SES Appoints New Enterprise Sales Leader, Creates Dedicated Team to Serve Tech Sector

Securitas Electronic Security, Inc. (SES) is increasing leadership and organizational support for serving the technology sector. Today, this ever-growing market now encompasses diverse organizations with unique environments such as data centers, R&D sites, logistics & distribution facilities, fulfilment centers, corporate campuses and more.

This market’s robust new buildouts require experience and knowledge working not only with enterprise-level technology and solutions, but also with construction and building management environments, both of which are key competencies of SES. Expanding SES’s presence in the tech sector is a key strategic focus. Ron Posner has recently been named vice president and infrastructure enterprise sales, and will lead a new sales organization dedicated to the technology and infrastructure space.

Posner will expanded team focus on providing specialization in integrated enterprise security technology and expertise in solutions planning and standardization for large multi-site national and global technology clients. SES has long been recognized as an award-winning systems integrator with expertise in large-scale and sophisticated enterprise security projects.

The security needs of the technology market align with SES’s proven record of accomplishment of success and growing clientele in the tech sector. The newly dedicated team brings highly skilled professionals to focus solely on this growing market. Additionally, clients’ robust requirements will benefit from the standards and processes of the SES Engineering Center of Excellence (CoE). The CoE’s programmatic approach supported by expertise in design and engineering offers a specialized solution to meet the unique needs of technology clients.

Posner brings more than 30 years of experience in the electronic security and enterprise integration space, holding several senior sales leadership roles for national security integrators. He is a creative, results-oriented and innovative leader focused on continually improving people, processes and the client experience. Ron reports to Nelson Barreto, Senior Vice President, Enterprise Sales. “Appointing Ron to lead our dedicated technology and infrastructure team furthers our skills and competencies in serving this specialized market,” said Nelson Barreto, SVP Enterprise Sales, Securitas Electronic Security, “We look forward to leading the industry in serving technology clients.”

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