GHS Interactive Security LLC, Sacramento, Calif., acquired LifeLine Security and Automation Inc., Sacramento, Calif., at the end of May 2013 for an undisclosed amount. GHS was formed by Steve Baker specifically for the purpose of acquiring LifeLine. An industry veteran, Baker has had executive roles at a number of companies, including Monitronics, ADT and Westec.
LifeLine, a former Monitronics dealer, was founded in 2005 by Gordon Johnson and John Fox. The residential market security company uses a year-round, door-to-door sales business model operated by a full-time sales staff. Its two current offices in northern California, along with a GHS Dallas office set to open up in the next month or two and a Las Vegas office scheduled to open in August, according to Baker, will poise the company for growth and expansion into other markets.