OMNIA Names Next President
The OMNIA Industries, Inc. Board of Directors has named Alexander Comini as the company’s President. He succeeds Alberto Comini, who founded OMNIA in 1964, and who will now hold the position of Chairman.
Alexander (Alex), one of the co-owners of OMNIA and previously a vice president, joined the company 23 years ago. In recent years, he has designed and been responsible for the manufacturing and promoting of product lines that have been successfully added to the OMNIA catalogue: Prodigy, Ultima, Classico and Traditions. Alex is instrumental in supervising the selection and production of hardware specified for many important installations, such as high profile buildings in New York, Miami, Chicago, Macau, etc.
As President, he will continue to develop new product lines, create strategies to enhance brand distinction, strengthen the existing market structure, oversee manufacturing and quality control, and build upon the original foundation for long term growth.
For more information, visit www.omniaindustries.com
Liszewski Named Top Notch Director, Security Systems
Top Notch Distributors announces the appointment of Greg Liszewski as Director, Security Systems. Liszewski is a 25+ year veteran of the door hardware and access control industry. He is a past chapter president of DHI, and is an active member of ASIS. Liszewski presented technical solution applications while working with leading manufacturers such as Allegion, Corbin Russwin, Yale, Adams Rite, SDC and Stanley. Additionally, Greg’s history includes developing strong relationships in many regions with key channel partners such as locksmiths, systems integrators, electronic wholesalers and contract hardware dealers.
Greg will lead Top Notch Distributors to become the most trusted source for best in class security systems. The rapidly growing security market has become diverse in solutions and can be quite complex for many end users. Our goal is to reduce this complexity and deliver effect solutions with a world class customer experience. Top Notch Distributors offers unparalleled services with a seasoned sales team and a nationwide distribution network to reach markets in one day.
TRI-ED Stadium Tours Hit Home Run
Tri-Ed Distribution's 2015 Stadium Tour wrapped up its cross country journey with a final stop in Denver, Colorado. These customer appreciation and training events attracted hundreds of dealers and integrators in Dallas, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, Seattle and Denver.
The Tours included technical trainings across every product category, a manufacturer expo, product demos, dinner and a night at the ball game. Tri-Ed thanks all of its sponsoring vendors for their support of the Stadium Tours: ADT, Aiphone, Alarm.com, Altronix, Arecont Vision, Axis Communications, Bolide, Bosch, Canon USA, CNB, Digital Watchdog, D-Link, DSC, Exacq, FLIR, Geovision, Hikvision, Honeywell Fire Safety Americas, Inovonics, Interlogix, Kantech / Tyco, Kwikset, Legrand, Louroe, Middle Atlantic/Comnet, Monitronics, Napco, Nortek Security & Control, OpenEye, OT Systems, Panasonic, Paxton, Pelco, Primex, Rosslare, Rutherford Controls Int'l Corp., Samsung, Sentry, Sony, Vitek, and Vivotek.
"Our 2015 Stadium Tour was designed to provide customers with valuable training and great networking opportunities with our staff and supplier partners," says James Rothstein, Tri-Ed Senior Vice President - Global Security Marketing. "The Tour was a huge success and also allowed us to show our customers how much we appreciate them."
TRI-ED Opens Memphis Branch
TRI-ED, An Anixter Company, has opened a branch location in Memphis, Tennessee. The branch, which will be managed by Cory Rumburg, is located at 6935 Appling Farms Parkway, Suite 101 in Memphis. The branch can be reached at 901.498.5440.
"TRI-ED is very pleased to be opening in the Memphis market," says Ken Cabler, VP of Sales. "We look forward to meeting and serving our new customers here, and exceeding their expectations."
TRI-ED provides state-of-the-art solutions from the industry’s leading manufacturers of IP video, CCTV, access control, fire, intrusion, sound, communications, structured cabling, and home automation products. With more than 65 locations across the U.S. and Canada, For more information, visit www.tri-ed.com.
Axis Acquires Citilog
“Citilog’s proven products are well known to the traffic sector, and complement our solutions for the most demanding requirements in that market. Their commitment to developing quality, innovative and easy-to-use products is consistent with Axis’ approach to provide the most competitive, highest value solution for a range of customer needs,” said Ray Mauritsson, CEO at Axis. “We are excited to be able to offer our channel partners and end users state-of-the-art analytics tools that work with their existing Axis network video solutions.”
Citilog is a privately held company with 30 employees, headquartered in Paris, France and with offices in the USA, Hong Kong and Spain. The company offers a suite of video analytics tools and sensors for transportation monitoring, such as automatic incident detection, traffic data collection and intersection control. Its products improve road safety, limit risks and help reduce travel time. Axis and Citilog have worked together for several years on both engineering and sales to provide integrated solutions to a number of mutual customers.
"The acquisition strengthens and extends our market-leading security and safety solutions in the transportation segment, targeting a growing market opportunity for advanced video analytics capabilities," Mauritsson said in a Q&A on the Axis website. "We continue to build on a strategy of offering integrated, best of breed solutions that provide leading-edge capabilities, superior performance and unmatched quality.
"The acquisition delivers more complete, broader and smarter solutions for Axis’ resellers and system integrators to offer their customers," he continued. "The video analytics segment of the security industry is growing quickly and requires sophisticated and often times specialized technology. Citilog has very specific area of expertise for transportation that we view as critical to providing enhanced solutions and that go beyond traditional security capabilities."
Sielox Expands Management Team
Sielox LLC announces the addition of three experienced and successful individuals to key management positions. Terry Carver has been promoted to the company’s new Product Manager and Sales Engineer; Dan Artman has been elevated to Vice President of the company’s Western territory; and Mike Hallford will serve as Vice President of the Eastern territory.
"We are thrilled to have these three industry veterans join our management team. For several years, both Terry and Dan have been strong performers with Sielox, and having spent 30-plus years with some of the largest security companies in the world, Mike is an excellent addition to the company,” said Karen Evans, CEO, Sielox LLC. “Each of these three have a lengthy track record of success, and with more than 70 years’ combined industry experience, we are confident they will continue their success as they grow awareness and sales of Sielox’s innovative access control solutions.”
Carver brings nearly three decades of electronic security experience to his new position, including several high-level positions with Sielox, Pelco by Schneider Electric, Johnson Controls, PCSC, Cardkey Systems and CASI-RUSCO. In transitioning to his new position as Product Manager, Terry will work closely with Sielox’s global network of authorized dealers and manufacturer’s representatives to grow awareness and sales of the company’s leading electronic security and access control solutions.
Dan Artman joined Sielox in June 2013 as Regional Sales Manager for the West Coast, working directly with Sielox business partners and end user customers, and building a network of architects and security consultants. Sielox, Dan successfully led sales and business development for Matrix Systems and Onity, now part of United Technologies Corp. In his new position as Vice President of Western Territory, he will continue these activities in his new position while also managing a network of manufacturer’s representatives in certain markets. In addition to the West Coast, Dan’s territory will expand to cover parts of the Upper Midwest, Alaska, Hawaii and Western Canada.
Mike Hallford comes to Sielox from Pelco by Schneider Electric, where he served as Business Development Manager for enterprise-level video surveillance systems. Mike has also held sales and business development positions with United Technologies Corp./Interlogix, GE Security, Johnson Controls, Interface Security Systems, Siemens Building Technologies, Diebold and Sensormatic Electronics.
For more information about Sielox, visit www.Sielox.com
