Maureen Carlson

Co-Founder, VP Marketing and Sales, System Surveyor

Maureen Carlson is the Co-founder and Vice President of Growth at System Surveyor. As an executive-level marketing and sales leader with more than 25 years of experience in B2B and SaaS technology companies, she leads System Surveyor’s growth efforts in sales, customer success, and marketing. She and her team are responsible for innovative digital marketing efforts and expansion by helping customers achieve their objectives with the technology. For the past ten years, her focus has been on providing high-value software for system integrators, dealers, and technology directors in the physical security and IoT industries, equipping them with the freedom to design better systems. Prior to System Surveyor, Maureen owned a strategic marketing and sales consulting firm focused on entrepreneurial startup companies, several of which experienced successful growth trajectories and exits. She has also held corporate marketing and sales enablement roles at Tivoli (acquired by IBM), LifeSize (acquired by Logitech), and Pervasive Software, among others. She and her husband Andy have two daughters and are actively involved in their local community in Austin, TX.

Round table contributions

What current technology is a game changer for security?

Ideally, every new product or technology serves a need in the market, but not all new products are created equal. The impact of some new technologies is so profound that they make us rethink our preco...

Which vertical markets offer the greatest growth potential for security?

Physical security is a large market overall, encompassing a range of diverse vertical markets, each with its own set of challenges and opportunities. The success of the security industry overall depen...

How can security systems be more proactive?

Historically, the emphasis of security systems has been on reactivity, whether it’s providing video evidence of an incident or data to support a resulting investigation. Reactivity is core to im...

What are the benefits of integrating security with building management?

Sharing data between security and building management devices can provide a route to maximise building usage and minimise costs. In today's Internet of Things (IoT) environment, tying together a varie...

What are the major pain points when installing a security system?

Every security system is unique, of course. Specific to each installation are the problems the customer and the integrator may experience along their journey. However, given the installation of hundre...

What big announcements can we expect at ISC West 2023?

The upcoming ISC West trade show in Las Vegas will offer innumerable networking and learning opportunities for attendees. Manufacturers will take the opportunity to promote their businesses and showca...

Who should provide security solutions – the manufacturer or the integrator?

Assembling security solutions has long been considered the role of the integrator, whose role is to pick and choose the best technology tools and then to assemble the complete system. However, more ma...

How have trade show cancellations impacted the security market?

It has been two years or so since the last ISC West trade show, the biggest security show in the U.S. market. The coronavirus pandemic has caused a year’s worth of trade show cancellations, and...

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