Tag: First Alert Professional
Making Honeywell 'human centric'
September 26, 2014Martha Entwistle
MELVILLE, N.Y.—Making Honeywell Security Products more "human centric” tops the to-do list for this company's newly installed president Inder Reddy.Reddy told Security Systems News he wants to continue to bring “innovative products and solutions to the market that provide safety and security for end users [that will also] make more profit for our channel partners.”“But my focus and my team's focus is going to be on the user experience for the channel,” he said.To...
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Honeywell: You're not too small to be an integrator
October 16, 2013Tess Nacelewicz
A recent post on Honeywell's The Security Channel blog caught my eye because it refutes the notion that only large companies can reap the benefits of being integrators. That's not the case, says Jason Lutz, business development manager, First Alert Professional and CSS, in his post this week titled “Simple Integrations Can Lead to Increased RMR.”
Here's what he says in his intriguing intro: “There are few things that can make some dealers cringe more than when I begin to talk about...
Honeywell hosts three dealer organizations for CONNECT 2013
September 23, 2013SSN Staff
MELVILLE, N.Y.—Representatives of Honeywell's three largest dealer organizations will gather for the first time at the JW Marriott Los Angeles LA Live Nov.7-10 for the CONNECT 2013 Conference.
Members of the First Alert Professional, Commercial Security Systems and Honeywell Integrated Security networks are among 1,000 attendees expected at the event, Honeywell said in a Sept. 18 news release.
“Arming our authorized dealers and integrators with the knowledge to better position themselves...
Advantage Security Integration becomes Honeywell First Alert dealer
July 19, 2013SSN Staff
MELVILLE, N.Y.—Honeywell has added Houston-based Advantage Security Integration (ASI)—one of the first Southwest security providers to establish a remote video monitoring station—to its First Alert Professional Dealer program, Honeywell announced today.ASI is a locally-owned systems integrator that customizes life safety and security systems to fit the needs of residential, commercial and industrial buildings.Since 1991, ASI has provided life safety and security solutions to thousands...
Honeywell welcomes leading New Mexico security dealer to First Alert Professional program
June 28, 2013SSN Staff
MELVILLE, N.Y.—Honeywell today welcomed Armed Response Team (ART), an Albuquerque, N.M.-based security provider originally founded by a group of police officers, to its First Alert Professional (FAP) Dealer Program. The FAP program is the country's largest independent security dealer network, with more than 500 participating security contractors, Honeywell said in a news release.For nearly a decade, ART has specialized in residential and commercial burglar, perimeter and fire alarms, access...
New First Alert leader aims to 'reinvent' the program
November 28, 2012Tess Nacelewicz
HOLLYWOOD, Fla.— Marek Robinson, the new leader of First Alert Professional, says his hiring is an example of Honeywell Security Products' renewed focus on its premier dealer program.“If you go back even six months or a year there was really no one leading the network, so just the investment in people is a very significant one—bringing me into the role, and we're going to be adding several people from both a sales and marketing function to support the loyalty programs,” Robinson...
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Honeywell helps first responders respond to Sandy
November 7, 2012Tess Nacelewicz
At Honeywell's First Alert Professional conference in Hollywood, Fla. last week, everyone there expressed concern about the victims of Hurricane Sandy, which battered the East Coast last week. But Honeywell isn't just expressing sympathy—this week it said it's also taking action by donating more than a half a million dollars in first responder products for relief efforts and also providing financial and other assistance to its employees impacted by the storm.
New York and New Jersey—where...
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Connecting—with costumes and without—at Honeywell's Connect 2012
November 2, 2012Tess Nacelewicz
Imagine Scott Harkins, president of Honeywell Security Products, lumbering about in an inflatable sumo wrestler suit. Envision Stan Martin, executive director of the Security Industry Alarm Coalition, stalking around in a long cape as Count Dracula, looking for blood as well as donations to SIAC. And then picture Patrick Egan, president of Select Security, scarily attractive in drag as a red-lipsticked brunette in an elegant gown.
Those attending the Honeywell First Alert Professional Convention...
Honeywell to name new FAP/CSS/HIS dealer group leaders, integrate business units
February 22, 2012Martha Entwistle
MELVILLE, N.Y.—Honeywell Security Products is integrating its two business units—access control/video and intrusion—into one P&L, and is planning to name new leaders for its three dealer programs before ISC West, Scott Harkins, who was named president of Honeywell Security Products in December, told Security Systems News.The dealer groups are Honeywell First Alert Professional (FAP), Commercial Security Systems (CSS) and Honeywell Integrated Systems (HIS). HIS, which has 200 dealers...
Sohovich departs Honeywell
December 7, 2011Martha Entwistle
MELVILLE, N.Y.—JoAnna Sohovich has resigned as president of Honeywell Security & Communications, Security Systems News has learned.Sohovich resigned Dec. 2, according to sources.Honeywell spokesman David Gottlieb confirmed that Sohovich “has decided to leave Honeywell to pursue other opportunities.”“We thank JoAnna for her contributions to the Security Group as well as other Honeywell businesses and wish her well in her future endeavors,” Gottlieb said.Sohovich was named...