I was told that telephoning the winner of SDM’s second annual Integrator of the Year awards program would be the best phone call I would make all year, and it certainly was enjoyable to hear Cynthia Freschi, president of North American Video (NAV), Brick, N.J., literally cheer when she received the news.
Her excitement made me think about the hard work required to win awards and what these awards mean to the recipients. People spend their lives toiling in the security and integration industries, putting in the extra hours on weekends, being on call 24/7, and so infrequently being thanked for it, because it is their job, isn’t it, and it’s what they’re being paid for, right?