Tag: Women in Security
Antoinette King, PSP, joins Sentry Enterprises’ Technology Advisory Board
November 8, 2022SSN Staff
WEST CHESTER, Pa.—Vertically integrated solutions provider Sentry Enterprises has announced the addition of Credo Cyber Consulting Founder Antoinette King, PSP, to its Technology Advisory Board.
King brings over 20 years of experience in the security industry to the board and has presented extensively on data privacy and cybersecurity.
“We are excited to welcome Antoinette to the Sentry Technology Advisor Board. Antoinette combines technical expertise with a knack of identifying...
Women in Security: Donna Chapman
December 9, 2019
After working with a manufacturing company for 7 years, having the opportunity to serve multiple roles, Donna Chapman, now of ASSA ABLOY, was seeking a new challenge with potential for career advancement. In 1998, she officially started a career in the security industry as a technical support specialist at Locknetics, a division of Ingersoll-Rand, supporting customers with electronic access control and architectural door hardware.“It was very demanding, fast paced, constantly evolving industry,...
Women in Security: Linda Ziemba
December 9, 2019
Linda Ziemba remembers it well. It was 2004 and she was working in sales. She had just cold-called the VP of sales for a web security company, who told her about his company's internet browser security product. “Wow, this is really big and important because the internet is going to affect EVERYTHING we do,” Ziemba thought to herself, as he spoke. The conversation resulted in Ziemba getting hired, essentially on the spot, and the moment she entered the security industry.Fast forward to...
Women in Security: Kerri Sutherland
December 9, 2019Paul Ragusa
For Axis Communications' Kerri Sutherland, female role models have played an instrumental role throughout her career.“I have been blessed with many amazing role models and mentors, who helped me develop throughout my career,” she said, calling out Gail Boudreau, who taught her the “importance of adjusting my communication and work style to my audience as needed. She always had facts and data to back up her opinions and initiatives, which made her highly respected by the managers...
Women in Security: Rebecca Bayne
December 9, 2019Paul Ragusa
As a successful business owner in the security industry, Rebecca Bayne of Bayne Consulting and Search, tells other women in the industry to not be afraid to “be the red car” on the racetrack filled with yellow cars — men.
“But don't expect to gain recognition, or think you can win just because you're red,” she continued. “Just because you're a woman, you should not expect different treatment; you should just go out there and perform at the best level...
Women in Security: Eva Mach
December 9, 2019
Eva Mach of Pro-Tec Design, a 100 percent employee-owned company that specializes in security, credits her parents for instilling in her from an early age the absolute conviction that she can be whatever she set her mind to be and her husband with encouraging and supporting her all the way. And, of course, having a baby changes everything!“I started my career in accounting,” Mach said. “My first job was actually with a parent company of several temporary employment agencies, and...
Women in Security: Maria Cambria
December 9, 2019
Graduating with a computer programming degree, Maria Cambria, VP of demand generation for security, FLIR Systems, Inc. has worked in tech roles ever since. Her first job in the video industry was with a startup called NiceEye, where a mentor of hers worked.“NiceEye offered video as a service, which was a very new concept 18 years ago,” Cambria remembered, who worked there for several years. “Many years later, we've started to see the IT and security sectors come together, but that's...
Women in Security: Kelle Shanks
December 9, 2019Paul Ragusa
When asked what it has been like to work in a primarily male-dominated industry for the past 26 years, Convergint Technologies' Kelle Shanks said being a woman actually helped her stand out.
“My journey has actually been great fun,” she explained. “I was a 'unicorn' in the industry, and I used it to my advantage. My gender made me memorable in an environment with a lot of 'sameness.' I have had lifelong loyal customers, wonderful operations people and have...
Women in Security: Joey Rao-Russell
December 9, 2019
Coming from a family with many members involved in law enforcement, Joey Rao-Russell, president and CEO, Kimberlite Corporation Sonitrol got into the security industry by accident. She was working as a probation officer when she was recruited by Kimberlite to revamp their credit and collections policy.“I had no idea what Kimberlite was,” Rao-Russell admitted, “but after two interviews and a tour of the main building, I remember finding out it was a security company. This was 18...
Women in Security: Min Kyriannis
December 9, 2019SSN Staff
As a very technical person, Min Kyriannis, associate, cybersecurity & technology business development, Jaros, Baum & Bolles, started her career in IT and networking, but she also drifted into more creative pursuits. “I decided to design; I did a jack of all trades,” she said. “I actually did some modeling and I did food and nutrition where I started catering and single-handedly cooked for 50 to 100 people at a time.”
She then decided to get married, although no one knew,...