Tag: Bryan Bates
Pye-Barker Fire & Safety gains five new locations with acquisition of Bates Security
June 11, 2024SSN Staff
ATLANTA — Pye-Barker Fire & Safety – a full-service fire protection, life safety and security services provider in the United States – has acquired Bates Security, a security and alarms systems provider in the Southeast.
Bates Security is headquartered in Lexington, Ky., and operates additional offices in Prestonsburg, Ky.; Jacksonville, Fla.; Vero Beach, Fla.; and Lake Placid, Fla. With these additions, Pye-Barker said it will gain customers throughout Kentucky, Florida and...
Bates Security opens Florida branch
September 28, 2016Spencer Ives
LEXINGTON, Ky.—Bates Security, an alarm company based here and focused on central and northern Kentucky, opened a new branch in Jacksonville, Fla.“We had a strong desire to have another location, another branch,” Jeremy Bates, company president, told Security Systems News. “We have built a very successful company in Lexington and central Kentucky, and like any business, we have a strong desire for growth, and one of the ways to grow is geographically.”Bates Security...
'20 under 40' 2013 - Bryan Bates
June 11, 2013Tess Nacelewicz
Bryan Bates, 37
Sales manager, co-owner, Bates Security and Sonitrol of Lexington, Ky.
How did you get into the security industry?
I went to the University of Kentucky and I was teaching scuba diving as my part-time job. But I knew you couldn't drive the kind of car you wanted and live in the house you wanted teaching scuba. In 1995, I left school to install security systems full time as a technician at Sonitrol of Lexington. In 2000, I became a salesperson, and from that point forward...