SAFE Security, San Ramon, Calif., announcedthat industry veteran Gary Franklyn joined the firm as vice president of marketing and business partnerships. In this role he is responsible for developing and producing creative, innovative strategic partnership programs and multi-faceted marketing and promotional campaigns targeted at recurring monthly revenue (RMR) growth and customer retention.  

Power Home Technologies celebrated 75,000 customers installed and their 10-year anniversary.  Out of the 75,000 installs, more than half of those customers have been installed since Power Home Technologies became a Monitronics authorized dealer in 2011.  

 Pakedge Device & Software, a manufacturer of networking equipment for A/V applications, is embarking on a major product tour July through September 2014 — with the company also exhibiting at the CEDIA EXPO in Denver, from September 10–13. This tour makes 31 stops across the continental United States during the three-month span and provides dealers and integrators with a live and interactive forum for learning about key Pakedge networking solutions. 

Tyco SimplexGrinnell was selected by Confirmit to receive both the 2014 ACE (Achievement in Customer Excellence) Award and the 2014 ACE Award for Best Use of Feedback Solutions. The awards were presented at the annual Confirmit Community Conference held in Orlando, Florida.

STANLEY Security announced that Joshua Jackson, director of global product integration, has been elected as vice chairman of the Physical Security Interoperability Alliance (PSIA). Jackson will join new Chairman, Mohammad Soleimani, CTO and executive vice president of Kastle Systems, to help develop specifications for enabling standards-based sharing of digital data and intelligence throughout the physical security and enterprise ecosystems.

Security Equipment Supply Inc. (SES), a distributor in the low voltage industry since 1982, announced the grand reopening of its St. Louis Branch. 

CSAA International, the voice for central station monitoring companies, announced that Steve Doyle, who has led the association for twenty-two years, will retire in October 2014.

Behavioral Recognition Systems Inc. (BRS Labs), creator of AISight®, the artificial intelligence analytics solution that teaches itself to recognize and alert on unexpected patterns within massive volumes of data, announced that 27 value added resellers have joined the company's rapidly expanding channel partner program during the second quarter of the year.

SightLogix, Princeton, N.J., announced Frank De Fina, a security industry veteran with more than 30 years of leadership experience, joined the company as executive vice president of sales and marketing as of July 1, 2014. De Fina shared he was compelled to come out of retirement to join SightLogix based on his belief in the company as a "hidden gem” with enormous growth potential.  

United Central Control Inc. (UCC), a San Antonio-based company purchased the wholesale monitored accounts of Red Hawk Monitoring LLC, formerly Counterforce USA, and now a wholly owned subsidiary of Red Hawk Fire & Security LLC, out of Houston.