Insider News Business& Petrow Is New President
& CEO at Vector Security The board of directors of Vector Security Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa., and its parent company, The Philadelphia Contributionship, unani- mously approved the appointment of Pame- la J. Petrow as president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Vector Security Inc. John A. Murphy had identified Petrow as his successor by appointing her, with board approval, as executive vice president, and then chief operating offi- cer (COO) of Vector Security. The current appointment is the culmi- nation of a carefully considered succession plan for Vector Security, the company said. Petrow now will be responsible for moving the company forward on the successful path that Murphy began when he became president and COO of Vector Security in 1991. Petrow has held several senior-level positions at Vector Secu-
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rity. She was promoted to senior vice president of the Central Stations and Information Services Group and became a member of the Office of the President in 1997. In 2003, Vector Security was awarded SDM’s Security Dealer of the Year award. At the time, SDM described the company as a “company of leaders” and prominently pictured Petrow as a key leader. In 2004, she was promoted to become the company’s executive vice president and also became the chief administrative officer responsible for the company’s Insurance and Human Resources groups. In 2006, she was promoted to COO.
In 2006, her leadership resulted in the company earning the Central Station of the Year Award, the company said. Petrow and her staff authored and launched a 12-step plan to minimize false alarm dispatches, which in the same year earned the company the industry’s first Police Dispatch Quality (PDQ) award. This award recognizes a company that demonstrates its commitment and excellence in minimizing false police dispatches. Petrow has served as secretary on the executive committee of the board of directors of the Central Station Alarm Association (CSAA), and co-chaired CSAA’s Education Committee. While a committee member, she worked with a group of CSAA members to develop and lead a distance learning program, which now has two very successful levels of online training for operators. More than 4,000 operators have graduated from the Level I course since its inception in 2003.
On behalf of CSAA, she also represents the electronic secu- rity industry at-large with APCO (Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials International) to develop and imple- ment the beta testing of electronic transmission of alarm data to 911 centers. For her efforts in supporting the alarm industry, Petrow was awarded the CSAA President’s Award in 2002 and APCO’s President’s Award in 2009. Petrow is a member of the Security Industry Standards Coun-
cil, overseeing standards efforts for the industry; and has par- ticipated in legislative efforts, alongside the ESA and CSAA. ■
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