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23/10/2010

Milestone prepares for expansion with new U.S appointments

Copenhagen, Denmark

Milestone Systems has announced internal promotions and new salespeople in the U.S. and Europe working with Milestone partners to win more customers and support the increasing amount of high-level projects.
“Milestone Systems is an international company with ongoing growth, and we’ve been hiring new colleagues every month around the world. This means that we get injections of new expertise all the time, and are influenced by new work cultures and ideas. This feeds our innovative capabilities and ultimately benefits our partners and customers with better products and service. Milestone will continue to be successful because we have people with the right qualifications to support our ecosystem,” says Lars Thinggaard, President & CEO at Milestone Systems.

Justin Lott is now the Milestone Regional Sales Manager for Ohio, Pennsylvania, Washington DC, Maryland, and Virginia. He comes to the Milestone universe after nine years in the security industry that has given him a broad range of knowledge with a technical focus. Previously Product Marketing Manager for Bosch Security Systems, Inc., Justin was responsible for sales of digital and IP video products across both North and South America, working with regional integrators on large projects that included county jails, international airports, and universities. Justin graduated with an Electrical Engineering Technology Degree from Pennsylvania State University.

Brad Cary is the new Regional Sales Manager for the Midwest dedicating his focus on working closely with our partner channel throughout the plains region. He is based near St. Louis. Brad brings manufacturing experience from working for DVTel and Best Access Systems/Stanley Security Solutions, as well as integrator knowledge from Johnson Controls and Tech Electronics. His education includes Mechanical/Architectural Drafting, Business & Marketing, and Electronics Engineering Technologies.

Brian Beird started at Milestone in June to serve as the North Central Territory Manager covering Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, based out of Chicago. Brian comes to Milestone from Sonitrol Stanley Convergent Security where he was a National Accounts Manager. He has a degree in Criminal Justice from Saint Xavier University.

Bob Perez has the role of Transportation Sales Manager for Milestone Systems, covering sales for this vertical sector over the entire U.S., from Northern California. Bob built up solution expertise in his previous job as National Sales Manager/Market Development Manager at Verizon Business and Enerdyne Technologies. On the manufacturer side, he was National Sales Manager for Verint. Bob got his education at California State University.

Milestone Presales support engineer teams have been beefed up with the following additions in the Americas: Ishkhan Ishkhanian (previously at Genetec and IBM) and Jared Tarter (from UTC Fire & Security and GE Security). Mark Eggett leverages his extensive knowledge of the Milestone platform from his years at Matrix IP Limited to carry out Milestone Presales in the UK, and Peter Moeller is a Presales Engineer addition to the team in Denmark, coming from Niscayah where he was Sales and Project Manager for video surveillance installations.

Inside Sales for the Americas has added Paul Messenger with 5 years experience and a B.Sc. in Business Administration, and at the Milestone Danish headquarters Flavia Kaiser-Nykjaer brings her multi-lingual talents and background at IBM. Jasleen Kaur Rehal is Milestone’s new MSP Program Specialist working to further develop the activities with Milestone Solution Partners, having worked with product management and partner programs at Microsoft, after achieving a Master of Science in Business Administration and Computer Science. Jennifer Hones is Technical Assistant to Eric Fullerton, CSMO at Milestone; she has a Stanford BA in International Relations.



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