Earlier this month during a general membership meeting at ESX 2017 in Nashville, members of The Monitoring Association (TMA) elected Ivan Spector, president of Montreal-based Sentinel Alarm Co., to serve as their next president.
“I am very honored and humbled to serve in the position of president,” Spector said in a statement. “I look forward to continuing our successes and I thank all of our members for their support and participation.”
In addition to his role at Sentinel Alarm, Spector is a leader in advancing alarm management in both Canada and the United States. For the Canadian Security Association (CANASA), he has served on the board of directors, was national president, and chair of the Response Committee. In that role, he proved instrumental in driving many false dispatch reduction initiatives. He was a founding member and longtime board member of the Security Industry Alarm Coalition (SIAC). He currently serves on the Executive Committee of TMA.
Spector is a Superior Court of Canada-acknowledged and accepted expert witness. He is a graduate of McGill University in Montreal. He and his wife Jodi reside in Montreal and have four children.
In addition to the election of Spector, officer positions for the next two years were proposed and accepted by vote of the membership: Don Young, ADT; Morgan Hertel, Rapid Response; and Steve Butkovich, CPI will become vice presidents of the Association and Alan Gillmore IV, Gillmore Security, will become treasurer.
“Congratulations to Ivan and our other new officers,” said current TMA President Pamela J. Petrow. “I have had the pleasure of working with all of them during my presidency, and know that the association will be in very good hands under their leadership.”
These leadership changes become official at the conclusion of the TMA Annual Meeting in Scottsdale October 7-11.
In addition to voting on these leaders, members approved several proposed changes to the Association bylaws sections pertaining to officers and committees. The revised bylaws are posted online at tma.us.
