Acre Appoints New President -- Security Today

Acre Appoints New President

Nov 10, 2021

Based in The Netherlands, Harm Radstaak has been named the new president at Acre International.

Founded in 2012, Acre has played an instrumental role in development and implementation of security technology initiatives on a global scale. Its Comnet, Open Options, RS2 Technologies and Vanderbilt brands deliver advanced solutions to thousands of customers around the world.

Before joining Acre, Harm worked for 16 years at HID Global, which is part of ASSA ABLOY.

Based in the The Netherlands, Harm is looking forward to growing and structuring Vanderbilt and Comnet International to their new level following the Triton acquisition earlier in the year.

David Sullivan has returned to the US where he will take on the role of Acre North America President.

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