This website requires certain cookies to work and uses other cookies to help you have the best experience. By visiting this website, certain cookies have already been set, which you may delete and block. By closing this message or continuing to use our site, you agree to the use of cookies. Visit our updated privacy and cookie policy to learn more.
This Website Uses Cookies
By closing this message or continuing to use our site, you agree to our cookie policy. Learn More
This website requires certain cookies to work and uses other cookies to help you have the best experience. By visiting this website, certain cookies have already been set, which you may delete and block. By closing this message or continuing to use our site, you agree to the use of cookies. Visit our updated privacy and cookie policy to learn more.
SDMmag logo
search
cart
facebook twitter linkedin youtube
  • Sign In
  • Create Account
  • Sign Out
  • My Account
SDMmag logo
  • Home
  • Magazine
    • Current Issue
    • Digital Editions
    • Archives
    • Monitoring Today
    • Professional Security Canada
  • Products
  • Newswire
  • Exclusives
    • SDM 100 Report
    • Top Systems Integrators Report
    • Annual Industry Forecast
    • State of the Market Series
    • Dealer of the Year
    • Systems Integrator of the Year
    • TMA Monitoring Center Excellence Awards
    • Blog
    • PSA Leadership Institute
  • Topics
    • Trends & Industry Issues
    • Video Solutions
    • Access Control & Identification
    • Smart Home
    • More SDM Topics
  • Columns
    • Editor's Angle
    • 5-Minute Tech Quiz
    • Security & the Law
    • Security Networkings
    • Digital Shuffle
    • Technology @ Work
    • Insider News & Business
    • Today's Systems Integrator
    • Marketing Madmen
    • Sales Stars
    • Smart Insights
  • Events
    • Industry Calendar
    • SDM 100 Gala @ ESX
    • Webinars
  • More
    • Videos
    • Podcasts
    • ISC West 2019
    • Photo Galleries
    • Newsletters
    • Classified Ads
    • SDM Store
    • White Papers
    • Sponsor Insights
    • More Resources
  • Directories
    • Buyers Guide
    • Take a Tour
    • Guide to Distributors
    • Guide to Central Stations & Monitoring
  • Contact
  • Advertise
Home » Ackerman Outgrows Headquarters
SDM Newswire

Ackerman Outgrows Headquarters

September 26, 2011
KEYWORDS demonstration center / VPN tunnel
Reprints
No Comments

Ackerman Security Systems, Atlanta, moved from its 11,000-square-foot headquarters into a new 32,000-square-foot facility to accommodate its rapid expansion and provide new jobs for the city.

The building, which previously housed a telemarketing company, was a simple shell that Ackerman built out according to its own specifications. The expanded space will accommodate the company’s recent growth. In 2009, for instance, Ackerman grew 40 percent over the previous year.

One of the most challenging aspects of the move may have been relocating Ackerman’s UL and CSAA Five Diamond Certified monitoring center. Moving the central station was accomplished over a two-week time frame. “We took half of the existing central station and moved it to the new building with a VPN tunnel between the two,” said Jim Callahan, chief operating officer. “We operated that way for a week to make sure everything ran smoothly at the new central station. Once we were satisfied, we brought the other half over to the new building. Moving the rest of the company happened in a three-day time frame.”

The new facility includes a state-of-the-art demonstration center. “The purpose of the demo center is for commercial prospects to come in and see how the latest technology works as part of the process of making a decision,” Callahan explains. “We want to show all of the various functionalities of new technologies. Instead of going to the manufacturer’s websites to do a demo, we can bring customers to our offices and demonstrate functionalities of the systems they’re contemplating buying in different lighting conditions, or show them how to enroll cards into a system.”

Ackerman, which serves approximately 70,000 customers in Atlanta, currently has 258 employees and expects to increase its workforce by 25 percent in the coming year. “Some of that will be sales and also customer service and service technicians,” Callahan said. “From 2007 to 2011 we will have doubled our RMR base.” There are also plans to open additional branches in 2012 and beyond.

“We’ve made a concentrated effort to grow the size of the company,” he said. “We have 65 residential sales representatives in our Atlanta office. Nobody else I’ve heard of has that in one office.”

Ackerman was ranked No. 27 in the 2011 SDM 100. Callahan said, “We have aspirations to be in the top 15 in the next five to seven years.” — By Sabrina Gasulla, Associate Editor.

Subscribe to SDM Magazine

Related Articles

Ackerman Outgrows Headquarters, Opens New Atlanta Facility

Ackerman Furthers Strong Growth Strategy with New President

Edmonds Group Advises Imperial Capital and OPTrust on Acquisition of Ackerman

Ackerman Security Systems Receives Five Diamond Central Station Certification

Related Products

The Facility Manager's Guide to Safety and Security

Related Directories

Audio America

Electrical Distributing Inc.

UCC - United Central Control

You must login or register in order to post a comment.

Report Abusive Comment

Subscribe For Free!
  • Print & Digital Edition Subscriptions
  • SDM eNewsletter & Other eNews Alerts
  • Online Registration
  • Subscription Customer Service

More Videos

Sponsored Content What Is Sponsored Content

Sponsored Content is a special paid section where industry companies provide high quality, objective, non-commercial content around topics of interest to the SDM audience. All Sponsored Content is supplied by the advertising company. Interested in participating in our Sponsored Content section? Contact your local rep.

Close
Featureimage_900x550__ovl0jlkbbj__
Sponsored By
Schneider Electric

New Digital Load Management System Drives Productivity and Enables New Business Models

Motor starter selection and configuration has always been a labor-intensive task. To address this challenge, machine builders and system integrators must adopt new technologies that simplify motor starter selection, installation, configuration and maintenance.

Popular Stories

Dealer of the Year(2019)

SDM 2019 Dealer of the Year: CPI Security of Charlotte, NC

Shiver Security

Shiver Security Expands With the Acquisition of Four Companies

GettyImages-1087183206

Whatever Happened to the Prediction of a Mass Extinction of Security Dealers?

STANLEY

STANLEY Security Partners With Indianapolis Colts to Honor Local ‘Security Champion’

Aiphone

Go Above & Beyond for Effective Emergency Communication/Notification

SDM 2019 Top Systems Integrators Report

Events

January 1, 2030

Webinar Sponsorship Information

For webinar sponsorship information, visit www.bnpevents.com/webinars or email webinars@bnpmedia.com.

View All Submit An Event

Poll

Hiring Women in Security

Has your company made any efforts in the past year to specifically hire and/or promote women in managerial/executive positions? (Please select the best answer.)
View Results Poll Archive

Products

Contemporary Security Management, 4th Edition

Contemporary Security Management, 4th Edition

 Contemporary Security Management, 3rd Edition teaches security professionals how to operate an efficient security department and how to integrate smoothly with other groups inside and outside their own organizations. 

See More Products

SDM Magazine

_FC_SDM1219 cover 144x192

2019 December

Check out SDM Magazine’s December 2019 issue, featuring "CPI’s Key to Success Is Controlling ‘the Experience’ in-House", "Monitoring Services: The Cutting Edge", and much more.

Check back throughout the month for new content!

View More Create Account
  • Resources
    • List Rental
    • Online Exclusives
    • Industry Innovations
    • Partners
    • Privacy Policy
    • Survey And Sample
  • Want More
    • Subscribe
    • Connect

Copyright ©2019. All Rights Reserved BNP Media.

Design, CMS, Hosting & Web Development :: ePublishing