Tag: Ron Bowden
United Central Control hires Earnest Bernard as sales manager
March 18, 2024SSN Staff
SAN ANTONIO, Texas – United Central Control (UCC), a provider of contract monitoring services, announced its hiring of Earnest Bernard as sales manager.
UCC said that Bernard has over 35 years of experience in the security manufacturing industry, and is bringing a wealth of expertise and a proven track record of success to his new role. Based in the Fort Worth-Dallas, Texas area, Bernard will be responsible for supporting the Director of Sales and Dealer Development, Ron Bowden, in...
COPS announces new workshop series
August 2, 2017Spencer Ives
WILLIAMSTOWN, N.J.—COPS Monitoring, a brand under Lydia Security Monitoring, on July 27 announced its Grow Your Business roadshow, with seminars currently planned for Denver, Colo., Boca Raton, Fla., Salt Lake City and Williamstown, N.J., with more to be announced.
“The genesis of the seminars actually began with our UCC dealer customers; we started these … sometime in the 2015 time frame,” Ron Bowden, director of dealer development for Lydia's UCC brand and leader of these seminars,...
Growth and expansions coming to UCC
June 10, 2015Spencer Ives
SAN ANTONIO—United Central Control, a wholesale monitoring center based here, is planning to build an out-of-state back-up central station, possibly in Nashville, Tenn., Mark Matlock, company SVP, told Security Systems News. That news comes alongside other growth developments at the company.UCC currently has a staffed back-up facility here, but Matlock said that an out-of-state back-up station is a company goal. Once the new facility is up and running, the current back-up station would be dismantled.“When...
UCC buys Red Hawk's monitored accounts
July 11, 2014Leif Kothe
SAN ANTONIO—United Central Control, a provider of monitored security services based here, has purchased the wholesale monitored accounts of Red Hawk Monitoring, a wholly owned subsidiary of Houston-based Red Hawk Fire & Security. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.Through the transaction, UCC adds approximately 150 new dealers and 20,000 accounts, increasing the company's monitored account base by roughly 9 percent. UCC now has more than 800 dealers across the nation.The deal further...
UCC names new head of dealer development
May 27, 2014SSN Staff
SAN ANTONIO, Texas—In a move to bolster dealer growth and services, United Central Control, a provider of monitored security services based here, has named Ron Bowden as director of dealer development, according to a news release. Created specifically for Bowden, the position involves consultation with UCC's security dealers to help them explore new ways to grow sales and build profits.
This is Bowden's second go-around with UCC. In the 1980s he was a part owner of the company. He's also the...