastic opportunity to dramatically...
Matlin back in home security, as a consultant
July 23, 2014Tess Nacelewicz
TORONTO—The yearlong noncompete of ousted AlarmForce CEO Joel Matlin is at an end and now he's back in the home security business—as a marketing consultant.“I'm a free man, which is wonderful,” Matlin told Security Systems News. He was abruptly fired last July 23 from AlarmForce, based here, a company Matlin founded in 1988 and grew organically to be one of Canada's largest security companies.Now, Matlin Creative—the marketing company that he and his son, Adam Matlin,...