DMP Introduces New Video Leadership Team, Next Steps for Unified Platform
DMP appointed Nicola Oakie, Pete Jankowski and Stephen Carney to its video solutions team. DMP’s video initiative is the next step in a carefully executed strategy to provide professional dealers and monitoring centers with a world-class unified security platform.
The team will report to Ken Francis, executive vice president of video solutions, DMP. After partnering with DMP for over 20 years, Francis officially joined DMP earlier in 2026 as the first to lead the new video monitoring product strategy. His objective is to innovate industry-leading, practical solutions that are easy to deploy, improve detection and reduce false alarms, saving costs for dealers and customers.
“Video monitoring requires specialized expertise across technology and channel segments, so assembling the right leadership team is essential,” Francis said. “Our success depends on understanding cameras, analytics, software, monitoring center workflows and dealer success as part of a single ecosystem. I’m thrilled to say this team is made up of some of the most experienced individuals in the industry.”
Nicola Oakie will join DMP as senior director, commercial monitoring solutions. Born in Scotland, Oakie joined the security industry over 20 years ago in Las Vegas. She recently served as the vice president of sales at Netwatch North America and led national sales at the National Monitoring Center. A trailblazer in video monitoring, Oakie first served as Director of Business Development at industry pioneer I-View Now.
Breaking new ground at DMP, Oakie will play the instrumental role of leading the company’s first Monitoring Partner Program, focusing on the needs of retail, guarding and wholesale monitoring operations with security products and services for professionals.
Pete Jankowski will assume the role of vice president of video engineering. Jankowski is the founder and former chairman of Next Level Security Systems Inc., where he was integral in launching the company’s first fully integrated security platform. Previously, Jankowski served as CTO for Loronix, Verint and Cisco Video as a result of the acquisition of SyPixx.
“When the opportunity arose to contribute to the design and development of the next generation of DMP video systems, I was eager to get involved. I’m particularly excited about leveraging AI-enabled video analytics, edge computing, unified platform design and modern streaming technologies,” Jankowski said. “My focus is on innovating robust, integrated solutions that deliver real value, improving detection capabilities, system reliability and ease of deployment.”
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Stephen Carney will lead DMP product marketing. With over two decades of leadership experience in the security industry, Carney will lead product marketing across all DMP products, with a focus on the accelerated growth of the video platform.
Carney recently served as president of Shooter Detection Systems. Previously, he held multiple executive leadership positions at HID Global, where he led product management and marketing initiatives focused on access control, cloud solutions and mobile credentials. Carney spent 10 years with Tyco Security Products and Johnson Controls, serving as senior director of video surveillance, integration solutions and cybersecurity. Before entering the security industry, Carney practiced law and served as a Lieutenant in the US Army.
“We’re building upon years of investment in expanding our video monitoring platform,” said Brad Tucker, vice president of product management and support, DMP. “The future belongs to solutions that combine intrusion, access control, video and intelligent analytics. As the original unified platform, we’re excited to provide the most advanced experience for those who self-monitor or hire professionals.”
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