Ron Virden
Ron Virden
Chief Operating Officer, ACRE, LLCRonald Virden serves as ACRE’s Chief Operating Officer, responsible for daily ACRE operations as well as the management of process improvements and the continued integration of ACRE-owned brands, including Vanderbilt and ComNet. Virden is a seasoned global executive who has extensive experience with Fortune 50 organisations. He most recently served as President and Managing Director for Global Security Products, Americas/Global Access Solutions at UTC, encompassing UTC’s Interlogix and GE Security brands, as well as Supra, Onity and Lenel. Prior to that, Virden was President and Managing Director of GE Industrial Systems, GE Security/Supra, where he more than doubled international revenue and drove the strategic development of products to address specific market needs globally. Ron holds an MBA from the University of Phoenix.
Round table contributions
An aging employee population and the influx of a new generation of workers and customers is driving change in the physical security industry. Millennials – those born in the 1980s and mid-1990s...
What is a business, or an industry, but a collection of people and the results of their work? People make all the difference in the destiny of a business or industry. And the people involved in a busi...
Using a smart phone as an access control credential is an idea whose time has come – or has it? The flexible uses of smart phones are transforming our lives in multiple ways, and the devices are...
The physical security industry is embracing the cloud in a big way. Cloud-based systems – which involve accessing a shared pool of information technology resources via the Internet – are m...
News mentions
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...
Look who’s talking about the top issues in the physical security industry in 2019. Our website’s Expert Panel Roundtable discussions in 2019 reflected some of the most timely and important...
Cloud platforms and applications are becoming prevalent across security solutions. In the simplest terms, cloud systems store and access data and programs over the Internet instead of using an on-prem...
ACRE, a global provider of integrated technology solutions and services, announced that ACRE, Vanderbilt and its subsidiaries, has entered into a strategic alliance with AlertEnterprise to expand and...
In the short video, Kim Loy, Director of Communications and Technology, David Sullivan, Executive Vice President of Global Sales, and Ron Virden, President of Vanderbilt International, discuss the cul...
ACRE, a global provider of security products and solutions for the access control, intrusion, smart traffic and video surveillance markets, has announced the appointment of Ronald Virden as Chief Oper...
To recognise their business relationship, Mercury has named Lenel it’s first-ever Platinum Premier partner Since 1995, Lenel, a provider of advanced security systems, and Merc...
This is the 18th year the Little League World Baseball® Series has been secured by Lenel Teams from around the world converged on Williamsport in central Pennsylvania for the 70...
Lenel is there for the 17th consecutive year helping to protect players, coaches, officials and fans As 16 teams from around the world converge for the 69th annual Little League Wor...
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