Robert Hile

Director, Strategic Accounts, SureView Systems

Robert Hile is Director of Strategic Accounts for SureView Systems, focusing on enterprise-class market opportunities, and building relationships with key integration firms, consultants and A&E firms. Recognised as a leading voice in the industry, Hile has more than 25 years of security industry experience. Hile's executive career has involved working for both private and public entities, including Fortune 500 Global companies. He previously held the title of Chief Executive Officer for Integrated Fire & Security Solutions Inc. Formerly, Hile served as Senior Director, Enterprise Security Solutions at Siemens Industry Inc., where he led the security division within the Building Technologies group, providing customised solutions for intelligent response and business continuity for global and national accounts. Over the course of his career, he has also held senior-level positions with G4S, Convergint Technologies, GVI Security Solutions and TAC. He is a frequent speaker at industry events and currently serves on the Security Industry Association educational advisory board.

Round table contributions

Can end users trust advice from security salesmen?

Salesmen may face pressure to “seal the deal,” but might an overemphasis on the ABCs of selling (“always be closing”) actually work to the detriment of an unsuspecting customer...

How does technology innovation in security systems impact the skillsets needed by security operators and officers?

Going back to the days when we asked our children to program our VCRs, many of us are challenged by the intricacies of technology. However, a benefit of newer inventions such as smartphones and tablet...

How should manufacturers engage with end user customers?

If we didn’t have manufacturers, integrators wouldn’t have anything to sell. But what is the role of manufacturing companies when it comes to taking those products to market? Effectively m...

What are the current limitations of cloud-based systems? How will the situation change over the next five years?

There’s a cloud hanging over the security market. Or rather, The Cloud is portending great change for our market (and other markets, too). But with all the talk about cloud-based systems, limita...

Articles by Robert Hile

Security in the cloud...and beyond cameras and doors

Time will tell regarding how fast public cloud applications will be fully adopted in the security space Sureview 2014/2015 Review and Forecast: The continued movement to “cl...

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News mentions

Sureview partners with Access Technologies, provides Immix Command Center software

Access Technologies will offer SureView Immix CC software in New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, Southern California and Nevada SureView Systems, a global provider of enterprise command...

SureView receives OnGuard version 7.0 factory certification

SureView Systems, a global provider of commercial central station and enterprise command center software, announced recently that it has received Lenel factory certification for the latest version of...

SureView's Immix networked software platform wins Government Security Award

SureView wins award for its Immix enterprise command center and central station software solution SureView Systems, a global provider of commercial central station and enterprise co...

Cloud-based systems: Current challenges and future technology

There’s more talk than ever in the security industry about cloud-based systems – where they are, where they’re going, the risks, the rewards. New opportunities for integrator compani...

SureView Systems Immix platform integrated with AMAG Symmetry access control software

SureView Systems, a leading provider of commercial central station and enterprise command center software for the security industry, announced recently a new integration for its Immix® platform wi...

IDV Solutions integrates Visual Command Center EVR platform with SureView Systems Immix CC video-centric event management platform

IDV Solutions, LLC and SureView Systems, LLC recently announced that the companies have formed a technical partnership and completed an integration of SureView’s Immix® CC video-centric even...

DVTEL integrates its ioimage analytics with SureView Systems Immix software platform

DVTEL, INC., the IP video surveillance solutions provider, recently announced that it has completed the integration of DVTEL’s ioimage analytics with the SureView Systems Immix software platform...

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