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Don Erickson

General News

SIA welcomes new chair, vice chair of SIA RISE Community

March 6, 2024SSN Staff

SILVER SPRING, Md.—The Security Industry Association (SIA) has named a new chair and vice chair to lead SIA RISE, a community that fosters the careers of young professionals and emerging leaders in the security industry. Dakota Bierly of Northland Controls, a former SIA RISE vice chair, has assumed the role of chair of the RISE Steering Committee, with Esteban Pastor of ZKTeco USA now serving as vice chair. In these new roles, Bierly and Pastor will deliver educational...

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Jake Brown

General News

SIA announces conference lineup for AcceleRISE 2023

June 29, 2023SSN Staff

SILVER SPRING, Md.—The Security Industry Association (SIA) has announced the schedule, speaker lineup and program for the 2023 AcceleRISE conference, hosted by SIA’s RISE community for young leaders and those new to the security industry. This year’s AcceleRISE will take place Aug. 14-16 at the Magnolia Hotel Denver. AcceleRISE is an exciting, innovative conference created specifically for young security talent and designed to ignite new thinking,...

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Dakota Bierly

Women in Security

Women in Security Feature: Dakota Bierly

February 15, 2023Cory Harris, Editor

YARMOUTH, Maine—As part of Security Systems News’ and the Security Industry Association (SIA) Women in Security Forum’s (WISF’s) continuing series highlighting the contributions of women in security, this month’s feature is on Dakota Bierly, sales and marketing manager at Northland Controls, a global security systems integrator and managed services provider based out of Milpitas, Calif. In her current role, she is responsible for supporting the entire sales cycle...

Alethea O’Dell, Brendan McFall, Chris Wilson, Dakota Bierly, Danny Chung, Maureen Carlo, Security Industry Association (SIA) RISE, SIA Women in Security Forum (WISF), University of South Carolina


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Kasia Hanson

Women in Security

SSN, SIA WISF continue partnership to promote diversity

January 13, 2023Cory Harris, Editor

YARMOUTH, Maine—Security Systems News is proud to be partnering again this year with the Security Industry Association's (SIA’s) Women in Security Forum (WISF), which helped select an incredibly diverse list of security professionals (see list below) to be highlighted in special features throughout 2023. SSN and SIA WISF began the partnership in 2021 and in 2022, expanded coverage beyond one issue with one person profiled in each issue, as well as online at www.securitysystemsnews.com. “We...

Alana Batschelet, Alicia Dawson, Brooke Erickson, Cindy Ponder, Dakota Bierly, Deanna VanHout, Destiny Mojica-Taylor, Intel Corp., Jill Bartyzal, Kasia Hanson, Maria Castellanos, Melanie Spring, Nisha Advani, Security Systems News (SSN), SIA Women in Security Forum (WISF), Sonika Kapur, Tia Eskandari


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SIA RISE

General News

SIA appoints new chair and vice chair to lead SIA RISE community

January 11, 2023SSN Staff

SILVER SPRING, Md.—The Security Industry Association (SIA) has named a new chair and vice chair to lead SIA RISE, a community that fosters the careers of young professionals in the security industry. Jake Brown – business development/operations at Secure Access & Digital Systems – will serve as chair of the RISE Steering Committee, with Dakota Bierly – sales and marketing manager at Northland Controls – serving as vice chair. In these new roles,...

Dakota Bierly, Don Erickson, Erin Mann, Jake Brown, Katie Greatti, Kelsey Carnell, Matt Feenan, Northland Controls, Secure Access & Digital Systems, Security Industry Association (SIA), Security Industry Association (SIA) RISE


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