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Alex Chavez

Alex Chavez

Alex Chavez is co-founder of Security Dealer Marketing, a full-service marketing agency for the security industry, servicing dealers, integrators, manufacturers and other industry professionals. Visit Security Dealer Marketing at www.sdmktg.com.

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Paul Cronin

Paul Cronin

Paul Cronin is a facilitator of excellence at CroninCorp and serves on the boards of several industry vendor and partner advisory councils. Paul’s consulting services help integrators accelerate growth and create a culture that embraces change. Connect with Paul on LinkedIn or contact him at Paul@cronincorp.com.

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Maya Dollarhide

Maya Dollarhide

Maya Dollarhide is an SDM contributing writer. She holds a master’s degree from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism and worked as a managing editor in BNP Media’s Custom Publishing Division and is a former SDM associate editor.

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Dave Engebretson

Dave Engebretson

Dave Engebretson is the President of Slayton Solutions and has been connecting and occasionally frying pieces of alarm and video equipment since 1977. Visit his website www.slaytonsolutionsltd.com and check out his online and self-study training packages for fiber optics, IP networking, and proper connector installation and testing.

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Lessing E. Gold

Lessing E. Gold

Lessing E. Gold of Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp is counsel to the California Alarm Association and a contributing legal columnist. He can be reached at sdm@bnpmedia.com.

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Karyn Hodgson

Karyn Hodgson

As the Editor-in-Chief of SDM, Karyn Hodgson is responsible for the overall editorial direction of the magazine, its supplements, e-newsletters and website. She works with the SDM editorial staff to develop content that helps security dealers and systems integrators operate successful businesses. Karyn represents SDM at trade shows and conferences, and directs exclusive research studies such as the SDM Industry Forecast. She also manages SDM’s Dealer of the Year and Systems Integrator of the Year Award programs. Karyn has an MSJ in Journalism (magazine publishing) degree from Northwestern University, and more than 25 years’ experience writing for and about the security industry. Contact Karyn with article ideas.

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David Morgan

David Morgan

David Morgan is co-founder of Security Dealer Marketing, a full-service marketing agency for the security industry, servicing dealers, integrators, manufacturers and other industry professionals. Visit Security Dealer Marketing at www.sdmktg.com.

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Roy Pollack

Roy Pollack

Roy Pollack, CPP, SET, holds Level IV certification in the field of fire alarms from NICET is currently the director of Compliance for Devcon Security Services Corp., Hollywood, Fla., and may be reached at sdmtechtips@bnpmedia.com.

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Amanda Reed

Amanda Reed

As SDM Staff Editor, Amanda Reed is responsible for managing the news department in the digital edition and on the website. Amanda manages the SDM E-News and Today’s Systems Integrator e-newsletters and is the person behind SDM’s social media posts on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. She received bachelor’s degrees in communication/rhetoric and nonfiction writing from the University of Pittsburgh.

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Courtney Wolfe

Courtney Wolfe

As SDM Managing Editor, Courtney Wolfe writes exclusive cover stories, feature-length articles and case studies. She also manages SDM’s Monitoring Today supplements. Courtney received her bachelor’s degree in multimedia journalism from Columbia College Chicago.

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Frank Abram
Steve Adams
Steve Adams
Larry Adams
John Aisien
John Aisien
Dean C. Alexander
Dean C. Alexander
Larry Anderson
Jonas Andersson
Candice Aragon
Nadia Askar
Associated Press
Charles Aulner
Peter Aylett

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Brianna K. Bachrach
Brian Baker
Dr. Bob Banerjee
Dr. Bob Banerjee
Michelle Bangert
Michael Barnes
Rob Baxter
Julie Beach
Robert Bean
Bob Beliles
Anthony Berticelli
Celia T. Besore
Peter Boriskin
Carey Borkoski Ph.D.
Carey Borkoski Ph.D.
Tracey Boucher
Bill Bozeman
Bill Bozeman, CPP
Bill Bozeman, CPP
Eric Brackett
John M. Brady
Jeremy Brecher
Tim Brooks
Bud Broomhead
Ian Bryant
Giorgio Bucci

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Jason Caldwell
Kevin Campbell
Sapna Capoor
Sapna Capoor
Bob Carfolo
Brian Carle
Laura Carruthers
Pamela Casale
Pamela Casale
Sam Cavitt
Carolyn Chapin, Senior Edi
Lou Chavez
Gregory J. Chevalier
Gregory J. Chevalier
John H. Christman, CPP and Charles A. Sennewald, CPP
John H. Christman, CPP and Charles A. Sennewald, CPP
Jim Cogswell
Jim Coleman
Alin V. Colocioiu
Allan Colombo
Pete Combs
Tom Conaway
Tom Conaway
Thomas Connaughton
Gary Cunningham and Mike Wallace, Contributing Editor for IFPO Protection Officer News
Gary Cunningham and Mike Wallace, Contributing Editor for IFPO Protection Officer News

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Morgan Luciana Danner
Jason David
Sandi Davies
Sandi Davies
Daniil Davydoff
Frank De Fina
Andre De Greco
Bob Decker
Bob Decker
Scott Detienne
Scott Detienne
Dr. Travis Deyle
David Dineen
Jeffrey Dingle
Jeffrey Dingle
Greg Dixon
Bob Dolan
Ronald Dubois Ph.D.
Ronald Dubois Ph.D.
Dwight Dumpert
Dwight Dumpert
Dwight Dumpert
Dan Dunkel
Marcus Dunn

E

Bob Ehlers
Dale R. Eller
Dr. Susan Ellerin
David Elliott
David Engebretson
Joan Engebretson
David Engebretson
David Engebretson
Carol Enman
Joe Essma

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Tim Fausch
David Feeney
Shahar Feldman
Janet Fenner
Aluisio Figuiredo
Suzanne Finch
Suzanne Finch
Lou Fiore
Dave Fowler
Cynthia Freschi
Cynthia Freschi

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Russ Gager
John Gaillard
Scott R. Gane
Scott R. Gane
Kim Garcia
Greg Gardner
Greg Gardner
Sabrina Gasulla
Sabrina Gasulla
David George
Peter P. Giacalone
Joe Gittens
Hank Goldberg
Audrey Gorden
Gretchen Gordon
Grant Gosizk
Priyanka Gouthaman
Priyanka Gouthaman
Ian Greene
Paul Grossinger
Paul Grossinger
Martin C. Guay
Merlin Guilbeau

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Thomas P. Hammerberg SET, CFP
Thomas P. Hammerberg
Malcolm B. Hammond
Timothy A. Hannibal
Timothy A. Hannibal
Kathleen Hannon
Dion Hansen
Erin Harrington
Erin Hartje
Jay Hauhn
Mike Havens
Mike Havens
Ronald Hawkins
Bob Hayes
Helen M. Heneveld
Gijs van den Heuvel
Rob Hile
Mark Hillenburg
Eve Hinman Ph.D.
Eve Hinman Ph.D.
Jim Hoffpauir
Dennis Holzer
Dave Homet
Dave Homet
John Honovich
Chuck Hotchkiss
Charles P. Howes
Charles P. Howes
Chris Hugman
John Hunepohl
Steve Hunt
Steve Hunt
Steve Hunt
Steve Hunt
Steve Hunt

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Clarissa Jacobson
Clarissa Jacobson
Sunil Jain
Sunil Jain
Mark Jarman
Brad Jarvis
Pat Jaugstetter
Pat Jaugstetter
Joel Jensen
Keith Jentoft
Nigel Johnson
Nigel Johnson
Ric Johnson
Jim Johnson
Sandy Jones
Sandy Jones
Sandra Jones
Sandy Jones
Dr. Anthony Joseph
Dr. Anthony Joseph
Michael J. Joseph, Vice President, Operations, SentryNet

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Michael J. Kelly
Douglas S. Kennedy
Douglas S. Kennedy
Jay Kenny
Jay Kenny
Jay Kenny
Tom Kerber
Michael Khairallah
Michael Khairallah
Shelley A. Kirkpatrick Ph.D.
Shelley A. Kirkpatrick Ph.D.
Heather Klotz-Young
John Koch
Paul Koebbe
Helen Kolettis
Helen Kolettis
Mark Komanecky
Blake Kozak
Ken Krisby
Luke Krueger
Neil Kurlander
Neil Kurlander

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Jake Lahman
Neil Lakomiak
Greg Lamb
John Landwehr
John Landwehr
Scott Lane
Tony Lapolito
Tony Lapolito
Baird Larson
Ron Lashier
Rick Ramsay Last
Nathan Leaphart
Kevin Lee
Kevin Lee
Kevin Lehan
Arno Lentz
Arno Lentz
Scott Lindley
Annie Lindstrom
Manny Linhares
Matthew Lopez

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Klaus Majewski
Klaus Majewski
Umberto Malesci
Cosimo Malesci
Steve Malia
William S. Malik, CISA
William S. Malik, CISA
Bruce Mandelblit
Bruce Mandelblit
Gurpreet Manes
David Margulies
David Margulies
David Margulies
Stephen Mark
Stephen Mark
Jennifer Martin
Jennifer Martin
Stan Martin
Hosei Maruyama
Hosei Maruyama
Greg Massott
Dave Mayne
Michael McCann
Michael McCann
Brooks McChesney
Brooks McChesney
Leo McCloskey
Mark McCourt
Mark McCourt
Mindi McCracken
Ric McCullough
Maggie McFadden
Mark McLain
Nick McLain
Shawn McNichols
Shawn McNichols
Gary Mech
Gary Mech
Tom Mechler
Rich Mellott
John Mesenbrink
John Mesenbrink
Paul Metzheiser
Claire Meyer
Claire Meyer
Marty Minchin
Laura Mitchell
Robert Moeller
Robert Moeller
Ram Mohan Contributi
Ram Mohan Contributi
Hank Monaco
Travis Moran
Glen Mowrey
Robert Muehlbauer
Shannon Murphy

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Thomas Nakatani
Ron Nelson
John Nemerofsky
Fredrik Nilsson
Dan Nitzan
Paul Nowak
Cathryn Noyes
Joe Nuccio
Joe Nuccio

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Ann O' Connor
Tim O'Connell
Tim O'Connell
Timothy O'Connell
Deborah O’Mara
Brian Offenberger
Jack Ogden
Carol Everett Oliver
Tom Olzak
Tom Olzak

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Jimmy Palatsoukas
Tim Palmquist
Frank Parenti
Tricia Parks
Dave Pedigo
Dave Pedigo
Ronnie Pennington
Ronnie Pennington
Alan L. Pepper
Greg Peratt
Dore Scott Perler
Dore Scott Perler
Mark Peterson
Cassie Peterson
James Pettenato
Gadi Piran
Linda Pohle
Ken Poole
Christa Poss
Barry Prestage
Scott Price
Scott Price
David Price
Lisa Prosser
Meg Psiharis
Michael Pula

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Joshua Ramirez
Rick Ramsay
Joey Rao-Russell
James D. Ratley
Stuart Rawling
Angela Remmert
Derek Rice
Derek Rice
Mark Anthony Richards
Jeffrey Ricker
Steve Rissi
Diane Ritchey
Julie Ritzer Ross
Richard Roberts
Marek Robinson
Kevin Robison
Kevin Robison
J. Kevin Robison
John Robuck
Julie Rolles
John Romanowich
Jim Romeo
John Rose
Rory Russell

S

Amit Samani
Wells Sampson
Bryan Sanderford
Christian Sandstrom
Bernard J. Scaglione
Tim A. Scally
Matt Scherer
Matt Scherer
Doug Schleif
Ginger Schlueter
Steve Schmit
Glenn S. Schnitzer, CPP
Glenn S. Schnitzer, CPP
Ryan Schonfeld
Greg Schreiber
SDM Editors
Lessing E. sdm@bnpmedia.com
Olivia Sellke
Anshu Sharma
Anshu Sharma
Barbara Shaw CPLP
Maggie Shein
Dave Shepherd
Tom Sherman
Tom Sherman
Yuzo Shida
Yuzo Shida
Gerard Shirar
Gerard Shirar
Erica Shonkwiler
Roopa Shortt
Jon Siann
Dave Simon
Pamela S. Singleton
Pamela S. Singleton
Anna Sliwon
Anna Sliwon
Scott H. Smith
Ron Smith
Scott H. Smith
Ron Smith
Tyler Smith
Jeff Snyder
Jeff Snyder
Donna Soloway
Chris Spear
Chris Spear
Ivan Spector
Security Magazine Staff
BNP Media Staff
David Stang
Jeffrey Steele
Laura Stepanek
Leslie Stevens
Hollice Stone
Hollice Stone
Michael Stroberger CPO, CSS,
Michael Stroberger CPO, CSS,
Paul Strohm
Steve Surfaro
Jeff Swan
John Szczygiel

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Pete Tallman
Duane Terpstra
Duane Terpstra
Sarah Thomas
Sarah Thomas
Brian Thomas
Todd Thompson
David Ting
David Ting
Rob Traister
John Tschohl
Dave Twinam and Bob Beliles

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Monica Vago
Steve Van Till
Steve Van Till
Austin VanKirk
Mark Visbal
Vincent L. Volpi
Vincent L. Volpi
Stephan Von Schilcher

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STEVE WALKER
Ron Walters
Chris Ward
Ken Warren
Ken Warren
Nigel Waterton
Jason Weinberger
Jason Weinberger
Shawn Welsh
Ed Wenck
Tim Whall
Byron Whetstone
Patrick Whipkey
Frank A. White
Frank A. White
Lindsay Whitehurst
John Whiteman
John Wideman
Troy Wideman
Richard E. Widup, Jr. CPP
Chris Wildfoerster
Bob Wilgos
Andy Willett
Andy Willett
William R. Wipprecht
William R. Wipprecht
Erin J. Wolford
Erin J. Wolford
Mark Wood
Mark Wood
Ron Worman
Ronald F. Worst
Roy Worthington
Roy Worthington

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John Yates
John Yates
Don Young

Z

Bill Zalud
Bill Zalud
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