Vector Security Vice President of Central Station Services Anita C. Ostrowski Presented with The Monitoring Association’s Mel Mahler Award for Outstanding Service

PITTSBURGH, November 2, 2022 – Vector Security^®, Inc., the fourth largest security company in the United States and the leading provider of intelligent mobile security and automation solutions to homes and businesses, is proud to announce that Anita C. Ostrowski, Vice President of Central Station Services, is the 2022 recipient of the Mel Mahler Award from The Monitoring Association (TMA).

Formerly known as the President’s Award, the Mel Mahler Award is one of the highest honors given by TMA at the discretion of its president in recognition of outstanding contributions to the Association. The award was presented to Ostrowski at TMA’s annual meeting in October.

Ostrowski was specifically recognized for her leadership in helping to develop alarm monitoring industry standards. As the chair for TMA’s UL Standards Committee, she works with Underwriters Laboratories (UL) to update and adapt the standards to meet changing technologies. She also led the development of work-from-home requirements for central station operators during the Covid-19 pandemic to ensure the integrity of professional monitoring. In addition, she has been a participant in the Alarm Validation Scoring (AVS-01) standard.

“I am humbled and honored to receive this award from TMA,” Ostrowski said. “During my career, I’ve been fortunate to work with many dedicated and talented individuals to develop standards that help protect our communities while furthering the industry and profession.”

Ostrowski joined Vector Security in 1985 and is responsible for the operations of all alarm monitoring centers within the company.

About Vector Security, Inc.

For over 50 years, Vector Security, Inc. (www.vectorsecurity.com) has been a premier provider of intelligent security solutions tailored to the needs of the customer. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, the company offers a full suite of electronic security services for residential, business and national account customers across North America and the Caribbean through a network of branches, authorized dealers and their ADS Security division. The Vector Security Networks division offers customized physical security and managed network services to multi-site commercial customers. Vector Security is a sister company of the Philadelphia Contributionship, a mutual insurance company founded in 1752, and currently provides cost-effective, technology-based security and automation solutions to nearly 400,000 homes and businesses across 58 branch locations.

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