Check Out Sights From California Alarm Association Winter Conference in San Francisco
The California Alarm Association hosted its annual winter conference in San Francisco, Dec. 9-12. Check out several images from the event in this slideshow.
CAA President Cathy Rempel welcomes a record crowd at the association's winter conference in San Francisco. More than 200 attendees represented about 80 security dealer companies. The total attendance, including representatives from manufacturers and other industry service providers, was estimated to be about 420.
The California Alarm Association (CAA) hosted its annual winter convention at the Parc 55 hotel in San Francisco. In previous years the conference schedule featured a host of hands-on product and technology training; however, the 2015 installment focused almost exclusively on transformational leadership. With security dealers and integrators under intense competition and struggling to keep pace with a fast-evolving industry landscape, the chore of reshaping – or even remaking – their internal business culture and business model is proving to be a colossal task for many.
“We have members of the association who are wondering if they should even be involved in the residential side of the business and instead focusing solely on the commercial market,” CAA President Cathy Rempel told me.
So, the association built a program schedule that offered a number of workshops that delved into how to develop leadership across all levels of a company; insight to achieving goals and remaining relevant in today’s changing industry; how to ensure internal and external customers receive timely follow-up that makes a difference to businesses; and much more.
In this slideshow you can view several scenes from the event, which was held Dec. 9-12.
- CAA President Cathy Rempel welcomes record crowd
- Attendees fill up the gala
- CAA Youth Scholarship Fund check
- David Logan delivers leadership keynote
- The 2015 CAA Executive Symposium
- Matt Westphal wins lifetime achievement and service award
- Previous George A. Weinstock Award winners join the stage
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Rodney Bosch, Senior Editor
Although Bosch’s name is quite familiar to those in the security industry, his previous experience has been in daily newspaper journalism. Prior to joining SECURITY SALES & INTEGRATION in 2006, he spent 15 years with the Los Angeles Times, where he performed a wide assortment of editorial responsibilities, including feature and metro department assignments as well as content producing for latimes.com. Bosch is a graduate of California State University, Fresno with a degree in Mass Communication & Journalism. In 2007, he successfully completed the National Burglar and Fire Alarm Association’s National Training School coursework to become a Certified Level I Alarm Technician.
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