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- GSIA Announces 3rd Annual Gold Shield Award Winners
Shenzhen, China (October 29, 2013): The 3rd annual Global Security Industry Alliance (GSIA) Gold Shield award winners for outstanding contributions in the global security industry were announced today in a glittering ceremony on the sidelines of the 14th China Public Security Expo (CPSE). The GSIA Gold Shield awards have become regarded as one of the most coveted awards in the global security industry and are presented every two-years at a Global Security Industry Awards Ceremony attended by over 1,500 industry professionals from around the world.
This year the GSIA Awards Committee received 50 Gold Shield award nominations from around the world. "The Awards Committee had the very difficult task of choosing just 12 nominees out of a slate of 50 outstanding candidates who, individually and organizationally, work to raise the standards of care in the industry, promote fair trade and technology innovation, and to build a responsible global security community," said Mr. Richard Chace, Chairman of the GSIA.
The Awards Committee also evaluated each candidate's contributions in promoting industry outreach to further environment friendly technology development, resource conservation/recycling, and social responsibility.
This year’s GSIA Gold Shield Award winners for outstanding contributions to the global security industry are:
• Jincai Yang, Chairman, Shenzhen Security and Protection Industry Association – SSPIA (China) • GB Singh, Managing Director, 1st Academy of Security Science Education Training (India) • Lennart Alexandrie, CEO, AR Media International AB (Sweden) • David Tobin, Vice President of International Sales, Reed Exhibitions (USA) • Selma Crusco Migliori, President Associação Brasileira das Empresas de Sistemas Eletrônicos de Segurança - ABESE (Brazil) • SK Hong, Chairman, KFairs (Korea) • Chaowu Chen, Deputy Director – Researcher, The First Research Institute of the Ministry of Public Security PRC (China) • Ricardo Lerner, Vice-President, Federação das Indústrias do Estado de São Paulo – FIESP (Brazil) • Pedro Durate, Vice-President of Latin America, Samsung - Techwin (USA) • Weidong Zhai, President, Shenzhen ZNV Technology (China) • Tam Hulusi, Senior Vice-President, HID Global (USA) • David Meganck, Founder and COO, Acsys Technologies (China)
"All of these award winners have histories of statesmanship in the global security industry and each has set the standard for how one contributes to the responsible growth of the security. This award is a testament to their professional achievements, leadership ability, knowledge, ingenuity, and legendary contributions in the development of the global security industry,” said Chace.
Hailed as the "global security industry’s highest honor" by CPS International Magazine, the Gold Shield Award, presented by the Global Security Industry Alliance (GSIA), is now considered one of the global security industry’s leading awards.
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About GSIA: "Thinking Locally - Acting Globally." The Global Security Industry Alliance (GSIA) is an Alliance designed to unite the global security community around the principles of fairness, honesty, innovation, sharing, open communication, and "win-win" strategic cooperation. Since 2009, the GSIA has been guided by a charter, originally signed by representatives of 30 international security trade groups, societies and law enforcement organizations from 25 different countries, which promotes the building and maintaining of an international resource network dedicated to the advancement of fair international trade policies, support of beneficial trade exhibitions and conference programs, development of education and certification programs, identification and development of accurate market research, and support of technology standards and best practices for the global security community. Please visit the GSIA website at www.GSIAlliance.com.
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