Proactive: Creating or controlling a situation by causing something to happen rather than responding to it after it has happened. (from Oxford Languages)

Ojo Technology, a Northern California security systems integrator, has promoted Chris Krajewski to vice president of sales and services, hired Ulises (Lou) Ramirez as manager for the company’s project management team and Saul Abreu as operations manager for the Sacramento office.

We’ve all been there, working long hours to get projects done, eager to mark them off the list. But, often one or more minor things still need attention to actually wrap up a project. Have you ever said, “It doesn’t really matter right now if the cables at the panel are organized and labeled,” or “instructions aren’t written or given to the owners, but that’s OK, we will come back when there’s more time?”

Bold Group, a global provider of business solutions for the security industry, announced the addition of Greg Polley to its executive team as vice president of implementation and project management.

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This month’s cover story, “It Takes a Village,” continues SDM’s coverage of the complex issue of cyber security overlaid onto physical electronic security.