Tag: World Wide Security Group
Integrators '20 under 40' 2015—Joe Cestra
October 13, 2015Spencer Ives
Joe Cestra, 35
Director of technology, World Wide Security Group
Garden City, N.Y.
Joe Cestra works to incorporate new technologies into World Wide Security Group's central station, while also looking to monetize technologies World Wide already has in place.
Cestra went to Queens College to study IT, focusing on networking and wireless technology. After graduating, he joined his mother at People Protection to help in “revamping” the technology in the company's monitoring...
World Wide debuts mPERS product for hotel vertical
January 8, 2014Leif Kothe
GARDEN CITY, N.Y.—Having recently expanded its presence in the hotel vertical, World Wide Security Group, a full-service security company here, has become an authorized dealer of a PERS device tailored specifically to the hospitality industry.“We happen to have a number of hotels under our belt already as clients,” Kenneth Mara, president and CEO, told Security Systems News. “They had a need for a product and we already had them as clients, so it's a likely alliance.”In...
World Wide acquires three
January 25, 2012Rich Miller
GARDEN CITY, N.Y.— World Wide Security Group has expanded its footprint in the New York metro area by acquiring three companies and 1,500 accounts, with more acquisitions planned in the first half of 2012.World Wide, an integrated services company based here, announced on Jan. 11 that it had purchased three New York companies: Dart Security of Woodbury, Access One Security of Commack, and LSG Security Systems of the Bronx.Ken Mara, president and CEO of World Wide, told Security Systems News...
World Wide Security plans six acquisitions, dealer program
January 4, 2012Rich Miller
GARDEN CITY, N.Y.—World Wide Security Group, an integrated services company based here, is using a $3 million extension of its revolving line of credit to fund six acquisitions and a new dealer program for its central station, the company announced in late December.Part of the initial $5 million credit line from CapitalSource Bank was used to acquire Rainbow Home Systems in November 2010, which has “worked out well,” according to Mark Simson, CFO for World Wide. That led the company...
World Wide expects iVision24 will help it dominate video market
November 1, 2010Daniel Gelinas
GARDEN CITY, N.Y.—Vision Monitoring Services, the dealer program and UL-listed central station division of World Wide Security/GC Alarm, is betting its new hosted-video/two-way audio solution iVision24 will help it lead the video pack in its region.
“We're hoping to drive the marketplace in this area,” said Karen Johnson, director of marketing and public relations for World Wide, which is based here. “We have been inviting police departments to visit our offices to discuss...