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Glen Silvestri is a Partner at Imperial Capital Partners in Toronto, Canada. Imperial is a services focused PE firm with over 25 years of history and is currently investing out of its 5th fund focusing on deals with $50-200M in enterprise value. Mr. Silvestri leads Imperial’s Business and Consumer services team which focus on investing …

A native of Pennsylvania, Rick Santorum was a candidate for the Republican nomination for President of the United States in 2012, winning 11 states and nearly 4 million votes during the Republican primary process. Prior to that, Santorum served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1991 – 1995 and in the U.S. Senate from …

Sean joined Alarm Connections as CEO in 2019 and has been focused on building the operating foundation of Alarm Connection to allow for the continued growth of its partner-centric model. Alarm Connections is a company dedicated to the success of local alarm companies, providing funding, buying power, technology and support services. A 30-year veteran in …

EyeQ Monitoring Markus Scott serves as the CEO of EyeQ Monitoring (www.eyeqmonitoring.com), an AI-enabled surveillance and business intelligence technology company located in Atlanta, GA. Markus acquired the business in 2015 and has overseen the company’s growth from 15 employees to 150 and serving customers across 37 states. Prior to EyeQ, Markus was a Partner at …

As Protect America, Inc. (PA) President and Chief Executive Officer, Scott is responsible for PA’s day-to-day-operations as well as leading the company’s customer retention, sales, marketing and technology strategy. Only the second CEO, in the company’s 25 year history, Scott assumed the role in 2014. Scott began his career at PA with a successful campaign …

Guardian Protection Services Russell Cersosimo, CEO of Guardian Protection Services, one of the Armstrong Group of Companies, began his career in the security industry in 1972 as an installer. In 1975 he founded Guardian Protection Services as a one-man operation. Under his leadership, the company has aggressively pursued a business model that is not acquisition-based, …

Ron Rothman joined AFA Protective Systems Inc. in August 2015 and is responsible for Sales, Branch Development and M&A. AFA was the country’s first Central Station fire alarm business having been established in 1873. A full service commercial security company, AFA is a leader in the installation, monitoring, test and inspection of Fire, Access, Intrusion …

Intertech Security Group, LLC Ron Petnuch is President and CEO of Intertech Security Group, LLC headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Intertech is a security integration company that designs, builds and monitors high-tech security systems for a broad and growing client base including Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, educational institutions, sports venues and transportation authorities. Intertech currently …

Alarm Industry and AFA Protective Systems, Inc. Robert Kleinman has been associated with the alarm industry and AFA Protective Systems, Inc. for the past 40 years. In his capacity as general counsel of AFA he has personally litigated or otherwise been involved with virtually every legal issue facing alarm companies. Since 1995 he has served …

Robert Flippo is the co-founder and CEO of MobileHelp.  During the past 25 years, Mr. Flippo has worked in start-up environments as well as fortune 50 companies.  He has experience in forming high-performance teams and has held executive roles at high-tech companies such as Motorola, Boca Research, and Emergin Incorporated.  He is a current member …