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Central Security Group – CEO Richard Ginsburg is currently President and CEO of Central Security Group, the 8th largest residential security and home automation company in the United States. He is also a non-managing partner at G3 Capital Partners, a Miami-based venture capital fund with investments in a half dozen recurring revenue focused companies in the …

Matthew M. Polka is responsible for the daily operations and affairs of the American Cable Association, an 850-member non-profit association dedicated to serving the interests of independent, smaller and medium-sized broadband, cable and phone businesses across the United States. The Association, whose cable, telco and municipal members serve nearly 7 million subscribers primarily in smaller/rural …

Operating partner with Seguin Partners Peter Michel, an operating partner with Seguin Partners, is an accomplished senior executive with a career distinguished by achievement in both business and government. Mr. Michel has led several technology-based service companies as Chief Executive Officer. He is a recognized leader in the security services industry, and was formerly CEO …

Rich Perry has been active in the electronic security industry as an investor and operator for more than 30 years, and is founder and principal at Perry Companies, Inc., a family office focusing on service- oriented recurring revenue businesses. Rich is currently CEO and President of Ackerman Security Systems, the nation’s 14th largest (based on …

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney Penny E. Zacharias is an attorney with the Pittsburgh office of Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, where she focuses her practice on debt financing and secured transactions, including origination of asset-based and acquisition financing, leveraged finance and other lending transactions. Penny has also handled the structuring and documenting of large syndicated transactions. …

President & CEO SAFE Security Mr. Sargenti founded SAFE in 1988. As President and CEO, Mr. Sargenti directs company growth by setting strategic corporate goals and objectives, developing and implementing tactics to achieve those goals, and oversight of company policies and procedures. He is actively involved in SAFE’s marketing and sales, including deal acquisitions and …

Select Security Patrick Egan has served in the security industry for more than 40 years, starting with the founding of his first company, Commonwealth Security, in 1971. Commonwealth grew to be the largest independent security installer in the region, and was named the “Dealer of the Year” by SDM Magazine in 1982. His dedication to …

Luis Orbegoso is President of ADT Business. He is responsible for developing and executing the company’s strategy to grow the security and automation segment serving small and commercial businesses. In his role, Luis focuses on delivering unwavering service and innovative product offerings that address business owners’ wide range of needs. Luis joined ADT in May …

Sean O’Neill is the CEO of American Security Systems. Mr. O’Neill founded AltEquity, an entrepreneurial investment company, and acquired American in 2015. Mr. O’Neill has a strong track record of investing in and growing businesses after nearly 15 years in private equity, operations, and financial advisory. He made his debut in the security industry in …

Monitronics Mike Meyers joined Monitronics in 1996 as Vice President and CFO. During his tenure the Company has grown from approximately $10 million in revenue to more than $500 million and from 20,000 subscribers to over 1,000,000 in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and Canada. Subsequent to Monitronics acquisition by Ascent Media Corporation in 2010 …