Who Should We Interview?

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John Honovich
Aug 20, 2013
IPVM

I hate typical industry interviews because they are sham promotions for manufacturers or proxies set up by the manufacturer's marketing people (though the worst are clearly Security Stock Watch).

That said, I do think interviews, done right, can help expose useful information that rarely gets publicized. For instance, the Retail Surveillance Operator report was extremely well received. Additionally, the Chiefs of Police one and the Video Forensics expert one both had real insights.

My preference is for people in the trenches - security guards, managers, contracting officers, maybe installer, sales people, etc. Unlike corporate executives who speak in sound bites, 'regular' people tend to be willing to speak frankly good and bad.

I also think it could be useful to interview manufacturers but only anonymously so the interviewee does not feel the pressure to spout the party line.

Is there any type of person or specific individual you would like to see interviewed?

JC
Jason Clement
Aug 20, 2013

I think you have it right on. Getting more of the security guards, end users, etc would be great. My opinion on the manufacturers side is to talk to the Sales Engineers rather than the sales managers/reps. Installers and reseller/integrators sales people is a great idea too.

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Brian Karas
Aug 20, 2013
Pelican Zero

Not so much a "who", but for some of these it would be cool to see you interview for example a security guard from a large school and a small school, a loss control person from a clothing chain and a hardware store. I think it would be valuable to see where certain products, procedures, etc. are commonplace across different iterations of the same vertical, and where things are done differently based on facility type, location, size, etc.

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Michael Budalich
Aug 21, 2013
Genetec

I would be interested in interviews of major universities director of public safety. With huge campus environments they get a wide variety of security concerns whether its rapists or college shooters. Would be awesome to get insight into those people's criteria for security equipment.

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Daniel S-T
Aug 22, 2013

I've always been curious about how the end users really feel their system works and meets their needs after an install. I always see those case studies, and a lot of them almost look like they were writting by the manufacturerer and then filled in with customer information.

End uders/Security Guards, and so on.

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John Honovich
Aug 22, 2013
IPVM

Thanks all. We are definitely going to go down that path, including schools and other 'applications'/verticals.

Any more specific ideas - keep them coming?

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