SIA Insightful Practitioner Award
Recognizing Excellence in Promoting the Implementation of Innovative Security Solutions
About the Insightful Practitioner Award
The Insightful Practitioner Award is presented to a security practitioner who demonstrates leadership and excellence in promoting the implementation of innovative security solutions through education, advocacy and teamwork with the security industry and other stakeholders. The SIA Insightful Practitioner Award is presented at the SIA Celebrates & Honors event.
2025 SIA Insightful Practitioner Award Recipient: Jonathan Aguila
SIA has named Jonathan Aguila as the 2025 recipient of the SIA Insightful Practitioner Award. Jonathan Aguila is the global services director, systems and technology at Meta. He entered the security industry as a technician about 30 years ago and progressed through the industry, serving in roles in project management, global program management, national accounts and global accounts and then transitioning to the end-user space at Meta. Aguila previously served on the SIA Board of Directors’ Executive and has advised the SIA Executive Committee on topics that were important to end users or could create additional value for them and has shared his insights as a speaker at SIA and other industry events. He has also provided leadership and expertise in the formation of SIA’s Security Systems Technician Apprenticeship Program for security technicians and installers.
During Aguila’s board tenure, he was a constant advocate for SIA within the practitioner community and strongly contributed to the vision for creating the Security Practitioners Advancing Real Conversations (SPARC) community, a forum for technical end users within SIA. SPARC is a community of security professionals dedicated to advancing state-of-the-art security technology that provides access to cutting-edge research, training and networking opportunities for its members and works to influence the direction of security technology standards and compliance. The community has produced intelligence reports on mobile credential development trends and guidance for evaluating artificial intelligence vendors and service providers, and further resources and publications are underway.
Previous Insightful Practitioner Award Winners
- 2024: Scott M. Gross
- 2023: Brian Harrell
- 2021: Bonnie Michelman
- 2020: Jack Hanagriff
- 2019: George W. Anderson
- 2018: Guy M. Grace, Jr.
- 2017: Dave McGowan
- 2016: Dr. Lou Marciani
- 2015: Ray O’Hara
- 2014: Evelyn Meserve
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