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Jake Voll brings security industry professionals together to discuss best practices, challenges, and opportunities.
Unknown Host hosts Coffee Break with Jake, a business show with 35 episodes published.
This week, Jake Voll sits down with Derek Carder, COO of FrontPoint Security, to talk about what happened when a DIY home security company decided their 60-to-90 minute hold time was the number one problem to solve, and
This week, Jake Voll sits down with Ainsley Close, president of Guardian Security Systems out of Seattle. Guardian is a third-generation family alarm company. Ainsley's grandfather Donald founded the parent business, her
So what are dealers actually wrestling with right now, and what's working? In this episode of Coffee Break With Jake, we take a look at your biggest challenges. In this episode, we talk about... ✅ The lead-gen reality ch
Taylor Sears is back. A few months after his Dealer Spotlight, the COO of Silent Guard and Davis Heat and Air joins Jake Voll for a working session on the four levers any dealer can pull to grow recurring revenue and the
In this Dealer Spotlight edition of Coffee Break With Jake, Jake Voll sits down with Taylor Sears, COO of Silent Guard in Kentucky and Davis HVAC, to talk about how a 17-person family alarm shop turned itself into a 42-p
In this special edition of Coffee Break With Jake, Jake Voll sits down with Rebekah Johnson, co-founder and executive director of Embers of Hope. Rebekah's story starts in May 2002, when an electrical spark from the outl
In this special edition of Coffee Break With Jake, Jake Voll sits down with Manish Dalal, Founder and President of ZKTeco USA, to dig into where biometrics fits in the modern access control stack and why the physical cre
Join Jake Voll as he sits down with Lee Odess, globally recognized access control industry analyst, author of The Six Phase Changes Shaping Access Control, and founder of PhySec Collective, to talk about where access con
Join Jake Voll as he sits down with Josh Trim of Pennington & Trim to talk about what it takes to grow a security company across generations — and why “sales” isn’t about pressure or commissions, it’s about trust, charac
Join Jake Voll as he sits with industry consultant Robert Few, managing partner of The Connection Exchange (TCX), to unpack one of the biggest growth bottlenecks in the security industry: hiring and keeping the right sal
Professionalism isn’t branding; it’s operations. In this episode, Jake is joined by several seasoned pros across the industry to break down what “high standards” actually look like in the alarm and security integration w
Most alarm systems still deliver the same thing they did decades ago: a binary signal from a door or motion sensor. But customers don’t buy “a signal”; they buy the belief that you’ll stop crime. In this episode, Jake si
What does it really mean to be unapologetically client-focused in the security industry? In this episode of Coffee Break With Jake, Jake sits down with Marvin Smith, owner of Orlando Emergency Signal, to unpack nearly tw
The tables have turned. Jake Voll (the host of Coffee Break With Jake and CEO of SS&Si Dealer Network) is in the hot seat this time! Tyler Martin takes over the mic to uncover the story behind one of the alarm industry's
Selling a family business isn't just a financial transaction. It's an emotional journey that tests your identity, relationships, and vision for the future. Jeremy Bates, VP of Business Development at Pye Barker, joins Ja
Most security integrators treat large commercial projects like one-time windfalls.Install the system, collect the check, and move on. But what if that $50,000 access control system could generate $200,000 over its lifeti
Let's talk about how AI is transforming security businesses. And no, we're not talking about AI-powered security technologies. We're talking about how artificial intelligence is revolutionizing the way security integrato
What happens when your work spouse is your actual spouse? In this episode of Coffee Break With Jake, we dive into the real-world dynamics of running a business with your spouse. Jake sits down with Katie & Parker Smith o
In this episode of Coffee Break with Jake, we dive into the realities of running (and working in) a family-owned alarm company with special guest Melanie Henson of Stewart Electronics. From rags-to-joy founder stories to
In this episode of Coffee Break with Jake, we sit down with Steve Butkovich, president of The Monitoring Association (TMA) and Chief Product Officer at CPI Security, to unpack where professional monitoring is headed and
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Coffee Break with Jake is hosted by Unknown Host. The show is categorised under Business (entrepreneurship) and has published 35 episodes.
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