Association management professional Illeny Maaza and security industry veteran marketer Leigh A. McGuire join The Monitoring Association headquarters staff VIENNA, VA (December 17, 2018) – The Monitoring Association (TMA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms. Illeny Maaza to the position of Director, Membership and Programs and Ms. Leigh A. McGuire to the position […]
At the 2018 TMA Annual Meeting in Palm Beach, Vector Security’s Rick Simpson, left, and Bay Alarm’s Shane Clary, right, pictured with TMA President Ivan Spector, were honored with TMA President’s Awards for their efforts on the NFPA-72 initiative earlier this year. “Shane and Rick did an incredible job on the Industry’s behalf,” said Spector. […]
TMA Past President Bud Wulforst was announced as a new recipient of the association’s highest honor, the Stanley C. Lott Memorial Award for Exemplary Service, at the 2018 Annual Meeting. This award was created to honor the memory of Lott, renowned for his efforts to lead and financially support the Association through difficult times. Wulforst, […]
Got 15 minutes? Register for TMA’s next Virtual Product Review (VPR) on “Improving Operator Efficiency with A.I.” on December 12, 2018 at 1:00 pm ET. False alerts from weather, animals, and other triggers have direct effects on how profitable your central station can be. But the tools widely available for minimizing these nuisance false alerts […]
TMA is pleased to announce that Justin Bailey, President and COO of AvantGuard Monitoring Centers, is newly-appointed to the TMA Board of Directors as a representative of the Contract Monitoring classification. Bailey began his career building technology solutions for some of the world’s largest companies. Technology consulting introduced him to the monitoring industry, and he […]
TMA Marketing/Communications Committee Co-Chair Ron Rothman, formerly Honeywell Security Global President and a TMA board member, has joined SightLogix’s board of directors. Sightlogix, a new TMA associate member, makes smart thermal camera systems that protect some of the world’s most important sites, including assets in the energy, transportation, chemical, utility, communications, government and defense industries […]
by Steve Schmit, Program Manager, UL LLC UL is honored to count TMA as a partner in our mission to create safe living and working environments for people. We work together most directly through our Certificate Service Program, which delivers the benefits of standards compliant alarm service to communities and businesses. At the same time in […]
Best Practices Developed by Industry and Law Enforcement Two of the nation’s leading public safety associations have passed resolutions in support of members utilizing the Model Ordinance for Alarm Management and False Alarm Reduction developed in partnership between law enforcement and the electronic security industry through the Security Industry Alarm Coalition (SIAC). The International Association […]
Technology Automates Emergency Response for More Speed and Accuracy The City of Chesapeake, VA is the latest municipality to implement Automated Secure Alarm Protocol (ASAP), a technology designed to automate communication between alarm monitoring central stations and public safety dispatch/911 centers. Chesapeake is the 42nd PSAP in the United States and 7th PSAP in Virginia […]
TMA is pleased to announce that SentryNet marketing manager Peggy Page has been named the new co-chair of the TMA Marketing and Communications Committee. Page’s career in security spans over 30 years, with the past 24 years spent at SentryNet as Marketing Manager. She creates opportunities for her team as they assist independent alarm installers […]
