Tag: John Schwartz
ADS creates six executive positions
February 13, 2015Spencer Ives
AURORA, Ill.—Alarm Detection Systems, based here, is seeking to strengthen its executive team by promoting six people to new roles.“Of the individuals that are being promoted … a lot of them are on the monitoring side, and [that] has to do with account growth,” John Schwartz, marketing director for ADS, told Security Systems News.In 2013 the company listed about 27,000 accounts, split evenly between residential and commercial. The company has grown since, he said.These new positions...
ADS buys in Wisconsin
January 10, 2014Leah Hoenen
AURORA, Ill.—With its acquisition of Apex Alarm Systems, Alarm Detection Systems deepened its presence in the southeastern corner of Wisconsin, while bolstering the services available to Apex's customers.The acquisition helps ADS, whose market saturation is mainly in northern Illinois, expand its footprint in the Kenosha area, where it already has some accounts, marketing director John Schwartz told Security Systems News.Located between Milwaukee and Chicago, Kenosha sits on the western shore...