Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> January 5, 2009
STEVEN WALIN, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of GVI Securities Solutions,
Inc., joined the company in March 2006, from General Electric Security
Enterprise Solutions, where he was President from April 2003. Under Mr. Walin's
leadership, GE Security Enterprise Solutions integrated several acquisitions and
expanded product and service offerings while increasing revenues by 20% and
operating margin by 33%. From 2001 to 2003, Mr. Walin was a Senior Vice
President with the Security Systems division of Siemens Building Technologies,
Inc. From 1997 until 2001, he was President and Chief Operating Officer for
Security Technologies Group (STG), the largest independent security systems
integrator in North America, a company that he grew both organically and through
acquisitions from $10 million in revenues to more than $115 million. STG was
acquired by Siemens in 2001. He began his career in the security industry with
CASI-RUSCO, Inc., a developer, manufacturer and marketer of electronic security
products, now owned by GE. Mr. Walin is a 25-year veteran of the security
industry. Profile
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Mr. Walin: GVI is in the electronic security space,
