Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> September 7, 1998

James S. Brannen – Security Associates International (idl)

JAMES S. BRANNEN was one of the founders of Security Associates International, Inc. in 1990 and has been its president ever since. Prior to founding Security Associates, he spent 25 years with The First National Bank of Chicago, where he was Senior Vice President responsible for many of the bank's key domestic and international lending activities, including its lending to the communications industry. He has an A.B. degree from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. from Northwestern University. Profile
TWST: Give us a description of your company and the outlook for your

business today?

Mr. Brannen: Security Associates occupies a somewhat unique niche

within the overall alarm industry. The