Tag: Jason Christensen
Acquisition pushes NorthStar to more than $2m in RMR
January 21, 2015Amy Canfield
OREM, Utah—NorthStar Alarm has acquired the 8,000 accounts and physical assets of residential alarm security company Vision Security, both based here. It also has acquired an interest in Vision's solar business, which will be run as a separate entity.The purchase will expand NorthStar's security customer base into Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania and Minnesota. NorthStar will now service more than 43,000 customers in 24 states, for a total RMR of more than $2 million, according to NorthStar...
NorthStar's updated website emphasizes home automation
June 5, 2014SSN Staff
OREM, Utah—NorthStar Alarm Services, a summer sales company based here, announced this week that the company has a new look to highlight its home automation and security solutions.
“The company website, marketing materials, customer tools, and videos all embrace the new look—creating an emphasis on what NorthStar calls the 'NorthStar Home,'” the company said in a June 4 news release.
“For the past three years, we have offered a full range of home automation solutions,...
NorthStar surpasses $1m RMR milestone
December 11, 2013Tess Nacelewicz
OREM, Utah—Summer sales company NorthStar Alarm Services says 2013 was the best season in the company's 13-year history, helping to propel the company's RMR to more than $1 million. And NorthStar, based here, also recently announced a bold vision for its future: a plan to reach $5 million in RMR over the next five years.That's an “ambitious goal,” NorthStar President Jason Christensen told Security Systems News. He's confident in NorthStar's ability to achieve it, but said the plan...
Northstar Alarm donates home security system to family in need
July 2, 2013Tess Nacelewicz
PROVO, Utah—NorthStar Alarm Services recently donated a home security system to a local family that has two children with disabilities, according to a news release. The company in June installed the system in a Habitat for Humanity home newly constructed for the Artanduaga family.
The family has three children, two with autism. The youngest child needs constant care, according to the news release.
“We appreciate Northstar's kind donation of a security system in the new Habitat home in...
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NorthStar Alarm partners with Goldman Sachs; gets up to $40m cash infusion
May 15, 2013Tess Nacelewicz
NorthStar Alarm Services is recapitalizing with a group of new investors including Goldman Sachs and The Beekman Group, and also has expanded its credit facility to $40 million with Bank of America and Zions Bank, the Orem, Utah-based company announced today. The deal, which was six months in the making, is great for NorthStar and is another indication that Goldman likes the security space.
In a communication to employees, company president Jason Christensen said, “We believe that this is an...