TMA 2024 Awards Finalists Announced

The Monitoring Association (TMA) is pleased to announce the finalists for its 2024 Excellence Awards and Marvel Technology Award.

TMA’s Monitoring Center Excellence Awards recognize any FM Approvals, Intertek/ETL or UL-listed monitoring center (TMA members) and outstanding personnel who perform in the highest professional manner, thereby making a significant contribution to the betterment of the alarm industry and the alarm profession while demonstrating exceptional service to their customers and community.

The purpose of the awards program is to:

• Establish and promote the inherent value of professional monitoring services in general.
• Honor those who have made the most significant contributions to the service.
• Promote the distinct level of professionalism attained by NRTL-approved monitoring centers.

TMA’s Monitoring Center Excellence Awards are co-sponsored by SDM Magazine, which will publish a feature story on this year’s award winners in its August issue. This year, the TMA/SDM Excellence Awards competition received a total of 32 entries across five categories. Listed in alphabetical order by company within each category, the finalists are:

Monitoring Center of the Year – Enterprise

• ADT
• Affiliated Monitoring
• Rapid Response Monitoring

Monitoring Center of the Year – SMB

• Kimberlite
• Per Mar Security
• Stealth Monitoring

Monitoring Center Manager of the Year

• Jessica Lambert, AvantGuard
• Claudia Torres, Rapid Response Monitoring
• Erik Chalifour, TELUS Security

 Monitoring Center Operator of the Year

• Esperanza Sena, ADT
• Angelica Miranda, Affiliated Monitoring
• Brenda Eichfeld, COPS Monitoring

 Monitoring Center Support Person of the Year:

• John Turner, ADT
• Jennifer Acevedo, Affiliated Monitoring
• John Balthrop, Stealth Monitoring

TMA’s Marvel Technology Award honors innovations in monitoring center technology. It is co-sponsored by TMA and Security Sales & Integration (SSI) and coordinated by the TMA Technology Committee. The purpose of the Marvel Award is to provide recognition for monitoring centers creating and/or using cutting-edge technology to raise awareness of these new technologies and is presented to one overall winner for the “best adoption of new technology to advance your business.”

The finalists for the 2024 TMA/SSI Monitoring Technology “Marvel” Award are:

• Elite Interactive Solutions, Inc.
• Rapid Response Monitoring
• Stealth Monitoring

Award entries are judged by a volunteer judging panel appointed by TMA. The winners will be announced at a virtual award ceremony presented on April 18, 2024, at 3:00 pm ET. Register to attend at https://themonitoringassociation.growthzoneapp.com/ap/Events/Register/n4HmaGMtXHNCZ