Kristi Harris
Kristi Harris is a dynamic speaker, trainer and recognized for presenting seminars and training programs for law enforcement and industry professionals to improve their security operations and communications with central stations. Kristi is currently the Vice President of ESC Central, Inc., a UL listed central station located in Birmingham, Alabama. Kristi applies her expertise and in-depth knowledge of the Security Industry through False Alarm Awareness seminars conducted throughout the State of Alabama. Presented to law enforcement and alarm security professionals, these programs enable industry professionals to apply a proactive approach in the reduction and management of false alarms. Kristi is also an active member of the NBFAA, and has served on the Alabama Alarm Association Board of Directors for four years.
Dera DeRoche-Jolet
Dera DeRoche-Jolet is the co-founder, owner and chief financial officer of Alarm Monitoring Services, Inc. With a business degree in accounting and over 28 years of hands-on effort, she has built AMS from a scratch operation into one of the industry’s most recognized and respected monitoring facilities. Throughout her career, Ms. DeRoche-Jolet has also been a local, state, and national leader in the security industry. She is certified as an instructor by the National Training School and has also been a national instructor for the Security Industry Association. She contributed to the creation of the Central Station Operator Course. In 1997, she helped write the False Alarm Ordinance enacted in the city of New Orleans. Since then she has worked with local officials throughout the state and region on drafting and enacting similar ordinances. In 2007, she was appointed by the governor of Louisiana to the state’s Life Safety and Property Protection Advisory Board. She has served on the UL Standards Technical Panels for Burglary Protection Equipment and Systems and Services. She has been active in the Louisiana and National Burglar and Fire Alarm Associations for nearly 20 years. Along with serving on and chairing countless industry panels, she has also represented the alarm and monitoring industry before the United States Congress.