ALCEA appoints ALWIN Sales Engineer for North America
Bart Bednar has joined ALCEA as an ALWIN Sales Engineer for North America.
Bednar – who is based in Irving, Texas, US – will report directly to Michael Woody, the company’s Technical Service and Customer Success Manager.
Bart Bednar joins ALCEA
Bednar spent the first 15 years of his career living in Minneapolis, Denver, Houston and Freehold, N.J, as a Field Systems Integrator at Checkpoint Security Systems, Inc.
He served the last 11 years as a Field Application Manager at OPTEX America.
Throughout the US and Canada, Bednar developed and certified integrators and OPTEX’s six regional sales managers for a unique client base.
He supported over 50 product lines and worked with high profile customers such as Amazon Web Services/Google, Con Edison and Duke Energy.
In his new position, Bednar is working with ALCEA sales personnel to promote and support the ALWIN and CLIQ access software systems.
“A different type of technology”
“I was also involved with the installations at every one of the Apple retail stores in Manhattan and worked with various transportation agencies including Bay Area Rail Transit (BART) in the Bay area of northern California, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) in the boroughs of New York City and with the Chicago Transit Authority,” commented Bednar.
“My goal is to help increase sales and introduce ALWIN to North America. I want it to be as successful here as it is in France.
“ALWIN currently integrates or interfaces with over 100 leading technology manufacturers of access devices, readers and video systems.
“ALWIN is a different type of technology, but in the same market I have experience with the last few years in the area of critical infrastructure.”
Critical infrastructure security
ALCEA offers a wide range of critical infrastructure security solutions and access management systems as the internal systems integrator partner of ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions.
In 2023, the company introduced ALWIN security management software to customers in the US.
The robust software platform combines ASSA ABLOY security locks, ABLOY PROTEC 2 padlocks and cylinders and CLIQ access software with video management and intrusion detection.