That’s summer over isn’t it? I hope you had a great holiday if you were fortunate to have one and let’s be honest not everyone can, so I won’t bore you about mine, and if you follow me on Facebook you will already have seen enough.
Before I left Steve Proctor was in the news, did you see it? As you know I mentioned in last month’s gossip that Gary Harmer was leaving Mayflex to Join HIKVision. He has been replaced so to speak by Steve Proctor. Now you will know that Steve has been in the industry since 1978 where he started at Abel Alarms, a long distant memory for him now of course. Steve is the Director of Sales – Security and I am sure you will join me in wishing him well. Now you may not be aware but Steve is the holder of some seven black belts, no, not the ones to hold up your trousers the ones that are of the kung fu type, actually TaeKwonDo so yep he can hurt you with his little finger, so be nice to him! To be fair he is a very gentle man so I think you will be safe, just remember that when he is selling you some of his Mayflex kit. Looking at Steve’s profile on Linkedin I see he has been endorsed by Stuart Harris who has also moved from NVT.
Yes, Stuart has moved on and joined Axis Communications. Now Stuart is just a boy as he didn’t start in the industry till 1984 also starting with an installer Modern Alarms, ah, the good old days eh. Anyway he is now at Axis. don’t tell him but I once interviewed him for a job at MVD and gave the position to someone else that will remain nameless, that was one of my life’s regrets as it was the wrong decision but never mind he has done well for himself without coming and working with me.
Now let’s drop over to Wales as it seems that DVS are now recruiting look-a-likes! Yes they have appointed Jason Bezuidenhout (pictured) as Area Sales Manager. Does he look like Scott Douglas or what, ok not an exact match I will give you that, but nonetheless. He is looking after Scotland but with a name like that I’m not sure he is Scottish, but I’m sure I will find out as we will be up there in the Hilton Hotel on the September 5, our latest stop in the ST17 events. By the way the guys at DVS are still looking to recruit a few more people so give Scott a call if you are looking for a new challenge. The real Scott not Jason lol.
Maciej Polak has been appointed the new Product Marketing Manager for Tyco Security Products Intrusion brands for the EMEA region. Maciej, who holds an MA in Administration as well as an MBA from the University of Warsaw, is a sales and marketing professional. He has worked within the electronic security industry since 2002 during which he has performed application engineering and sales roles for Tyco Security Products and Visonic in Central and Eastern Europe. Most recently he has been responsible for presentations and technical training of the Tyco Security Products’ DSC, Bentel and Visonic intrusion brands.
PervasID a provider of RFID reader technology has announced the appointment of Peter Jackson as Vice President of Global Sales. Following the company’s recent launch of its “world first” near 100pc accurate wide-area passive RFID detection Space Ranger 9200 technology, PervasID has appointed Peter Jackson to head sales expansion and partner channels world-wide for their patented product range. Peter joins on the back of trials with retailers. Peter has over 20 years’ experience building new divisions in PLCs. As Sales Director of Checkpoint he was responsible for growth and expansion in the European Loss Prevention technology market, including RFID, EAS Tagging and CCTV. Peter is a member of a number of industry organisations.
In brief:
The British Security Industry Association (BSIA) has appointed Peter Jack as the association’s new technical officer. This follows the departure of Paul Phillips, and the promotion of Stephen Lappet to Technical Manager.
The millimetre-wave wireless product company Siklu has signed a distribution agreement with Norbain.
The access security product manufacturer TDSi has appointed a new Finance and Operations Director, Paula Warburton.
Dates for your diary
Hope to see you in the Hilton Hotel in Glasgow, (that’s William Street if you were unsure). As usual we have the charity dinner on the night before so do come and join us the more the merrier but bring your cash it is a charity night of course i.e. Monday September 4, and the Exhibition kicks off with bacon butties at 8:30 on September 5. Do come along as my guest but register so we can make sure we have enough butties – https://professionalsecurity.co.uk/security-twenty17-register/.
Another date for you to put in your diary is the Worshipful Company of Security Professionals spring ball. Yep miles away, but it does sell out fast as it’s a very successful event. The 2018 one is Saturday, March 3, so contact Peter French at SSR for your tickets; email [email protected]. This year the entertainment is a tribute to Stevie Wonder and a bunch of his friends. Price is £125 inclusive of VAT.
