SDM spoke with Leonid Levit, chairman of the Steering Committee, ONVIF, and Chris Wetzel, principal at CGL Technologies and executive board member of Security-Net, about cloud-based video solutions.

SDM sat down with Bert Bongard, president & CEO LVC Companies (No. 22), and Marc Gemellaro, president & CEO GSI (No. 15), two companies that ranked on our 2023 Top Systems Integrators Report. Bert and Marc talk success in the industry, and the philosophies that drive it.

SDM spoke with Tyson Johns, senior vice president of security monitoring operations at Interface Systems, about Interface’s 20 years of Five Diamond Certification.

SDM spoke with Steve Jones, global CEO of Allied Universal, about his recent media statement about security professionals as well as Allied Universal’s GoFundMe to support employees affected by the recent deadly Maui fire.

SDM spoke with John Nemerofsky, vice chair of the FAST board of directors and COO at Sage Integration, and Ken Kocher of Force Security, who is treasurer of FAST and serves on its board of directors, about FAST's new initiative: the Security Technician of the Year Awards.

SDM spoke with: Eric Gardner, president of alarm division, Pye-Barker (no. 9); Markus Scott, CEO, Eye Q Monitoring (no. 29); and Joseph Lynch, CEO, Minuteman Security (no. 47), to discuss their success, growth and the challenges they overcame to achieve said success and growth.

SDM spoke with the following guests about sustainability in the security industry: Erin Spadavecchia, program manager for sustainability, ASSA ABLOY; Steve Beaudry, director of the Northeast business area, Axis Communications; and Greg Mora, global product management leader, Johnson Controls.