Tag: John McCann
On Location: Central Station with Security Partners
April 15, 2015Spencer Ives
LAS VEGAS—Security Partners officially opened its fourth central station here, following its November announcement, and now its dealers are going to offer a line of exclusive Mace-brand products, Mike Bodnar, company president, told Security Systems News.The Mace line of products will give Security Partners dealers new ways to increase RMR while also utilizing the recognizable Mace brand, John McCann, Mace Security CEO and president, told SSN. One of the new products will be a diesel tank monitor...
Mace Security launches charitable program
May 22, 2013SSN Staff
SOLON, Ohio—Mace Security International, a manufacturer of security and self-defense products and operator of the Mace CS central station, has established a charitable program to support at-risk individuals in the community.
Through the Mace Cares program, the company will donate a portion of proceeds from its Hot Pink line of pepper spray products—1 percent, up to $10,000—to the National Center for Victims of Crime, Casting for Recovery, and the Project Against Violent Encounters...
Mace Security moves headquarters
May 16, 2013SSN Staff
CLEVELAND—Mace Security International is moving its headquarters from Horsham, Pa., to Cleveland's Midtown neighborhood, according to a blog post from Cleveland.com.
Mace signed a 10-year lease on a 49,000-square-foot building that will house its headquarters and manufacturing operations, the article noted. The move comes after a rough patch for the business, which saw its stock fall precipitously in recent years.
The new headquarters will be located along Cleveland's health and technology...
Mace Security names SVP of operations
March 21, 2013SSN Staff
SOLON, Ohio—Mace Security International, a manufacturer and provider of electronic security products, has appointed Garnett R. Meador as general counsel and senior vice president of operations, according to a company statement.
“We are very excited for Garnett to join the team and assist the management team in the transformation of the brand,” John McCann, president and CEO of Mace, said in the statement.
From 2006 to 2013, Meador worked at Jo-Ann Stores, a fabric retailer, where...
Mace Security hires industry veteran
March 8, 2013SSN Staff
SOLON, Ohio—Mace Security International has hired Troy Bruce as director of sales, the company announced March 14.
Michael Joseph, vice president and general manager of Mace Central Station, has worked with Bruce in the past and in a prepared statement described him as “the perfect fit for increasing our visibility across the country. His tenure in our industry at all levels of dealer development and account management will continue to help us define, grow and enhance our relationships...
Mace CS posts growth in 'transitional' year
January 30, 2013Rich Miller
ANAHEIM, Calif.—Mace Central Station was a bright spot for its parent company in 2012, posting an 11.8 percent increase in revenues through the first nine months of a “transitional” year for the wholesale monitoring operation, Mace Security International CEO and President John McCann told Security Systems News.McCann said Mace CS, based here, is now “very stable” after a turbulent 2012. Morgan Hertel stepped down as vice president and general manager in March and was...
Rapid Response hires Hertel, plans new central in West
April 4, 2012Rich Miller
SYRACUSE, N.Y.—Morgan Hertel, who recently stepped down as vice president and general manager of Mace CS, has joined Rapid Response Monitoring as VP of operations and is heading the company's effort to build a new central station in the West.Hertel, a 30-year industry veteran, had been with Mace CS since 2009, when he was named director of operations of the company's newly acquired wholesale central station in Anaheim, Calif. He said he left Mace in late January after having “hard conversations”...