Tag: Kristin Hebert
'20 under 40' 2014—Kristin Hebert
October 21, 2014Leif Kothe
Kristin Hebert, 34
Dealer and Vendor Relations, Acadian Monitoring Services, Lafayette, La.
What inspired you to get into the security industry?
I was always fascinated with the medical industry, but my heart was always in technology and gadgets. After high school I went to Louisiana Technical College in Lafayette and got an associate's degree in industrial electronics. Unlike my fellow classmates, who were all holding out for the big jobs, I went straight to work. The first job I got was...
Monitoring everything
August 4, 2014Martha Entwistle
“The Internet of Things,” the ever-increasing number of devices that are connected to the Internet, may represent a new frontier in monitoring. As the number of connected products rises, so do the revenue and service opportunities for security dealers to monitor those devices.
To fully take advantage of these opportunities, however, mindsets must change, according to executives from third-party central monitoring stations who spoke to Security Systems News for this story.
“I...
Making money on mobile monitoring
May 28, 2014Leif Kothe
YARMOUTH, Maine—Whether the talk is about mobile PERS devices with geo-fencing, speed alerts and lone-worker monitoring, or about smartphone apps that better connect subscribers with central stations, the takeaway is that the monitoring space is going mobile, and the transformation is happening fast, according to central station executives who are using these newer technologies.
“[mPERS] is absolutely the fastest growing thing we see right now on the PERS side, with the emergence of...
Talking keypads and panels with Kristin Hebert
January 29, 2014Leif Kothe
After graduating from Louisiana Tech with a degree in Industrial Electronics, Kristin Hebert, dealer and vendor relations representative at Acadian Monitoring Services, began searching for jobs in a field related to his major. The first job he landed after school was as a technician assistant at Argus Security in Lafayette, La., where he worked for five years, earning successive promotions to installation technician, then service technician during his tenure. He was hired at Acadian Monitoring after...
Acadian Monitoring goes mobile
December 4, 2013Leif Kothe
LAFAYETTE, La.—Powered by the launch of a mobile app that helps technicians, Acadian Monitoring Services, based here, saw its dealer base grow substantially in 2013, Kristin Hebert, dealer and vendor relations at the company, told Security Systems News.
Dealers regard the app as a boon, he said, because it allows technicians to operate more efficiently while doing installations. “It really helped dealers a lot,” Hebert said, “Now their technicians aren't waiting...