Viscount Systems (OTCQB: VSYS), the developers of cutting-edge security/entry control systems and emergency planning software platforms, reported recently that industry veteran and former president of $100M-plus Honeywell International division, Honeywell Access Systems, Mr. Dennis Raefield, has been appointed Chief Operating Officer.
This is a clear move by management to bump up from the company’s Board, adding a man who has one of the most impressive track records out there for handling some of the industry’s biggest access control companies. Shrewd move by VSYS as its paradigm-shattering Freedom platform gains dominance. The company is going to need a guy like Raefield, with all of his nuanced insights into the minutiae of the game, in order to handle the kind of growth potentially headed the company’s way as a result of Freedom.
Freedom is a first-of-its-kind solution, bringing native U.S. Government FIPS 201-2 initiative support and solid interaction with Microsoft’s Active Directory together to deliver an unprecedented combination of robust security and ease of use/overall functionality. Freedom is the first and only solution to hit the market that allows standard, already in-place IT networks to support entry devices and building automation systems without any kind of costly PC-programmed control panels.
This simple, elegant workaround changes everything, slashing as much as 80% off the investment required to execute on a traditional system and even after you’ve got those traditional systems installed you are still dealing with a bunch of hassle configuring, monitoring, and interacting with a bunch of cumbersome control panels. Moreover, Freedom is designed to easily integrate with extant LDAP (logical IT security software) components of the given solution, completely replacing the control panel and clunky software of the traditional system in one fell swoop.
Freedom levels the playing field for building operators, dramatically reducing the cost, complexity, and time required to get the access/security job done. This software silver bullet also shunts the threat from cyber security breaches typically associated with those atavistic control panels, delivering ingress/egress commands via a tiny IP-enabled device (appearing within the network as another mac-addressable device). This is a one-stop-shop solution for intuitive control of the entire facility, meaning you can implement an enterprise-wide solution cheaply and get superior results at the same time.
Raefield has his work cut out for him, but he is also the perfect person for the job and will be working closely with the CEO of VSYS, Stephen Pineau, as they hammer out the roadmap for what will no doubt be a major growth spurt for the company. Taking things to the next level with the Raefield appointment was a popular decision and even a cursory look at his distinguished career banishes all notions to the contrary. In addition to his leadership at Honeywell’s enterprise-level access control system manufacturing division that serves Fortune 100 clients, Raefield also used to run security systems integration shop, Pinkerton Systems Integration (Securitas), as President of the $70M-plus company with numerous Fortune 500 clients. Raefield got his BS in Mechanical Engineering at Santa Clara University and went on to be Owner and CEO at premier San Francisco area systems integrator, Omega Corporate Security. Raefield is also a member of several key security and systems organizations like ASIS, CAA, CSAA, ESA, ISIO, and SIA.
Pineau hailed the Raefield appointment as an essential addition to the management team at a key phase in the company’s evolution and assured investors that the vast experience he brings to the table will translate directly into shareholder growth.
Raefield was keen to remark that the infrastructure required to compensate for the coming meteoric rise of the Freedom platform would indeed require a lot of direct work with Pineau as the COO. Work which should result in the kind of visionary direction needed for the VSYS team to cope with the inevitable growing pains, as the Freedom access control platform gobbles up market share.
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