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Interview with Tony Sabatino, Executive Vice President at Securitas
In 2014, Securitas celebrated 80 years in the security business in Sweden. Securitas is the largest private security company in Sweden, and use technical solutions in their everyday work. This has led to an amazing development for the company. Today, Securitas is the largest security company in the North American market as well.
SACC-Philadelphia had the opportunity to have an interview with Tony Sabatino, Executive Vice President at Securitas in North America. Tony recently celebrated his 25th anniversary at Securitas. He started in 1991 as a management trainee at Wells Fargo Guard Service, which later merged with Burns. Securitas acquired Burns in 2000. Tony has been the Region President in California since 2004, and became the Executive Vice President in 2015.
Why is it that you are the number one security company in the US? How do you work to maintain that position in the market?
This could be a two hour conversation, but the main reasons are that we provide high quality services and security alternatives for our clients. We also utilize electronic solutions. The services that Securitas provide are very unique. At this point, we are really leading the market place. There is a lot of competition in the market place, but soon they will mimic what we are doing.
Gisela Lindstrand, from the office in Sweden, mentioned to me that there is a paradigm shift that includes more technology: What is your strategy to keep up with the changes, and what do you believe is the most important factor in order to keep up with the paradigm shift?
Securitas is a leader in the electronic security industry, through their own research and working with industrial leaders( vendor partners)
Please tell us about your strategy and visions when it comes to sustainability – what do you do to affect the environment as little as possible and in what ways do you help the environment?
Many people believe that a service company is not able to do as much for the environment, but we are aware of the work course. We are going digital, using less paper consumption. We have been using environment friendly cars for the past 8 years. Securitas also have a company policy about sustainability that is on our website.
Tony also mentioned that Securitas employs almost 85,000 people in North America. Securitas operate in all 50 states, and also in Canada and Mexico. Securitas has become a protective service company, and no longer just a guard company. Securitas has become a very innovative company.
We want to thank Securitas and Tony Sabatino for his time. Also, we want to thank Gisela Lindstrand who put us in touch with Tony.
Author: Linn Johnasson
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