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Southwest Microwave is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Don Bradfield as President, by the company’s Board of Directors, effective immediately. Based at the company’s Tempe, Arizona headquarters, Mr. Bradfield will oversee domestic and international operations of the Security Systems and Microwave Products Divisions, including Southwest Microwave, Ltd., located in Worcestershire, United Kingdom. Drive operational transformation “It’s my distinct honour to receive this new appointment,” said Don Bradfield, President, Southwest Microwave, adding “I look forward to working with internal and external stakeholders, across the security and microwave divisions, to continuously drive operational transformation and new product development that addresses the needs of our worldwide customers, and maintains our competitive advantage.” In his previous role as General Manager of the company’s Microwave Products Division, Don Bradfield expanded the manufacturing operation, introduced a range of new high-frequency connectors for specialised aerospace and military applications, and oversaw NIST and ITAR compliance initiatives. Intrusion detection and microwave interconnect solutions He has more than 30 years of design engineering and operations management experience “Don’s track record of product innovation, market expansion, process improvement and organisational strategy advancement will ensure that Southwest Microwave continues to offer industry-leading intrusion detection and microwave interconnect solutions,” said Richard McCormick, Chairman/CEO of Southwest Microwave, Inc. Don Bradfield joined Southwest Microwave in January 2014. He has more than 30 years of design engineering and operations management experience, in the RF/microwave/mmWave products industry. Vast industry experience His previous positions include Vice President of Operations at L-3 Communications/Narda Microwave West, Director of Technology at Crane Electronics, and Director of Operations, Manufacturing Engineering Manager, and Design Engineer at Herley Industries. Don Bradfield holds a Master’s of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University and a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Electronic Engineering Technology from Capital Institute of Technology.

Johnson Controls has announced  the release of CEM Systems AC2000 v10.2, which offers new features such as an enhanced Time & Attendance application, improved Pass Design, advanced room booking with access control and additional features that increase the performance and scope of the access control system suite. AC2000 v10.2 Time Hub CEM Systems’ AC2000 Time Hub is an enhanced Time & Attendance workstation client and web application CEM Systems’ AC2000 Time Hub is an enhanced Time & Attendance workstation client and web application. It helps AC2000 customer maximise their existing security infrastructure by going beyond access control, without the need for an additional Time & Attendance system. AC2000 Time Hub utilises the existing AC2000 system to provide reliable timekeeping, an improved user experience and helps to avoid costly payroll errors, under or overstaffing and inefficient time recording.  Integrated into the AC2000 system, Time Hub is a reporting method for the office manager/administrator who requires statistics on the entering and exiting of staff. The improved Pass Design application is another feature of AC2000 v10.2 that provides a more intuitive user interface, more control of badge designs and features which reduce the configuration time for passes. Security management system The Advanced Room Booking feature in AC2000 v10.2 improves resource management, ensuring that only the meeting organiser and invitees can access a meeting room, booked via Outlook, at the time required. The AC2000 Security Hub command and control application has been enhanced with enterprise map support, a new dashboard to display system metrics and a new Rooms tab for improved operational resource management. Building on the range of video, perimeter detection and lift interface integrations, AC2000 now offers new interfaces to Samsung CCTV, Southwest Microwave perimeter detection and KONE Destination.

Advancis is a pioneer in the PSIM industry and helps protect critical infrastructure and high security sites around the globe with its leading-edge control room solution. This year at IFSEC, Southwest Microwave and TKH Security will be exhibiting in partnership with Advancis on its stand as part of the Advancis community of technology partners. For security system buyers and decision makers IFSEC International in London is an important event in the calendar with over 27,000 international visitors from more than 113 countries expected to attend on 18-20 June 2019. Excellent technology integration Advancis works very closely with its technology partners in a community approach to ensure that end clients experience excellent technology integration and seamless unification of disparate systems into the WinGuard PSIM software. Our mission is to offer the most stable and innovative PSIM solution on the market that provides the benefits of open architecture, cost efficiency and scalability as well as to provide high levels of support throughout a project’s life cycle. This unique and innovative community demonstration at IFSEC will be located at stand IF 2414, close to a main entrance and is expected to generate a great deal of interest amongst buyers who will be able to see an integrated security control room with the latest WinGuard X4 features with live integration of perimeter protection systems from Southwest Microwave as well as access control, security and video management from TKH Security.