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Insights from SIA’s Chairman: D-Block Spectrum for First Responder Communications

The terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 brought to challenges first responders face with electronic communications to the forefront. The lack of reliable interoperable communications led to fire fighters not being aware that police officers had received orders to evacuate the second World Trade tower after the first collapsed. Fire fighters lost their lives because…

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SIA Member Profile: Mary Grace (MG) Karch, Director of Business Development, Security Division, NICE Systems, Inc.

How did you get into the Security Industry? I was really drawn to the security industry after 9/11. Like every American, I will never forget that day and the complete feeling of helplessness that came over me. At that point in my career I was working in the IT industry for a leading search engine…

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SIA Member Profile: Laurie Aaron, Executive Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer, Building Intelligence Inc.

How did you get into the Security Industry? I took the long way home when it came to getting my college degree. I was working as a Project Engineering Associate at United Technologies Space & Sea Systems and going to school nights to get my Engineering degree. Although coordinating projects for the space shuttle was…

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SIA Member Profile: Robert V Jones – CISSP, President & CEO, PReSafe Technologies

How did you get into the Security Industry? Cybersecurity was one of my direct responsibilities in my role as a senior technology executive with the IEEE covering both enterprise technology service for staff and subscription based ecommerce services with revenues over $200M annually. I always enjoyed the opportunities that cybersecurity presents to learn and develop…

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SIA Member Profile: Jurgen Heller, Director of Business Development, Advancis Software North America

How did you get into the Security Industry? Initially I started 20 years ago in the telecommunication business, a very fast growing sector. I became involved when the first video over IP product had been developed, which by contrast wasn’t a big market at that time. This all changed with 9/11 when the security market…

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