INDUSTRY UPDATE
Tyco Security Products poised to deliver more in New Zealand Over the last several months, Tyco Security Products has been putting people and partnerships in place to position itself for growth across New Zealand and Australia with a renewed distribution focus. The merger of Johnson Controls with Tyco in September 2016 created a building products and technology, integrated solutions and energy storage powerhouse, with $30 billion in revenue and 117,000 employees.
Bringing together product, technology and service capabilities across controls, fire, security, HVAC, power solutions and energy storage, the new organisation looked to combine innovation pipelines for devices, controls, sensors, data analytics and advanced solutions to better capture the enormous future market opportunities around “smart” buildings, campuses and cities. As part of an organisation with lofty international ambitions, Tyco Security Products (TSP) has in recent months been assembling a stellar team of security professionals to grow its business in New Zealand and Australia.
warehousing, international purchasing and internal sales, prior to promotion to state manager. Michael Bragg joined the security industry in 2000, selling retail EAS systems at Sensormatic. After acquisition by ADT he ran his own business selling early Intellex solutions. He then went to UK, worked for a security company partnering with police, and met with great commercial success. Bragg then returned to Australia, worked for Nurse Call for four years, then Bosch for four years, followed by a stint with a wellrespected distributor. Basil Delimitros has 28 years electronic security industry experience in a range of roles, including sales and product/vendor management.
Darren Edmondson got his start in the industry working for Signature and then ADT for 14 years following its purchase of Signature. He then joined Paul-Tec Security in operations, with Anytime Fitness Australia and Asia, then moved to Hills in the enterprise space as an account manager and, after success there, decided to work for a manufacturer. Chris Whiting was General Manager of Hills in NZ for several years, and has over 14 years of industry experience in both the United Kingdom and New Zealand. He was previously GM of sales with Armourguard, amassing experience in manned services, cash in transit and patrols, and prior to that with Tyco, ADT, and an integrator.
A new team Central to Tyco’s ANZ plans has been the challenge of building an expanded trans-Tasman team blending industryleading experience and expertise with fresh thinking and vigour. Several months on, and it appears that TSP has indeed met that challenge, with a newly enlarged team including Nic DeAngelis, Michael Bragg, Jason Barcock, Basil Delimitros, Darren Edmondson, Chris Whiting and Scott Whitehead. Nic De Angelis started his career in the electronic security industry as a control room operator for ADT, moving to distribution with Security Merchants where he worked for a decade in national
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