The Importance of Industry Awards

In this episode of the ASIAL Security Insider podcast, we look at the importance of recognition and awards in the security industry. We are joined by John Fleming, General Manager, ASIAL talking about the ASIAL Awards for Excellence; Damian McMeekan, Chairman of the Australian Security Medals Foundation to cover the Australian Security Medals and the St John Save-A-Life awards; and Martin Gill, Founder of the Outstanding Security Performance Awards, now represented in 16 countries around the world. The following is a full list of this year's award recipients:         Australian Security Industry Awards for Excellence   Electronic Security Installation Over $100,000 - OmniVision Gender Diversity  - Australian Concert and Entertainment Security Individual Achievement - Protective Services Amanda Pitrans, IAG Integrated Security Solution - Over $100,000 Securitas Electronic Security & SEME Solutions Product of the Year - Access Control HID Global Product of the Year - Alarm Gallagher Security Product of the Year - Physical Security Ezi Security Systems - Eagle Rising Bar Security Equipment Manufacturer/Distributor Gallagher Security Outstanding Security Performance Awards   Outstanding Contract Security Manager/Director - Cameron Stuart Outstanding Female Security Professional - Sheena Akerman Outstanding In-house Security Manager/Director - Craig Millar Outstanding Security Consultant - Neil Fergus ASM Outstanding Security Partnership - Chubb Fire & Security and CriticalArc Outstanding Security Team - Sydney Metro Outstanding Training Initiative - Wilson Security's Customer Service Excellence - CAMPUS training program    Australian Security Medals   The Australian Security Medal - Larry Circosta & John Yates The Australian Security Medal of Valour - Majid Pirmaghami The ASMF Commendation - Isam Al Taweel St John Save a Life Award  Jim Bencsics, Giuseppe Mazzarella, Jarrad Taylor, Issam Al Taweel, Majid Pirmaghami, Nhi Quan, Haider Akbar, Sachin Chopra, Tiedemann Thompson, Darian Jones, Abraham El Ali, Andrew Hay, Benjamin Cole, Graeme Butler, Harjinder Singh, Ian Symonds, Ibrahim Hammoud, Leslie Tsiantarlis, David Mackay, Brett Mathews, Adeel Chaudhry, Veselin Radosevic, Jordan Dukovski, Harlan Watkins Inwood, Riyadh Abedin, Westfield Marion Security Team, Steven Kirin, Deanna Symonds, Zane Adams, Ivan Tanuvasa, Ken Holden, Kylie Bullen, Luke Hano, Mounir Chlihi, Shannon Pothecary, Zachary Pearson.