DALLAS – Three integrator director positions and one associate director position are open for nomination and election in the Electronic Security Association (ESA) 2025-2027 board of directors elections, each serving a two-year term.
The Leadership Identification & Nomination Committee (LINC) began the candidate selection process in January, issuing a call for nominations to all ESA voting members. The committee has confirmed a slate of candidates for each open position.
ESA voting members will have the opportunity to cast their ballots through June 3, 2025, at 2 p.m. CDT. The newly elected directors will be formally installed during the ESA Annual Membership Meeting to kick off the Electronic Security Expo (ESX 2025) in Atlanta on June 16.
Here’s a look at this year’s ESA board of directors candidates, starting with the integrator directors:
Jeremy Bates – Integrator Director
Vice president of business development – Pye-Barker, Lexington, Ky.
Bates has served on the ESA Board of Directors since 2021. He is president of Bates Security, which has five offices in the Kentucky and Florida, serving a primarily commercial customer base. Bates is the vice chairman of the ESA Board of Directors and has been president of Kentucky’s ESA and the Sonitrol National Dealers Association.
In 2024, Bates Security was ranked as one of the Best Places to Work in Kentucky. Bates Security is a Pye-Barker Fire & Safety company and Bates recently accepted the position of vice president of development with Pye-Barker in addition to his role as president for Bates Security.
Melissa Brinkman- Integrator Director
Chief executive officer – Custom Alarm, Rochester, Minn.
Brinkman has served on the ESA board of directors since 2021. She started her career in the security industry after moving back to her hometown, Rochester, Minn., in December 1998. Since starting in the family business in 1998, Brinkman has held several positions within Custom Alarm from marketing to sales manager, business development director and customer services manager.
She was chief operating officer before Leigh J. Johnson, founder and CEO at the time, announced his retirement and her promotion to CEO in February 2014. She has always been very committed to learning as much as possible about the security industry and Custom Alarm with a focus on taking care of the customer.
Custom Alarm has grown to more than 65 employees and has won numerous awards, including being named one of the Best Places to work in SE Minnesota and SSI 2020 Installer of the Year.
In her spare time, Brinkman enjoys going to concerts, traveling, photography and spending time with her kids.
Brendan Armstrong – Integrator Director
Controller – Trinity Wiring & Security Solutions, Chantilly, Va.
Armstrong has served on the board of directors since 2023. He has spent his entire career at Trinity Wiring & Security Solutions, starting as a member of the builder sales team while pursuing an undergraduate degree in accounting from George Mason University.
After graduation, he spent time involved in and learning from all aspects of a security integration / monitoring firm – operations, human resources, business development, financial oversight, merger and acquisition activity, tax strategy, vendor negotiations, etc., before enrolling at Georgetown University to pursue his masters degree in business administration.
Josh Dice- Integrator Director
General Manager- Security Alarm Corporation, Salem, Ill.
Since he was a small child, Dice has worked in the daily operations of his family’s security company that they started in 1970s. From holding flashlights to learning to wire tidy panels, he and his siblings learned how to get the job done right. It was these formative years that really prepared Dice for his current role as president.
Dice, alongside his family, has grown their small family business into one of the leading security providers in their region. When he isn’t working on the business, you can find him spending time with family or working in his church.
Peter Goldring- Integrator Director
President – Goldring Protection, New York, N.Y.
In 2023, Goldring’s family celebrated 100 years in the security industry. His 40-year career has afforded him extensive experience in executive, operations and financial management and his consulting firm focuses its practice on monitoring stations, best practices, standards, performs valuations and provides expert witness services.
Goldring has arranged financing, negotiated and executed more than 140 acquisitions representing buyers and sellers. He’s been engaged as crisis CEO, COO and CFO for service and manufacturing businesses.
His security installation business specializes in high-risk retail, with a strong presence in the jewelry industry. It also helps protect some of the finest residential properties globally.
Goldring is also committed to volunteer work and philanthropy. He was brotherhood president of a New York synagogue and is a member of ASIS, the Security Industry Association, The Monitoring Association, ESA, NYESA, NJESA, CASIA, MBFAA, ALOA, AFAA, NYFAA, ALDONYS, ACFE and National Fire Protection Association.
He also serves on two NFPA Standards Committees, is NICET Level IV certified and holds multiples licenses across multiple states.
Ken Kocher – Integrator Director
President – Force Security Solutions LLC, Manassas, Va.
Kocher is a retired police officer and native of Washington D.C., married to his wife, Kim Kocher, and the father of four children and four grandchildren. As the president of Force Security Solutions LLC, a company that was recently acquired by Konica Minolta Incorporated, he has led a team of security consultants and technical implementation specialists for more than 22 years.
He has more than 40 years of experience in physical security and law enforcement and multiple certifications and awards. Kocher is on the board of the Foundation for Advancing Security Talent and is also the chairman of the Security Industry Association’s National Capital Region Security Forum located in Washington D.C.
Here’s a rundown of the associate director candidates for election on the ESA board for 2025-27:
Tony Wilson – Associate Director
President – Criticom Monitoring Services, Longwood, Fla.
Wilson is president of Criticom Monitoring Services (CMS). The company was established in 1984 and serves more than 2,600 alarm companies and more than 850,000 customers. As one of the original founders of CMS, he has worked in all areas of the company, serving in many roles before being named president in 1991.
Wilson received his bachelor’s degree in business administration, with a major in finance, from Stetson University in DeLand, Fla.
Colby Monachino – Associate Director
Co-founder and chief operating officer – Monachino Partners Columbus, Ohio
With a background in business development and relationship management, Monachino leads mergers and acquisition initiatives, identifying and executing opportunities for companies both looking to sell or acquire. Prior to co-founding Monachino Partners, he served as the relationship manager for the central and southwestern United States at Alarm Connections.
Monachino managed a portfolio exceeding $670,000 of recurring monthly revenue (RMR) with 17,000 end user subscribers. Before Alarm Connections, he worked for the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), a trade association representing America’s small and independent business owners, serving as grassroots manager for Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and New York.
Monachino serves on the Ohio Coalition for Business and Marketing Education in addition to the Government Relations Committee for the Electronic Security Association (ESA). He is a graduate of The Ohio State University and resides in Columbus, Ohio with his fiancé Maria and dog Buzz.
Jana Sherer – Associate Director
Exclusive Brands Business Development Manager, ADI Global, Irmo, S.C.
Sherer began her journey in the security industry in 2002 as an integrator with ADT Security in Columbia, S.C., and was drawn to the intersection of technology and safety. After five years at ADT, she transitioned to the manufacturing side, where she’s spent the remainder of her career working with integrators across the country, introducing them to emerging technologies.
Sherer’s passion lies in building strong customer partnerships and aligning strategy with sales execution to drive meaningful results.
Outside of work, she’s a wife and a mother of two young adults. She loves college football, gardening and boating and I also breeds boutique doodle puppies.
Jake Voll – Associate Director
CEO – SS&Si Dealer Network, Deltona, Fla.
Voll is the president of SS&Si Dealer Network, an independent distribution company serving more than 1,000 security integrators nationwide. He holds full P&L responsibility and oversees sales, marketing, customer support, vendor relationships, strategy and partnerships.
Voll’s career in the security industry began in high school, working in his family’s alarm business, where he gained hands-on experience in technical operations, sales and marketing. In 2006, he launched an e-commerce company specializing in security products, later developing a professional partner program in 2009. In 2010, Voll shifted his focus entirely to SS&Si Dealer Network.
He is serving as a member of SISC and he previous served as a co-chairman on TMA’s marketing and communications committee and as an associate director of the Integration Association of Florida.
As a speaker, writer, podcast host and consultant, Voll shares insights on security sales, marketing strategies, funding programs and industry trends. He holds a bachelor of arts in economics from Rollins College in Winter Park, Fla. He resides in central Florida with his family, balancing his professional commitments with his passion for industry advocacy and mentorship.
