From the First Line of Security to the Pinnacle

As many of you might have learned I have recently changed jobs. On January 30th I began working with Pinnacle Security. Firstline Security ran into financial problems and declared Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection on January 25th. With the Chapter 11, Firstline was required to drastically reduce their staffing forces and work to rebuild the company on a splintered staff. I elected to not stay but look for other opportunities.

I first met with the COO of Pinnacle and received a brief explanation of the company and their direction. I was impressed! I learned more and more about the company and the opportunities of growth for me. I evaluated the company for a couple weeks while I waited to talk to Firstline ownership to determine what my game plan would be. In the end it was obvious that I should go to Pinnacle Security. I accpeted the position of Senior Manager of Technical Services. I work with the Field Service Technicians and the Technical Support Department.

I really love the company. I enjoy arriving to work each day and the time absolutely flies by!

Anyway, I guess there is no need to finish my previous post about my job at Firstline.

Here are some of the Pinnacle Sites:

http://www.pinnaclesecurity.com/
http://www.provosecurity.com/
http://www.workforpinnacle.com/
http://www.pinnaclesecurity.net/

Firstline Softball

Firstline 2-1! Our team lost our first game tonight. We did fight, but we came up short. We were down 1 - 13 through the 3 inning. In the 5th we rallied and make 12 runs to tie it going into the 6th inning. The other team then scored 4. Then we only score 3 and it was over! Final score 17-16. Ouch. Better luck next time.

Firstline Security

My Job!

I started working for Firstline Security in February 2003. I started as an installation technician in San Diego California and am currently working in operations.

How it all began. I was newly married and working for Priddis Music in Lindon, Utah. The Owner of Priddis was having a security system and camera system installed to...i guess spy on us, but as I watched the installers install the equipment, I kept telling myself that I would really enjoy doing that!

I just happned to mention this a couple months later during FHE with friends and one of our friends said..."I work for one of those type of companies." He gave me the information for one of the Technican managers and I gave him a call.

I called Sterling Barnes. He was actually one of the 4 owners at the time. He was over technicains and I interviewed with him. He liked me and told me to come to training. Training was held in this little hole-in-the-way storage units. It was built out to help new technicians gain rough skills before the job. I LOVED IT! I soaked in every bit of training that Sterling Barnes, Kevin Woodworth and Ryan Newcomer sent my way. They thought I did a good job and put me to work. Next stop...San Diego California.

Liz and I packed our things and were off to San Diego to be in the office under Babe (Jared) Kilgore. Our office ended up doing the most installs for one office over all others. I beleive their were 6 offices total in the company. I personally installed 154 summer installs. I really liked the company and wanted to stick around. Sterling flew out to visit our office and set down with me to talk about a future with Firstline. I liked me enough and told me to talk to him once back in Utah.

Back in Utah I went to our corporate office on Orem Blvd. There I met with Sterling and he acted as if he thought I did not want to work with Firstline. I guess I sounded really depressed during our interview. I corrected that was asked to meet with Brett Redd. Brett was another owner and controlled the $$. The said that they would give me a shot as the Serivce Department Manager.

to be continued...I am tired of typing

Links about Firsltine

Firstline Customer Website: http://www.getfirstline.com/

Firstline Recruiting Website: http://www.gofirstline.com/

Firsline Prodigy Project: http://www.actualityentertainment.com/