SIAC Staff

Shannon Woodman, Chief Executive Officer of Washington Alarm, will be honored with the prestigious William N. Moody Award on June 17th at ESX 2025 in Atlanta.  Created in 2004 by the Security Industry Alarm Coalition (SIAC), the Moody award is presented annually to an individual who demonstrates a passion for advancing positive alarm management and best industry practices.

The Integration Association of Florida (IAF) recently made a generous donation in support of SIAC’s role as the voice for the electronic security industry for the issues of dispatch reduction and alarm management. The check was presented to SIAC Law Enforcement Liaison Allan Rutledge at the IAF Annual Convention in Palm Coast, Florida, in February.

Steve Keefer, a respected veteran of law enforcement and strong advocate for the alarm industry has been named executive director of the Security Industry Alarm Coalition (SIAC), following the retirement of long-time executive director Stan Martin.

SIAC is pleased to announce that industry veteran George Bish has been appointed to represent The Monitoring Association (TMA) on the SIAC Board of Directors.

The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) has endorsed the AVS-01 Standard created by The Monitoring Association. TMA-AVS-01 provides a standardized method of creating an alarm scoring or classification metric for unauthorized human activity detected by alarm systems that will assist law enforcement with resource allocation and Call for Service prioritization.

The Electronic Security Association (ESA) has recognized Stan Martin’s decades of service and leadership in the electronic security industry by establishing the Stan Martin Excellence in Advocacy Award.

Kirk MacDowell, President and CEO, MacGuard Security Advisors, Inc. was announced into Security Sales & Integration’s 2024 Industry Hall of Fame at ISC West in Las Vegas. SSI’s Industry Hall of Fame is one of the security industry’s most prestigious groupings of security professionals, industry legends, and difference makers. Kirk, along with four other inductees—Kelly

SIAC announced the following changes and additions to their board of directors and advisory council.

Tim Creenan, founder and Vice President of Amherst Alarm and a long-time leader in the field of electronic security, has been elected chairman of the Security Industry Alarm Coalition (SIAC).

A woman who spent nine years in prison on burglary charges has offered inaccurate information about how alarm systems work that may help send others to jail in the future. Her comments appeared on her TikTok account.