Matt Barnette

President, Mercury Security, part of HID Global

Matt is President of Mercury Security, a subsidiary of ACRE, a global leader in electronic security solutions. Matt was President, SymmetryNet Global Products Division AMAG Technology, Inc. since July 1, 2014 and a member of the AMAG management team since July 2004; previously serving as AMAG’s Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Senior Business Development Manager and Vice President of Sales & Marketing. Matt, who began his security career in 1991, oversees sales, marketing, operations and corporate activities and initiatives for AMAG worldwide. Matt is committed to providing Exceptional Customer Service in everything he and his team executes. His experience includes identifying market needs and working closely with customers to understand needs and then coordinating with product management to ensure product development stays ahead of the quickly evolving technology curve to solve customer problems. His team is motivated to provide the best product, service and support in the industry. Prior to AMAG, Matt planned and executed sales and marketing initiatives for national account customers while working at Integral Technologies, Andover Controls, Software House and Sensormatic. Matt started in the industry as a network administrator for a regional system integrator in the San Francisco Bay area. Matt is a member of ASIS International, BICSI and SIA. He travels internationally to attend and present at seminars and conferences focused on the emergence of security in IT.

Articles by Matt Barnette

Consolidation and customer-centric approaches drive growth for 2016 and beyond

AMAG Technology provides an overview on its regional development and the current market trends in these regions. The integrated security solution provider speaks about the consolidation of the video m...

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Security Industry Association (SIA) reveals schedule and speaker lineup for the 2022 Securing New Ground (SNG) conference

The Security Industry Association (SIA) has announced the 2022 schedule, speaker lineup and programme for Securing New Ground (SNG), the security industry’s executive conference, taking place fr...

Security Industry Association welcomes New Chair and announces Executive Committee, Board Members and Committee Leadership

The Security Industry Association (SIA) welcomed a new chair, presented five new and four returning members to the SIA Board of Directors, and announced several new committee leaders at The Advance, S...

PSA Security Network announces structure change to executive leadership team for PSA Security and USAV

PSA Security Network (PSA), the world’s renowned systems integrator consortium, has announced a structure change among its executive leadership team, which affects both PSA Security and USAV. P...

Netwatch Group announces the appointment of Bill Bozeman to its Executive Board

Netwatch Group, a security group comprised of NMC, CalAtlantic and Netwatch, is pleased to announce that Bill Bozeman, CPP, will be joining their Executive Board. One of the most respected professiona...

PSA Security Network announce appointment of Matt Barnette as new Chief Executive Officer

PSA Security Network (PSA), the globally renowned systems integrator consortium, has announced the appointment of Matt Barnette as its next Chief Executive Officer. PSA’s current CEO, Bill Bozem...

HID Global introduces the HID Aero platform to extend their portfolio of open platform controllers

HID Global, a worldwide provider of trusted identity solutions, announced that it has extended its open-architecture controller line with the introduction of HID Aero. Building on the proven success o...

Keep by Feenics achieves FICAM Compliance and GSA Listing as approved access control credentialing product

Feenics has announced that its Keep by Feenics cloud-hosted access control platform is now certified and approved for government and federal agency use in Personal Identity Verification (PIV) credenti...

Genetec announces offering multiple FICAM-certified options for Security Center Synergis access control system

Genetec Inc., globally renowned technology provider of unified security, public safety, operations, and business intelligence solutions, has announced that it is now offering multiple FICAM-(Federal I...

Genetec Inc. recognised as Platinum Premier partner by HID Global’s Mercury Security

Genetec Inc., global technology provider of unified security, public safety, operations, and business intelligence solutions has announced that Mercury Security, part of HID Global, global player in t...

Mercury Security hosts SIA panel on cyber hardening access control systems at ISC West 2018

Mercury Security, a global provider of OEM access control hardware and part of HID Global, will host a panel discussion on best practices for hardening an access control infrastructure for enhanced se...

HID Global to present in SIA educational sessions and community events at ISC West 2018

HID Global, a global provider of trusted identity solutions, will showcase its portfolio of solutions that power trusted identities in HID booth #11063 at next week’s ISC West in Las Vegas. The...

Open platform access control the focus at MercTech4 event in Miami, Florida

Open architecture in physical access control is built around Mercury Security’s access control panels, the de facto standard embraced by more than two dozen access control original equipment man...

Mercury Security identifies key trends influencing access control market at ISC West 2017

Mercury Security has identified key trends that will influence the access control market Mercury Security has identified key trends that will significantly influence the access con...

LifeSafety Power announces Mercury Security breakthrough for proactive power reporting

Industry’s first embedded native firmware integration adds seamless proactive power reporting for leading Mercury software partners LifeSafety Power Inc., Mundelein, Ill., ann...

Brivo OnAir cloud-based access control system to include Mercury’s open platform hardware

Brivo OnAir combines access control technology, video surveillance and mobile credentialing in a unified cloud-based security platform Brivo, the provider of cloud-based physical ac...

Genetec joins Mercury group of Platinum Elite Partners

New status reflects on-going commitment to innovative access control integrations with Mercury Solutions Genetec Inc., a provider of open architecture security and public safety sol...

Feenics achieves Platinum Partner Status for Mercury Security

The partnership lends further credibility to Keep SMS and integration with Authentic Mercury hardware Feenics, Ottawa, Canada, has achieved elite Platinum Partner Status for Mercury...

Vanderbilt devices now support Mercury Security’s hardware controllers and peripheral panels

Vanderbilt is now an Authentic Mercury partner Vanderbilt, a provider of state-of-the-art security systems, continues to demonstrate its commitment to delivering open systems soluti...

Mercury Security launches hardware solution for “screwdriverless” migration to open, interoperable access control systems

The Authentic Mercury model allows its customers to choose from industry-leading access control software providers, at time of product selection and also as their needs evolve Mercu...

ACRE appoints Matthew Barnette new President of Mercury Security

Mr. Barnette succeeds Steve Wagner, who is retiring after spending a decade at Mercury Security, most recently as President ACRE, a global Electronic security solutions provider, to...

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