Tag: Kimberlite
SimpliSafe wins 2024 TMA/SSN Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Leadership Award
November 26, 2024Cory Harris, Editor
MCLEAN, Va., and YARMOUTH, Maine—The Monitoring Association (TMA) and Security Systems News (SSN) have announced that Boston-based SimpliSafe is the winner of the third annual Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Leadership Award.
TMA President Steve Butkovich and Security Systems News Editor Cory Harris presented the 2024 TMA/SSN Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award to SimpliSafe Chief Product Officer Hooman Shahidi during the recent 2024 Annual Meeting in St. Thomas, U.S....
Sonitrol-Kimberlite beats past apprehension assist record
February 18, 2016SSN Staff
FRESNO, Calif.—Sonitrol-Kimberlite monitoring station assisted law enforcement in more arrests of criminal trespassers and burglars than any other security organization in the United States, the company announced in mid-January.
The central station aided law enforcement in 1,254 apprehensions in 2015, beating the company's previous record of 1,081 in 2014. “The numbers have established beyond question that verified alarms are the best technology in the electronic security industry,”...
How I Use My System: Joey Rao-Russell
April 24, 2015Spencer Ives
Joey Rao-Russell, Kimberlite's president and CEO and a Security Systems News “20 Under 40” winner, has worked at Kimberlite for 13 years. She started in the accounting department, was named COO in February 2012 and then CEO later in 2012. She holds a degree in criminal justice and sociology, which made the security industry “a nice fit,” Rao-Russell said. SSN recently spoke with her about the system she uses at home.What kind of system do you have at home?I have a Sonitrol...
Kimberlite sets new national record
March 19, 2015Spencer Ives
FRESNO, Calif.—Kimberlite, the largest independent Sonitrol dealer, in 2014 had the highest apprehension rate of central stations that release annual figures, determined by Kimberlite's research.“We finished [2014] with 1,081 assisted apprehensions out of our central station,” Joey Rao-Russell, president and CEO of Kimberlite, told Security Systems News. This figure represents, not incidents, but individuals apprehended by police as part of Kimberlite's service, Rao-Russell said.“[In]...