International Relations Committee

The SIA International Relations Committee works to internationally represent and advocate for SIA members in the security industry. The committee serves as an authoritative resource for SIA members and their partners in priority international security markets beginning with the security market in Latin America. The committee is the oversight body charged with developing and executing SIA’s international outreach strategies and programming objectives designed to promote international cooperation and marketing opportunities between SIA members and various international security companies and security industry trade associations.

Key committee efforts include:

• Presenting webinar series and white papers
• Hosting committee and SIA networking programs
• Supporting SIA’s RISE and Women in Security Forum communities in the region
• Mentoring next-generation security leaders
• Conducting outreach to colleges and universities
• Providing model program templates to SIA members operating in aligned markets
• Serving as spokesperson for SIA’s activities and about given markets to media, independent research firms and the community

Meet the Committee Members

• Chair: Mariana Ramírez, regional marketing manager, Latin America, Axis Communications
• Vice Chair: Vanesa Cabral, LATAM director, Convergint
• Immediate Past Chair: Jason de Souza, managing director, LATAM and the Caribbean, Genetec
• Johana Arias, sales director, Latam, Milestone Systems
• Virginia Baez, regional sales manager, Central America and the Caribbean, Tyco Security Solutions, Johnson Controls
• Juan Pablo Coletti, technology director, Prosegur
• Giovanni Cordero, regional marketing manager, Motorola Solutions
• Humberto de la Vega, CEO, SIASA
• Juan Pablo Forno, vice president of sales, inner range Americas and Wesco Fire Security Solutions, Wesco
• Carolina Restelli, regional marketing manager LATAM, HID
• Mauricio Swain, chief revenue officer, Grupo Kabat
• Tino Urbino, national enterprise account executive West USA, Mexico, Commend Americas