Leading Executives in Security and Fire Alarm Services
Magnus Ahlqvist
President & CEO, Securitas AB
Global chief of one of the world’s largest security services providers, steering the post‑Stanley Security integration and margin-improvement program toward an 8% operating margin target in 2025.
Jeffrey Atkins
President & Co‑founder, Rapid Response Monitoring
Co‑founder who has led the wholesale monitoring firm’s growth to dual, fully redundant UL/FM command centers and industry recognition over three decades.
Russell (Russ) Becker
President & CEO, APi Group
Heads one of the largest fire and life‑safety services platforms globally, accelerating growth through acquisitions (including Chubb Fire & Security) and an ‘inspection‑first’ strategy.
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Tony Byerly
Global President, Securitas Technology
Veteran integrator who leads Securitas’ global technology arm after senior roles at Diebold and Stanley CSS, shaping strategy for electronic security worldwide.
Stephan Crétier
Founder, Chairman, President & CEO, GardaWorld
Founder who built GardaWorld from a $25,000 start‑up into a C$14B global security group and in 2025 led a recapitalization to majority management ownership.
Jim DeVries
Chairman, President & CEO, ADT Inc.
Leads the U.S. smart home and small‑business security leader as Chairman, President & CEO, adding new execs and capabilities to drive product and customer growth.
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Ann Fandozzi
Chief Executive Officer, Convergint
Fourth‑time CEO brought in 2024 to lead the world’s top systems integrator (by SDM ranking) through its next phase of global growth in security and life safety.
Steve Jones
Global Chairman & CEO, Allied Universal
Global chairman & CEO who grew the company to $20B+ revenue and ~750,000 employees, including the 2021 acquisition of G4S.
Daren Lopez
Chief Executive Officer (USA), Prosegur Security (USA)
Elevated from COO to CEO of Prosegur Security USA in April 2025 to drive tech‑enabled guarding and systems integration growth across North America.
William Niles
Chief Executive Officer, Brinks Home
Restructuring‑minded leader steering one of North America’s largest residential alarm monitoring brands through operational upgrades and new executive hires.
Pamela J. Petrow
President & CEO, Vector Security
Long‑tenured CEO credited with building Vector’s national accounts and integration capabilities; an industry award‑winning executive voice.
David Porter
Chief Operating Officer, Vivint (an NRG company)
COO helping integrate security with energy management on NRG’s consumer platform, with Vivint recognized as 2025 Connected Home Company of the Year.
Bart Proctor
Chief Executive Officer, Pye‑Barker Fire & Safety
CEO leading the industry’s fastest‑growing U.S. fire/life‑safety consolidator, integrating 50+ acquisitions in 2024 to expand to 46 states.
Thomas Quante
President, Bosch Building Technologies
Oversees Bosch’s global building technologies portfolio, including fire detection and security systems solutions and services.
Matthias Rebellius
CEO, Smart Infrastructure (Siemens AG Managing Board), Siemens Smart Infrastructure
Board member who leads Siemens’ Smart Infrastructure business—driving building automation, access and fire safety—while delivering record profitability targets.
Steve Richards
Chief Executive Officer, Becklar (AvantGuard, Eyeforce)
Veteran operator scaling a connected‑safety platform by unifying AvantGuard and Eyeforce into ‘Becklar Monitoring’ for AI‑driven critical‑event monitoring.
Steve Trundle
President & CEO, Alarm.com
Founder‑CEO who built the category‑defining SaaS platform behind thousands of dealers’ interactive security, video and automation services.
Steve Van Till
Founder & CEO, Brivo
Cloud access‑control pioneer and standards leader who helped popularize mobile credentials and open APIs in physical security.
Joakim Weidemanis
Chief Executive Officer, Johnson Controls
Appointed CEO in March 2025 to lead the global building solutions giant—spanning fire detection/suppression and services—through its next transformation.
Don Young
Chief Executive Officer, Everon (formerly ADT Commercial)
Named CEO in June 2025 to scale the U.S. integrator rebranded from ADT Commercial, ranked among the top three U.S. security providers.
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