CSAA/NBFAA Industry Leaders Appointed to Guide Design of New Security Show

October 16, 2007 – The National Burglar & Fire Alarm Association (NBFAA) and Central Station Alarm Association (CSAA) announced today the appointment of several industry leaders to working groups that will guide the design, development and delivery of their new Electronic Security Expo (ESX).

Overall leadership of the working groups will be in the capable hands of Expo Chair, George De Marco of Coto de Caza, Calif.. Southern Vice President of the California Alarm Association, board member of the WBFAA, a California Unilateral Apprenticeship and Training Committee and the founder and former president of Greater Alarm of Irvine, Calif., De Marco is a tireless association volunteer and industry visionary with an appreciation of both the industry’s traditions and foundation business principles and its future opportunities and challenges.

The ESX sales working group, charged with exhibitor and conferee recruitment, consists of: • Ed Bonifas, vice president, Alarm Detection Systems, Inc, Aurora, Ill.
• Counte Cooley, president, Electronic Sales Company, Gainesville, Ga.
• Marshall Marinace, president, Marshall Alarm Systems Corp., Yorktown, N.Y.
• Mike Miller, president, Moon Security Services, Inc., Pasco, Wash.
• Ralph Sevinor, president, Wayne Alarm Systems, Inc., Lynn, Mass.
• Bud Wulforst, president, A-1 Security Ltd., Las Vegas, N.C.

The ESX program advisory working group, charged with the development of the premier training program for security integration and monitoring companies, consists of: • Dave Combes, commercial development manager, Honeywell Security, Melville, N.Y.
• Dom D’Ascoli, president, Smokey Mountain Systems, Inc., Franklin, N.C.
• John Knox, president, Life & Property Security Systems, Inc., Knoxville, Tenn.
• Dave Koenig, president, Capital Fire & Security, Inc., Madison, Wisc.
• John Lombardi, president, CIA Security, Fishkill, N.Y.
• Pam Petrow, executive vice president, Vector Security, Pittsburg, Penn.

In addition to these industry leaders, ESX will also include planning and development involvement from CSAA’s Steve Doyle and John McDonald as well as NBFAA’s Merlin Guilbeau and Jorge Rivas. “The NBFAA and CSAA have put together a group of the electronic security industry’s best and brightest to plan ESX and ensure it features the most compelling conference content, the best supplier company exhibitors and the highest quality turnout possible,” said George Gunning, president of NBFAA and CEO of USA Alarm Systems, Monrovia, Calif.

“We’re grateful for the commitment of time, energy and imagination this group of industry experts is lending to the ESX effort,” added John Murphy, president of the CSAA and Pittsburg, Pennsylvania-based, Vector Security. “Their leadership will make for an event of the highest quality.”

The inaugural Electronic Security Expo will take place June 25 – 27, 2008 at the Nashville Convention Center. Exhibit space is available by calling John Galante at (703) 352-9111, or emailing jgalante@cox.net.

About ESX

Owned, directed and sponsored by the industry leading trade associations, NBFAA and CSAA, and produced by the award-winning EH Events team, ESX is the premier training event for security integration and monitoring companies. ESX focuses on systems integration, its nexus with monitoring and best practices to offer the highest quality and most comprehensive education in the industry. Thanks to this unique focus and the sponsorship of CSAA and NBFAA, ESX attracts the biggest, best and most progressive installing and monitoring companies in the world to meet with the hundreds of exhibiting electronic security equipment vendors. For more information, visit http://www.esxweb.com.

About CSAA
The Central Station Alarm Association (CSAA) is a trade association representing providers, users, bureaus, and other agencies of UL-Listed and/or FM-Approved Central Station protection services. It is legally entitled to represent its members before Congress, regulatory agencies on the local, state and federal levels, and other authorities having jurisdiction (AHJs) over the industry. Now in its 57th year, CSAA continues to serve its members’ interests in an ever-increasing variety of ways. The CSAA may be reached at (703) 242-4670 or on the Web at www.csaaul.org.

About NBFAA
NBFAA, a non-profit 501(c) 6 trade association, is the nation's oldest and largest organization dedicated to representing, promoting, and supporting the electronic life safety, security, and systems industry. Member companies specialize in a wide spectrum of services to commercial and residential consumers, including security and fire alarms, video surveillance, access control and monitoring. In cooperation with a federation of state associations, NBFAA provides government advocacy and delivers timely information, professional development tools, products and services that members use to grow and prosper their businesses. The NBFAA may be reached at (888) 447-1689 or on the Web at http://www.alarm.org.