America's Fastest Growing
Security Dealers and Systems Integrators
It has taken just
four years for
NextGen Security
to leverage its
critical infrastructure
market expertise to
become the
fastest-growing
systems integrator
in North America
By Paul Rothman
A
SECURITY
cated ones see a massive opportunity.
Such is the case for NextGen Security,
which has leveraged its extensive secu-
rity industry backgrounds and exper-
tise in just four years to harness the
critical infrastructure vertical – in the
process becoming SD&I;'s fastest-grow-
ing security systems integrator.
"ings took off quickly," says com-
pany president Ryan Loughin, who is a
founding owner of the company with
CEO Frank Brewer; along with found-
ing principals Dwight Smith (Senior
VP of Finance and Administration),
Ryan Rieger (VP in charge of the Pet-
rochemical and Energy Division) and
Steve Greis (VP in charge of the com-
pany's Southwest region).
"We were very fortunate to do a lot
of the right things when we founded
NextGen," Loughin continues. "We
have a special expertise in the petro-
chemical and energy vertical, and that
was really the core foundation."
Of course, that foundation in the
petrochemical/energy sector has blos-
somed into a well-rounded integra-
tion firm that handles vertical markets
including utilities, government, oil
and gas, pharmaceuticals, technology
manufacturing, food manufacturing,
sk any security integra-
tor what they think
the most challenging
vertical market to
break into is, and
odds are good that you will hear one
of two answers: government or critical
infrastructure. e sheer amount of
red tape in both markets – including
certification, training and regulations
– is enough to turn even the largest
and most organized integrators to a
less-regulated vertical.
But where many integrators see a
near-insurmountable obstacle, dedi-
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NextGen Security's Petrochemical & Energy Division, headed by founding
principal Ryan Rieger, is the foundation upon which the company was built.