ALCEA has hired Bart Bednar as an ALWIN Sales Engineer for North America. He has more than 26 years of engineering and integration experience, is based in Irving, Texas, and reports directly to Michael Woody, the company’s technical service and customer success manager.

ALCEA offers a range of critical infrastructure security solutions and access management systems as the internal systems integrator partner of ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions. In 2023, the company introduced ALWIN security management software to customers in the United States. The robust software platform combines ASSA ABLOY security locks, ABLOY PROTEC 2 padlocks and cylinders, and CLIQ access software with video management and intrusion detection to bring real-time visibility and access management to critical infrastructure customers.

That’s the world Bednar has experience in prior to joining ALCEA. During the first 15 years of his career while living in Minneapolis, Denver, Houston and Freehold, N.J, he was a field systems integrator at Checkpoint Security Systems, Inc. He assisted in the installation, service and project management of BA Security, fire alarm and access control, along with analog and IP cameras at retail giants like Apple/Uniqlo, Best Buy, Kohls, Target and many others.

He served the last 11 years as a field application manager at OPTEX America, a manufacturer of high performance sensing technologies which include indoor and outdoor high security applications. Throughout the United States and Canada, Bednar developed and certified integrators and OPTEX’s six regional sales managers for a unique client base.

He supported over 50 product lines and worked with high profile customers such as Amazon Web Services/Google, Con Edison and Duke Energy, as well as a handful of the most wealthiest people in the world with devices at their homes according to the announcement.

“I was also involved with the installations at every one of the Apple retail stores in Manhattan, and worked with various transportation agencies including Bay Area Rail Transit (BART) in the Bay area of northern California, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) in the boroughs of New York City, and with the Chicago Transit Authority.”

In his new position, Bednar is working with ALCEA sales personnel to promote and support the ALWIN and CLIQ access software systems.  ALWIN currently integrates or interfaces with over 100 leading technology manufacturers of access devices, readers and video systems.

“My goal is to help increase sales and introduce ALWIN to North America. I want it to be as successful here as it is in France,” he said. “ALWIN is a different type of technology, but in the same market I have experience with the last few years in the area of critical infrastructure.”