Viscount Systems Inc., Burnaby, B.C., opened an office in Washington, D.C. to support its growing U.S. Federal Government client base. The new D.C. office is be headed by Don Williams, national accounts manager for Viscount. The company held an open house at the City Club of Washington in September to introduce Williams and Viscount’s technology platforms to a select list of federal government agencies, system integrators and prime contractors.
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PSA Security Network, Westminster, Colo., added Jamie Desmond as marketing coordinator. Desmond will be working closely with the marketing team and is responsible for increasing PSA’s brand awareness through many channels, focusing on social media. Krista Ferndelli previously held this position and has recently moved into the role of director of education. That position was vacated by Sharon Shaw after more than four years of service. Shaw will now fill the role of president for Integrator Support, a PSA Business Solutions partner.
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Per Mar Security Services announced Julie Klaus joined the company as director of human resources at Per Mar Centre in Davenport, Iowa. She has more than 20 years of progressive HR experience. Brian Duffy also joined the company as general manager at its Cedar Rapids branch operation. He is responsible for overseeing the electronic security operations for this branch.
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Vicon Industries Inc., Hauppauge, N.Y., appointed Dave Charles as director of sales, eastern region. He is responsible for management of Vicon’s sales team serving the eastern half of the United States and Canada.
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Advanced Technology Video (ATV), Coppell, Texas, hired Robert Carrino to lead the northeast sales region. Carrino has more than 14 years of experience in the security CCTV market and more than 22 years of sales and business operations experience.
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Pivot3, Austin, announced that Paul Kaeley was named the company’s vice president and general manager of services. A core member of the Pivot3 leadership team, Kaeley is responsible for designing, building and leading the services function, ensuring the success of Pivot3’s customers and the profitable growth of the company. Kaeley brings more than 25 years of senior leadership expertise on building and transforming organizations in order to achieve business objectives both on a regional and global basis.
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Digital Monitoring Products (DMP) named Matthew Standiford as its dealer development manager for the Southern California region, covering San Bernardino, Riverside, San Diego and Imperial counties. He is responsible for developing new sales and providing on-going service to DMP authorized dealers throughout the region, helping them to grow their businesses.
