Mark Pekovitch joins ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions, Critical Infrastructure as Product Manager
Mark Pekovitch, who has spent the last 18 years bringing best-in-class products and services to the access hardware industry, is the new ALWIN and Alkey Solutions Product Manager for ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions – Critical Infrastructure. Working from the Chicago area, he reports to managing director Jerry Burhans.
Adding Pekovitch is the next phase in conjunction with the acquisition of ALCEA by ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions in August 2022. Among his responsibilities will be to collaborate with the team at the CLIQ Competence Center in Texas.
“I’m excited to work with the ALCEA team and bring their product line to life here in the United States. Working and collaborating with some of the brightest people in the industry who are associated with one of the largest security companies in the world is a dream come true,” Pekovitch said.
“I have a vast working knowledge of many ASSA ABLOY product lines in the physical hardware space,” he said. “I’m looking forward to building my awareness of their software and electronics packages, including the ALWIN and Alkey product lines. My ability to use analytics to research market trends and overcome challenges will be an asset and help successfully grow these products.”
Pekovitch joins AAGS-CI after working at Eberhard Manufacturing – formerly Illinois Lock – for 13 years, the last four as product engineer/manager. He interacted with customer design teams worldwide to solve their access solutions and designed continuous improvement programs that increased efficiencies. He also supervised and mentored designers with DFM, NPI and project management principals to achieve team goals.