42 Security Dealer & Integrator / www.SecurityInfoWatch.com April 2017
America's Fastest Growing
Security Dealers and Systems Integrators
Woman-Owned
and Proud
Thanks to
president Bobbie
Hirschy, Star Asset
Security is a true
representation
of female
advancement
in the security
industry
By Curt Harler
W
hile there are certainly a strong group of them in our
industry, female-led security companies are vastly out-
numbered by their male-owned counterparts. e ques-
tion for the security industry is how to attract women
to a traditionally male-dominated industry; or how to
bring daughters into a family-run security business.
Perhaps those answers can start with Bobbie Hirschy, president of Orlando,
Fla.-based Star Asset Security, which makes its second consecutive appearance
as the third-fastest growing security service provider in SD&I;'s annual Fast50.
Star Asset Security announces proudly on its letterhead and website that it is "A
Woman Owned Small Business" – something about which Hirschy feels great
degree of pride. "At the beginning, I couldn't imagine not being recognized as a
woman-owned business," she says, noting a sense of accomplishment with that
title. "at has and continues to serve us well."
As president of Star Asset Security, Hirschy oversees management, operations
and expansion of the fast-growing company and its various locations through-
SD&I; 2017 Fast50 No. 3: