Lancaster, PA PDQ Manufacturing, a market leader in architectural door hardware and IoT access control solutions has named Sam Sutherland as National Sales Manager for pdqSMART Cloud-Based Access Control. Mr. Sutherland plans to aggressively grow PDQ’s top line revenue and strategically expand their market presence in wireless access control products across multiple vertical markets including multi-family, senior living and student housing.
Sam has 20 plus years’ experience in managing and leading sales teams for GE Smart, Honeywell, and Tyco Security. He also has a strong background in government security and law enforcement. Sam is an alumnus of both Hofstra University and Cornell’s SC Johnson School of Business. He also holds certifications for PMP, PSP, SAMA, and is a Six Sigma Black belt.
Sam served in the US Army retiring as Lt Colonel. He is a DTM toastmaster and enjoys golf, volunteering with the Wounded Warrior program and spends his free time working with under privileged teens. He is married to Angela, of “Ask the Nanny” fame, and has four adult children and four grandchildren.
About PDQ
PDQ Manufacturing, Inc. is bringing innovative door security and access control solutions to market that help people, businesses, schools, institutions, and multi-family/multi-tenant facilities stay safe and secure. Founded in 1983, based in Lancaster, PA, family-owned PDQ designs and manufactures high quality, built-to-last mechanical security and IoT access control products in the USA. Our pdqSMART offering is a mobile-enabled, encryption protected, cloud-hosted, Bluetooth wireless access control solution that makes life easy and convenient. Open an app on your smart phone, lock/unlock a door from anywhere in the world, at any time. pdqSMART is the only smart lock that makes access control simple with the seamless integration of software and mechanical lock products all from a single source. pdqSMART won the Innovation Award at the Electronic Security Association’s 2019 Expo. To learn more, visit www.pdqlocks.com.
