Tag: Anthony Pizzonia
AlarmForce names third CEO in less than two years
May 6, 2015Amy Canfield
TORONTO—Graham Badun is the new president and CEO of AlarmForce Industries, its third leader in less than two years.Badun, with a background in real estate services and hired as the result of an executive search, replaces Anthony Pizzonia, who had been with AlarmForce for 23 years.“I see this as a great opportunity to take this brand and make it stronger,” Badun told Security Systems News. “The company is excited, the board is excited. I'm looking forward to learning new components...
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,...
Fired AlarmForce CEO wants $11.3 million in damages
October 2, 2013Tess Nacelewicz
TORONTO—The recently ousted CEO of AlarmForce Industries is suing the company for more than $11.3 million, claiming he was wrongfully dismissed and suggesting age discrimination was a reason.Joel Matlin, who founded AlarmForce 25 years ago, was abruptly fired in July after a unanimous vote by the company's board. Matlin, 65, who previously told Security Systems News that his termination as CEO and president was the result of “a mutiny created by my CFO, Anthony Pizzonia,” filed...
Fired AlarmForce CEO fighting his ouster
August 7, 2013Tess Nacelewicz
TORONTO—The recently ousted CEO of AlarmForce Industries, one of Canada's largest security companies, said he's planning a legal strategy designed to replace the board members who fired him.“I'm working on getting rid of the existing board,” said Joel Matlin, who also founded the company, based here, 25 years ago. He told Security Systems News that he's working with his legal team to hold a proxy vote that he believes will result in getting a new board in place.His termination as...
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Management shake-up at AlarmForce
July 24, 2013Tess Nacelewicz
Last year, AlarmForce Industries, a Toronto-based super-regional, announced that its board of directors was looking at selling the company. Now the board says the company won't be sold but grown instead, and has “terminated” AlarmForce's longtime President and CEO Joel Matlin.
Alarm Force announced in a news release Tuesday that it had “terminated the employment" of Matlin but said that he will “continue to serve as a director of the company.” Matlin holds a stake in...