“We congratulate the new and returning members to the SIA Board of Directors and the SIA Executive Committee – this is a remarkable group of security leaders poised to guide the association and industry forward.” – Pierre Trapanese, SIA Chairman of the Board

SILVER SPRING, Md. (PRWEB)
March 17, 2020

The Security Industry Association (SIA) welcomed a new chairman, announced its 2020 executive committee and welcomed five new members to the SIA Board of Directors at The Advance, SIA’s annual membership meeting, held virtually on Tuesday, March 17.

SIA ratified the selection of Pierre Trapanese, CEO of Northland Controls, as SIA’s chairman of the board. Trapanese has 33 years of international project and financial management experience in the security industry. He has been the sole owner of Northland Controls since 2005 and has transformed it into a global service provider with 250 Northlanders spread across offices in 5 countries.

During The Advance, SIA also announced the addition of five new voting members to the SIA Board of Directors to serve terms from 2020 to 2022:

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  Jonathan Aguila, director – systems and technology, Facebook – Global Security
• Stacy Deveraux, president, Electromechanical Solutions Group, ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions
• Mike Mathes, executive vice president, Convergint Technologies
• Erica McBride-Rapp, logistics manager, Allegion
• Tim Palmquist, vice president, Americas, Milestone Systems

Following the ratification, the SIA Executive Committee for 2020 includes:

• Chairman: Pierre Trapanese, CEO, Northland Controls
• Vice Chair: Kim Loy, ACRE LLC
• Treasurer: Scott Dunn, director, business development, Axis Communications
• Secretary: Lynn de Séve, president, GSA Schedules Inc.
• Immediate Past Chairman: Scott Schafer, principal, SMS Advisors

Additionally, three existing SIA board members – Janet Fenner, chief marketing officer at Intelligent Security Systems; John E. Mack III, executive vice president, co-head of investment banking and head of mergers and acquisitions at Imperial Capital; and Tom Nakatani, vice president of customer monitoring technology and product development at ADT – renewed their involvement in the SIA Board of Directors for an additional term.

“I am thankful to SIA for welcoming me as SIA chairman and entrusting me with the responsibilities of this role,” said Trapanese. “We congratulate the new and returning members to the SIA Board of Directors and the SIA Executive Committee – this is a remarkable group of security leaders poised to guide the association and industry forward.”

The SIA Board of Directors is comprised of industry professionals representing a broad spectrum of interests in the security industry. The full list of current board members can be found here.

During The Advance, in addition to announcing the new board chairman, new and returning board members and executive committee, SIA shared market intelligence for the year ahead and presented its annual membership awards – the SIA Chairman’s Award, Sandy Jones Volunteer of the Year Award, Committee Chair of the Year Award and Member of the Year Award.

About SIA

SIA is the leading trade association for global security solution providers, with over 1,000 innovative member companies representing thousands of security leaders and experts who shape the future of the security industry. SIA protects and advances its members’ interests by advocating pro-industry policies and legislation at the federal and state levels, creating open industry standards that enable integration, advancing industry professionalism through education and training, opening global market opportunities and collaborating with other like-minded organizations. As the premier sponsor of ISC Events expos and conferences, SIA ensures its members have access to top-level buyers and influencers, as well as unparalleled learning and network opportunities. SIA also enhances the position of its members in the security marketplace through SIA GovSummit, which brings together private industry with government decision makers, and Securing New Ground, the security industry’s top executive conference for peer-to-peer networking.

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David was selected to lead Denovo’s continued success in serving this growing market. We believe that his strong leadership skills, well-rounded experience, and proven track record will help lead Denovo into the future.

BOULDER, Colo. (PRWEB)
March 17, 2020

Denovo, a leading provider of managed enterprise resource planning (ERP) and IT services, is pleased to announce that David Shimoni has been named President and CEO.

Shimoni has over 30 years of executive experience working for global tech companies. He was recently the President and CEO of PlumChoice, a company that delivered tech-enabled support services to the consumer and SMB markets. There, he led the company through a major improvement in financial performance and service quality resulting in the acquisition by Allstate Insurance.

Prior to that, Shimoni served as the President and CEO of Mformation Software Technologies, a leading provider of mobile device management (MDM) solutions. There, he refocused the company on the high growth IoT market, leading to an acquisition by Alcatel-Lucent.

Over the past three decades, David has held C-level roles in multiple technology companies in the enterprise software, IoT, and telecom markets.

“ERP systems are critical to enterprises, but complex to manage. There is significant and growing demand for outsourced ERP support, and Denovo stands apart from competitors as a true specialist in this market.” said Gillis Cashman, Managing Partner at M/C Partners and Denovo’s Chairman of the Board. “David was selected to lead Denovo’s continued success in serving this growing market. We believe that his strong leadership skills, well-rounded experience, and proven track record will help lead Denovo into the future.”

“I’m thrilled to join Denovo. The company provides a clear and enduring value proposition to its customers and I look forward to showing new enterprise and mid-market businesses what we’re capable of.” said Shimoni. “As ERP Experts, we implement and operate our Customer’s mission critical applications enabling them to focus on running their business”.

About Denovo

Established in 2003, Denovo Ventures, LLC is a full-service enterprise hosting/cloud computing, application managed services, managed disaster recovery and professional services firm with extensive expertise in designing, implementing and supporting enterprise software.

Denovo is a proud Oracle Platinum Partner. Denovo’s team of over 300 Oracle resources have a combined 3,600+ years of Oracle experience. This includes successfully completing JD Edwards, Oracle E-Business Suite, and Oracle ERP Cloud implementation projects for a wide variety of commercial and public-sector clients. The company is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado. For more information on who Denovo is, please visit our website at Denovo-us.com.

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“I am excited to join the firm at a time when interest rate and commodity price volatility are front and center and look forward to allowing our clients to manage both from an integrated platform,” said Rob Sabo.

THE WOODLANDS, Texas (PRWEB)
March 17, 2020

AEGIS Energy Risk (“AEGIS”), the leading fintech and advisory solutions provider for commodity and rate hedging, announced today that Robert Sabo has joined the company as its Director of Rate Advisory.

“Our clients look to us as a trusted advisor for managing commodity price risk,” said Bryan Sansbury, CEO of AEGIS. “Given the capital intensity and significant floating rate risk in our clients’ businesses, interest rate advisory is a natural extension to our platform and services.”

Robert joins AEGIS from Rabobank, where he most recently served as an Executive Director, responsible for providing interest rate and commodity advisory and derivative hedging product solutions for the global bank’s domestic food production and agricultural client base.

Before joining Rabobank, Robert spent over 20 years in interest rate and commodity consulting, derivatives hedging, and leadership roles covering a broad range of middle market and large corporate clientele across a multitude of industries with firms such as HedgeWerks Risk Management, ABN AMRO Bank, LaSalle Bank, and CIBC.

Robert graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Finance and Business Economics with Honors from the University of Michigan. Robert has also successfully received a Master of Business Administration degree in Finance from the University of Chicago.

“AEGIS is the recognized leader in hedge advisory. The platform – including View, Engage and Flow – is reshaping the way producers manage commodity and rate risk,” said Robert Sabo. “I am excited to join the firm at a time when interest rate and commodity price volatility are front and center and look forward to allowing our clients to manage both from an integrated platform.”

About AEGIS Energy Risk

AEGIS Energy Risk is the leading fintech and advisory solutions provider for commodity and rate hedging markets, having been recognized as the Hedge Advisor of the Year for the last 3 years by Energy Risk Magazine. AEGIS’ proprietary Engage and Flow software platforms and unmatched depth in the commodity and rate hedging markets combine to power companies, investors and lenders as they deploy, grow, and protect capital. For more information, please visit AEGIS-energy.com.

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Joining CoolIT at this stage of the company’s growth was an easy decision for me,” said Steve Walton. “CoolIT is already trusted by the industry’s largest players and I will be investing in increasing our expertise and further strengthening these relationships.

CALGARY, Alberta (PRWEB)
March 17, 2020

Board of Directors Chair, Dean Prodan, commented, “We are thrilled to welcome Steve Walton to the CoolIT team. Steve’s experience as a strategy driven, results oriented leader will allow CoolIT to continue scaling quickly while delivering the best quality products to a constantly evolving market.”

“Joining CoolIT at this stage of the company’s growth was an easy decision for me,” said Steve Walton. “CoolIT is already trusted by the industry’s largest players and I will be investing in increasing our expertise and further strengthening these relationships.”

With over 20 years of international experience scaling technology companies, streamlining their operations, and increasing global and regional market share, Steve is a natural fit for CoolIT Systems and their next stage of growth. Before joining CoolIT Systems, Steve led AC Photonics through significant growth while also introducing solutions to increase operational efficiency and exceeding the corporation’s financial objectives.

Before AC Photonics, Steve held several executive roles at MicroTechnologies, Huntington Capital PE Group, and WFM, focusing on growth strategies.

Steve holds Bachelor degrees in both Finance and Mechanical Engineering, and an MBA in Finance.

About CoolIT Systems

CoolIT Systems specializes in scalable liquid cooling solutions the world’s most demanding high performance computing environments. In the desktop enthusiast market, CoolIT provides unparalleled performance for a range of gaming systems. Through its modular, rack-based Direct Liquid Cooling technology, Rack DLC™, CoolIT enables dramatic increases in rack densities, component performance and power efficiencies. CoolIT partners with the global leaders in OEM server design to provide the most efficient and reliable liquid cooling solutions that provide high performance cooling for their own leading-edge products. Together, CoolIT and its partners are leading the way for widespread adoption of high-performance computing.

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