Tag: Robert Kleinman
AFA Protective Systems acquires Pro-Tech Security
November 14, 2016Paul Ragusa
SYOSSET, N.Y.—AFA Protective Systems Inc., a super regional alarm company based here, has acquired the alarm business assets of Pro-Tech Security Ltd., effective Nov. 1.Among the assets purchased are approximately 400 contracts representing more than $10,000 in RMR, primarily consisting of commercial and residential alarm monitoring services in the greater Boston marketplace, according to AFA Protective Systems CEO Robert Kleinman.“We had worked with the owner of the company in the past,...
Former Honeywell president Ron Rothman joins AFA Protective
July 22, 2015Martha Entwistle
SYOSSET, N.Y.—Ron Rothman, who recently retired as president of Honeywell Security Group after a 32-year career, will join New York integration firm AFA Protective, based here, as SVP in August.
Rothman told Security Systems News he's excited to join AFA, which he called “a terrific business with outstanding leadership and a long history of quality and integrity over the decades.”
“Helping my customers to succeed was my goal at Honeywell and now I'll get to help...
AFA acquires, puts former NYC fire commissioner on its board
January 9, 2013Tess Nacelewicz
SYOSSET, N.Y.—AFA Protective Systems, a super-regional based here, recently added about $45,000 to its RMR with the acquisition of Ready Alarm, a company providing commercial fire alarm monitoring, maintenance and inspection services in the New York City market.AFA also appointed Thomas Von Essen—a fire and life safety consultant renowned for leading the City of New York Fire Department as fire commissioner at the time of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center—to...
AFA Protective buys in Philly
June 6, 2012Martha Entwistle
SYOSSET, N.Y.—In a deal that bumps the company's RMR to more than $2.5 million, AFA Protective Systems on June 1 acquired the alarm business assets of Sera Security of Southampton, Pa., in the Philadelphia metropolitan area.“This is our entry into Philly,” Robert Kleinman, AFA Protective CEO, told Security Systems News.The deal includes $50,000 in RMR. The majority of the accounts are commercial fire alarm accounts in the Philadelphia/Southern New Jersey area. The deal also includes...