Tag: Renae Leary
Tyco expands Global Center of Excellence
April 16, 2014Martha Entwistle
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—It's like the United Nations of security at Tyco's new Global Center of Excellence. Walk through the office and you'll hear engineers speaking Chinese, Russian and Arabic. Fourteen languages are spoken here. In addition to linguistic fluency, employees must also understand the business culture in their countries of expertise, Daryl Haga, director of Tyco's GCoE, told Security Systems News.“We hire top people who are highly educated, [many with multiple advanced degrees],”...
ISC West 2013 Day 1
April 10, 2013Martha Entwistle
It's the first morning of ISC West, but the show-related events and commitments started yesterday. They started as soon as I got here and way before my hotel had my room ready. Yesterday I attended several meetings and one special event—the Women's Security Council reception.
I was flattered to be named one of WSC's 'women of the year' last night, and honored to be in the company of the following industry leaders: Mary Jo Cornell, president and CEO of Linstar Inc.; Pamela...
ASIS 2012, Pro 1 buys again, mobility and the financial vertical
September 12, 2012Martha Entwistle
It's been a busy two days for Amy Canfield (the new lead editor for our sister publication Security Director News) and I here in Philly at the ASIS show.
Since Sept. 10, the first day of ASIS, was Amy's fifth day on the job, she accompanied me to most of my appointments that day. She did have a chance to speak to a group of end users at the Honeywell booth. Here's her update on that� and she was flying solo on Day 2--check out her blog� for highlights of her day, including a tour...
Tyco Global Accounts: Leveraging cooperation for customers
September 12, 2012Martha Entwistle
BOCA RATON, Fla.—Since its inception five years ago, Tyco Integrated Global Accounts has morphed from a sales-focused organization to a program that offers “complete operational management,” says Renae Leary, senior director, global accounts.
And how will the pending split between ADT and Tyco Integrated Security affect this group? Leary said her group will not be affected by that split. However, the creation of Tyco Integrated Security brought together the security and fire...
Women in security and your business
March 21, 2012Martha Entwistle
I hope you'll make room on your ISC West calendars to attend the second annual Women's Security Council educational session focusing on networking and career advancement for women in the security industry, which will be moderated by yours truly.
The session will take place on the first day of the show, Wednesday, March 28, 2012, from 12:45pm-1:45pm in rooms 206-207.
What can your business do to hire and retain highly qualified women?
This is one of the topics the panelists will address....
ADT expands focus on global integration
February 7, 2012Whit Richardson
YARMOUTH, Maine—ADT is opening Global Centers of Excellence in England, Germany and Shanghai to strengthen its aim to be the premier enterprise-level security integrator for customers with a global footprint.The centers support the company's Global Accounts program, which it officially launched four years ago along with a Center of Excellence in Alabama. It launched its Global Accounts program to provide its largest customers with a centralized approach to managing and integrating their worldwide...