A Look Into This Year’s Inductees
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Shane Clary
Bay Alarm
Lance Dean
Advisory Boards
Lynn de Seve
GSA Schedules
Kim Loy
ACRE
Shane Clary
Vice President,
Codes and Standards Compliance,
Bay Alarm
Why He’s on the List
THE CLARY FILE
• Born in Inglewood, Calif.
• One sister, father was a plumber and oversaw maintenance for McDonald Douglas; mother was a homemaker
• Married to wife Susan, with no children
• Other industry honors include CAA George A. Weinstock Award, LABFAA Person of the Year Award, NFPA Special Achievement Award; AFAA Special Service Award; and TMA Mel Mahler Award
• Longtime columnist of SSI’s Fire Side Chat
• Says if career had taken another path, he might have been a doctor or a funeral home director
• Other interests include avid reading, especially on WWII, travel and aspiring to build a model railroad
Shane Clary
Why He's on the List
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45+ years of dedicated service within his own organization as a leading authority on security & fire/life-safety codes and standards as well as to the industry at large by sharing knowledge through trade associations, events and publications
Security industry start began in 1974 when he accepted a job as an alarm dispatcher for Reagan Alarms in Gardena, Calif., where he served for around 10 years, including after the company was acquired by United States Alarm
After United States Alarm sold to API, he joined Bay Alarm in Walnut Creek, Calif., where he has remained for more than 35 years
Interest in fire alarms came early, just after high school working in a hospital burn unit he came to realize the key role code for fire sprinklers and alarms played in prevention
Deep involvement in numerous trade associations including WBFAA (now CAA), CAFAA, AFAA and NFPA began in earnest during the early 1990s and has remained intensive
Semi-Retired,
Various Advisory
Boards
Lance Dean
THE DEAN FILE
• Born in Salt Lake City, in 1963
• One of three children, father was a salesman and mother a homemaker
• Married to wife Veronica, with one daughter
• Has also served as an advisor to Stanley Security and Clare Controls
• Other security honors include Alarm Suppliers Vendor Rep of the Year (1987), several salesmen of the year awards, Honeywell Global Man of the Year (2005) and multiple Honeywell President Club awards
• Says if career had taken another path would have gone into the Secret Service
• Was on an American Airlines flight to New York on 9/11
• Other interests include golf, boating and traveling
Serving the industry since 1982, a trailblazer on the edge of new technologies changing the industry, including Nortek’s Go!Control home automation and security panel and CellBounce wireless alarm signal transmission conversion
As young adult, moved to Texas and worked as alarm installer for Westec before hired by a billionaire to protect his family and assets
In 1985, hired by SSI Industry Hall of Famer Ben Cornett at Bluegrass Electronics as a regional rep, then spent 25+ years working for C&K Systems (1992) and ADEMCO/Honeywell (1997) managing national accounts
In 2009, co-founded 2GIG Technologies (acquired by Nortek in 2013 for $135M) with the late Scott Simon and launched Go!Control in 2010, which won several industry awards
2GIG was a pioneer in self-contained home automation/home security systems, with its panel incorporating a CPU, touchscreen interface, and Z-Wave, cellular, WiFi and 345MHz communication abilities
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Lance Dean
Why He's on the List
Why She’s on the List
Why He’s on the List
Founder and President,
GSA Schedules
Lynn de Seve
THE deSEVE FILE
• Born in 1951 in Pittsburgh
• One of two daughters, father was a credit manager for GM and mother was an “extraordinary” homemaker
• Divorced with three daughters (all who work in her company) and one son, and nine grandchildren
• Undergraduate studies in business, speech and communications at University of Maryland, and continued studies/classes related to federal contract management
• Other industry honors include SIA Statesman Award (2006), SIA Chairman’s Award (2016 & 2019), and SIA George R. Lippert Award (2021)
• Performs as officiant at wedding ceremonies for friends and family; collects “all things frogs”
• Other interests include vegetable and flower gardening, antiquing and concertgoing
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Lynn de Seve
Why She's on the List
A successful entrepreneur, has spent 40+ years as one of industry’s leading, most respected authorities on GSA schedule contracting, procurement and doing business with state and federal government
Expert on advising, educating and advocating for clients in their effort to sell to the government —preparing documentation, submitting and negotiating, training, conducting compliance reviews, supporting client staff and more
In 1978, began working for a manufacturer of printed circuit board repair stations as part of its government marketing program, learning about federal policies and contracting that led to a new career opportunity
Founded GSA Schedules consultancy in 1984, while increasingly serving in numerous capacities as a top liaison among security solutions providers and the government — with the business growing quickly after 9/11
In 1990s, worked with GSA to introduce first total solutions for security, adding installation, professional services, guard services and ESPC (energy savings performance contracts)
Worked with SIA to gain support and advocate for the Cooperative Purchasing Program using the GSA schedule contract for state and local government under Schedule 84
Why She’s on the List
Chief Product
Officer, ACRE
Kim Loy
• Born 1964 in Sioux City, Iowa
• With two sisters and one brother, father’s sales career included motor vehicles and real estate and mother ran a hairdressing salon
• Divorced with two children and five grandchildren
• Recognized in Connected World’s 2020 Women of Technology and IoT list and Top 50 Women in Tech at the 2021 National Diversity & Leadership Conference
• In 2007, joined the SIA Board and was recognized as Volunteer of the Year and in 2019 became a SIA vice-chair Executive Committee member
• Other interests include traveling abroad, and
has spent time living in England, France, Belgium and Ireland
THE LOY FILE
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Kim Loy
Why She's on the List
30+ years setting industry standard as a marketing professional and product manager for multitude of top security equipment manufacturers domestically and overseas
In present role with ACRE, responsible for oversight of company’s brands, strategic product planning and cybersecurity strategy for a portfolio including Vanderbilt Industries, RS2, ComNet and Open Options
Prior to ACRE, served as director of technology and communications for Vanderbilt Int’l, managing R&D, product management and marketing, and developed tech partnerships
Held senior roles with GE Security, G4S, Xtralis and Pelco; also served InfoGraphic Systems, Siemens, Northern Computers
Mentor and leader for women in security industry, serves as example of opportunities open to women who want to work in tech
Why He’s on the List
Executive V.P.,
Co-Head of Investment
Banking Group
and Head of M&A
and Security Practice,
Imperial Capital
John Mack
• Born in Guatemala City, Guatemala
• One of four siblings, father was an exploration geologist and mother a homemaker
• Married with five children, with oldest son working in the security industry
• Earned undergraduate degree from Stanford and an MBA from UCLA
• Other honors include SIA Sandy Jones Volunteer of the Year Award (2016) and recognized in the 2021 IFSEC Global Influencers in Security and Fire
• In Guatemala, lived on a coffee farm until age four, then moved to Australia until age nine where he attended the Church of England Boys School
• Says if career had taken a different path would have toiled in solar energy, which he pursued at Stanfor
• Other interests include surfing, golfing, skiing, fly fishing and adventure travel
THE MACK FILE
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John Mack
Why He's on the List
Since the late 1980s, established as one of industry’s top financial and business figures, first through multiple installation and monitoring company executive roles and then in leading security investing organizations
Served as CEO and on Board of Protection One, then the nation’s second-largest security systems and monitoring provider; also held positions of CFO, chief strategy officer and executive V.P. of business development
At Protection One, during 10-year span involved in 200+ acquisitions and oversaw growth from approximately 30,000 subscribers and $17M in revenue to more than 1.6M, $600M and enterprise value over $2B
Before Protection One, was a senior executive officer with Westec Security
Developed Security Investor Conference (SIC), now in 19th year as premier event gathering select firms to present positioning and growth plans to investors and leaders
Serves as SIA treasurer and on its Executive Committee; also a TMA Board member
Frequently speaks at industry events to share data and perspective on trends, valuations and opportunities
Earned reputation for developing strategies that allow firms to gain greater awareness in crowded marketplace, creating strategic partnerships and identifying new solutions
John Mack
Investment Banking Group,
Imperial Capital
Steve Trundle
Alarm.com
Why He’s on the List
President & CEO,
Alarm.com
Steve Trundle
• Born 1968 in Sullivan County, Tenn.
• One of two children, father worked for a newspaper and mother was employed by a local hospital
• Two sons and a daughter; divorced
• Majored in engineering science and government at Dartmouth College, and spent two years working on the Aegis Class Naval Destroyer program
• Winner of the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year
• Played four years of varsity D1 basketball at Dartmouth College, and coaches his children’s sports teams six months a year
• Says if career had taken a different path would have become and environmental engineer or forest ranger
• Other interests include sports, fishing, hunting, boating and tree farming
THE TRUNDLE FILE
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Steve Trundle
Why He's on the List
An innovator whose nearly 20 years of leadership brought paradigm-shifting Alarm.com platform to market, making security systems more convenient with web and app interfaces, useful with proactive nonalarm-event monitoring, and secure and reliable with better cellular technology
While CTO for MicroStrategy (1992-2001), acquired Alarm.com domain name, and after having a home alarm system installed realized opportunity existed to reinvent the residential security offering
Grew Alarm.com from a gee-whiz startup with a few employees and no revenue to a public company valued at more than $3B and 1,500+ employees
Continues to drive technical competitiveness of security industry to preserve position as primary gateway for most consumers desiring a smart home or smart business solution
Viewing industry through a different lens than traditional vendors, brought exciting offerings to residential and commercial spaces that forced other manufacturers to jump on bandwagon
