Tony Byerly

Tony Byerly is President and Chief Executive Officer of Securitas Electronic Security, Inc. (SES). Byerly joined Securitas in February 2016, when the company acquired Diebold’s Electronic Security business, which he led as Executive Vice President, Global Security. While at Diebold, Inc., Byerly successfully led the transformation of the industry’s third largest commercial electronic security business in orders and revenue growth, as well as profitability over consecutive years.

As President and CEO, he is responsible for leading, setting and executing the strategy for SES. His passion and focus is providing an unparalleled customer experience fueled by next generation security services and solutions, which has led to an unprecedented record of orders growth over prior year periods.

Byerly also served as president and chief operating officer for Stanley Convergent Security Solutions, a division of Stanley Black and Decker. He joined Stanley when Stanley acquired HSM in 2006 and led Stanley CSS as it transformed into the second largest electronic security services provider in North America. With over 30 years of security expertise and having an executive leadership track record in growing and transforming some of the largest and most successful private and public corporations in the security industry, he has become a highly recognized industry leader for his passion and commitment to operational excellence and customer satisfaction.

In April 2014, Byerly was inducted into the Security Sales & Integration (SSI) Hall of Fame for his distinguished service in the security industry. The publication recognized him as the industry's definitive "builder of brands, businesses and teams," calling him "one of the most accomplished and influential executives in the modern security industry."

Byerly holds a bachelor’s degree in social science and business from Eureka College in Eureka, Ill., where he attended as a Ronald W. Reagan Scholar, formerly served on the Eureka College Board of Trustees and the Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity Foundation Board of Trustees.