With the increasingly complex nature of video surveillance, access control and integrated systems that rely heavily on the IT and IP infrastructure, it was only a matter of time before someone stepped up to the market with a solution for struggling integrators overwhelmed by tech talk. Gavin Bortles, president, The Kepler Group Inc., Altadena, Calif., founded his company with the intent to be a helper to smaller and medium sized integrators — but soon found that it was the big boys who needed his services even more.
SDM spoke with Bortles about his unique role the security industry: