Tag: Sean Flint
Convergint acquires Ballou Fire Systems
June 5, 2023SSN Staff
HOUSTON, Texas – Systems integrator Convergint announced today that it would be acquiring Ballou Fire Systems, expanding its fire alarm and life safety business.
The Houston-based Ballou Fire Systems is known for its designs, installs, and servicing electronic life safety, security, and communications systems. Convergint said that the acquisition provides the company with Ballou’s team of experts in bolstering its offerings in the Houston and South Central region...
Convergint acquires Ohio-based systems integrator Systems 28
April 5, 2022SSN Staff
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.—Convergint, a global leader in service-based systems integration, announced that is has acquired Systems 28, Inc., an Ohio-based systems integrator specializing in fire alarm and life safety services. Terms were not disclosed.
The acquisition provides increased growth opportunities for Convergint throughout Ohio, enabling the company to continue to serve its existing base of customers while adding some of the largest, local, regional, and global companies in the area.
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Expanding Globally Through M&A
October 6, 2021Cory Harris, Editor
If you’ve read our website over the last month or so, you’ve noticed an uptick in the amount of merger and acquisition (M&A) stories we’ve posted, and as Karen Carpenter beautifully sang so many years ago, we’ve only just begun.
The wheeling and dealing in the security industry have been hot and heavy during the late summer and early part of the fall season. In case you have not been able to keep up with the goings-on of all the business transactions over the past several...
The secret to Convergint’s successful M&A strategy
October 4, 2021Cory Harris, Editor
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.—Convergint, a global service-based systems integration company based here, continues to expand its footprint and capabilities on a global scale through an M&A strategy that focuses on aligning company cultures and focusing on certain geographic areas.
Convergint’s most recent acquisition of two business units from ATS Companies, ATS Alaska and ATS Facility Systems, expands The company’s Northwest presence and brings its first technology center in Alaska.
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Five Questions: Sean Flint
April 26, 2017Paul Ragusa
Sean Flint joined Convergint in May of 2016 as senior vice president, Eastern operations. Originally from Massachusetts, he has lived in Rochester, N.Y. since 1998. Security Systems News caught up with Flint and asked him five questions.Are you married? Kids?I am married and have three daughters, 32, 29 and 27, and two grandchildren with two more on the way.What are some of your hobbies?My passion is golf and I am an avid weekend golfer. I love sports in general, and consider myself a passionate...
UTC Fire & Security: new brand, new president
April 14, 2011Tess Nacelewicz
FARMINGTON, Conn.—UTC Fire & Security recently aligned its United States fire and security services businesses under the Chubb brand. The company's fire and security services businesses abroad have already consolidated under the Chubb name, and the branding in this country will provide “a new, more seamless interface to customers,” UTC Fire & Security said.
In other news, UTC Fire & Security also recently announced it has a new president: Scott Buckhout, previously a senior manager...