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8 news www.securitysystemsnews.com Specifcally Speaking Brian Coulombe, P.E. You left DVS to attend business school in 2011 and now you're back. Why did you decide to return to the security industry and to DVS? First and foremost, I love the work that we do. Every day we get to create real social value by helping to create a safer and more secure environment for our clients and the public. Also, I love the challenge—good security design requires constant adaptation to Principal Ducibella Venter & Santore (DVS) Hamden, Conn. august 2013 the latest technologies and threats, while maintaining a practical sensitivity to our clients' core missions and operations. I returned to DVS because it gives me the opportunity to continue working on some of the most exciting security projects in the world, while surrounded by people who truly are thought leaders in the field. Incidentally, we also know how to have a little fun. I interviewed you two years ago sECuRItY sYstEMs NEWs when you worked on the opening of the new World Trade Center. Today, you're now working on other projects at the World Trade Center. What can you tell me about the current projects? This year marks eight years working on the World Trade Center reconstruction for DVS. We are still very active in the construction of the four commercial towers, and are working on the early stage design of the Performing Arts Center. We are also very pleased to have been recently selected as the security consultant for the One World Observatory, which is the threestory observation deck going into the top of Tower 1 (formerly the Freedom Tower). Watching the downtown Manhattan skyline change in recent months has really driven home how special this project has been to us and to the citizens of New York. Other than the World Trade Center, what types of projects does DVS specialize in? We Get ıt Done FAIR& SQUARE Check fnding the perfect dealer program of your list. FAIR& Central Security Group's Fair & Square DEALER PROGRAM™ SQUARE Dealer Program pays more – faster. We provide weekly funding, high multiples and no holdbacks. Just give us a call. We'll get it done. BENEFITS ■ No Holdbacks Weekly Funding ■ Highest Multiples ■ Non-Exclusive Options ■ Bulk Acquisitions ■ Three-Payment Guarantee ■ Equipment Discounts ■ Control of Your Own Brand ■ ASSURANCE ■ Central Security Group Dealer Development 888-848-8851 csgdealer.com More Than 30 Years of Service ■ High Account Retention ■ Two-Way, Cellular and more ■ Interactive Services, featuring Honeywell Total Connect™ ■ Engarde Software Capabilities ■ Financial Stability ■ High Dealer Satisfaction ■ Personal Account Representative ■ MASWeb –coming soon! Few people know that DVS was actually founded in the 1960s designing security for museums. Since then, museums remain a really important vertical market for us and we are excited to be working on some great projects at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Broad Museum, and the Peabody Essex Museum. Other important vertical markets for us include stadiums/arena projects like Madison Square Garden, government facilities like the Federal Reserve Bank and numerous courthouses, commercial buildings, and high security data centers. School security has also been an active market for us, and we have had an even greater focus in that sector since the tragedy in Newtown, which is very close to home for many of us here in Connecticut. We were very proud when DVS founding principal Bob Ducibella was appointed to Connecticut Gov. [Dannel] Malloy's Sandy Hook Advisory Commission earlier this year, which made recommendations for statewide school security standards. Has anything changed technology wise in the past two years that you're paying particular attention to? There certainly never seems to be a shortage of new security technology for us to consider. Aside from the natural progression of traditional offerings like video compression capability and analytics, I think we're all waiting to see what the future holds for PSIM technology and its adoption on a wider scale. We're involved in some earlier stage deployments and it will be interesting to see if the building and updating of digital PSIM connectors to SPEAKING see page 11