Chicago’s Finest Protection: Blue Star Security Featured on WGN TV

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A recent WGN-TV segment featured an interview with Anthony Varchetto, President, and Jeff Salvetti, Vice President, of Blue Star Security, which they co-founded. They discussed how Blue Star provides premier security and investigative services across Chicago and North America through Protos Security’s Specialized Services Division.

Protos Security Announces the Strategic Acquisition of Summit Off Duty Services

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Security Services Holdings LLC (dba Protos Security), the leading tech-enabled vendor managed services security provider in North America, announces that it has acquired Summit Off Duty. Protos Security is a portfolio company of Southfield Capital and adding Summit to the portfolio expands the service offering and value to its customer base. The transaction closed on March 1, 2024.

Employee Growth Success Story – Stephanie Cherubin

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Stephanie started her career with Security Resources Inc. (SRI), a company acquired by Protos in 2019, over 10 years ago. Joining a a Dispatcher, she had big plans of moving up in her career and learning as many new skills as possible. Working in the security industry was a new and exciting adventure for her, and she was just getting started.

Protos Security at GSX – An Interview with Dan Arnold

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Protos Security recently attended the Global Security Exchange (GSX) 2023 Conference in Dallas, TX. On the show floor, Dan Arnold, our Senior Vice President of National Operations, had the opportunity to participate in an interview with Ben Thomas, host of MarketScale.

Employee Growth Success Story – Jaron John

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Jaron started his journey with Protos over seven years ago while doing an internship during college with the development team and assisting with various projects. He had the chance to work as a dispatcher part-time during his internship, and that experience gave him insight into how our software is used.

ISCPO Names Protos Security as Preferred Vendor Partner

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The International Supply Chain Protection Organization (ISCPO) announced that Protos Security has joined as the organization’s preferred vendor partner as ISCPO continues to support its members and the supply chain security community.

Employee Growth Success Story – Meghan Hall

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Meghan has been working at Protos for over six years. She joined the company as a Dispatcher right after she graduated high school. While in school, Meghan studied criminal justice and found it to be very interesting. She wanted to work for a company with a law enforcement atmosphere which is what drew her to Protos.

Employee Growth Success Story – Julian Austin

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Julian started working at Protos over seven years ago. He joined the dispatch team as a Support Specialist and has grown within the company over the years to his current role as Dispatch Training Manager based in Daleville, VA.

Protos Security Names Michael Jacobs COO

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Security Services Holdings, LLC (dba Protos Security), the leading technology-enabled managed services platform in North America delivering an integrated suite of physical and technology-based security services to commercial customers, announced it has hired Michael Jacobs as Chief Operating Officer, effective immediately.

Employee Growth Success Story – Blake Vaughan

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Blake Vaughan started working with Protos almost six years ago in May 2017 while he was finishing college at Virginia Tech. Over the past six years, Blake has enjoyed working with a fast-growing company and the amazing teams that have helped him grow to his current position as Vice President of Commercial Finance.

Protos
Headquarters

383 Main Ave, Suite 505
Norwalk, CT 06851, USA
Phone: 203.941.4700

Protos
Headquarters

383 Main Ave, Suite 505
Norwalk, CT 06851, USA
Phone: 203.941.4700

Mark Hjelle

Chief Executive Officer

Mark Hjelle is the CEO of Security Services Holdings, LLC as well as Protos Security and its subsidiaries. Mark is an experienced Chief Executive Officer and Board Member who has led large national business and facilities services firms for nearly 25 years delivering strong top- and bottom-line growth while building high-performing teams with strong culture. Most recently, he was CEO for CSC ServiceWorks, a B2B2C provider of technology-enabled consumer services. Prior to CSC, Mark was President of Brickman/Valleycrest a national provider of exterior landscape and snow removal services. Over the course of his 18-year tenure at Brickman, he held numerous leadership positions in operations, finance and business development. Mark holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from The Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, a Master of Government Administration from the University of Pennsylvania Fels Institute of Government and a Law Degree from Case Western Reserve School of Law.