Nortek Security CEO Out, Company Pivoting
Nortek Security's CEO, Michael O'Neal is out, after 8 years leading the company, in what Nortek described to IPVM as them having 'pivoted strongly from [their] factory roots'.
However, as their owner admitted, Nortek Security's "business endured a difficult year in 2018'.
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