Meijer to drive Brivo's regional leadership in smart
building technologies
BETHESDA, Md., Jan. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Brivo – the
global leader in cloud-based access control and smart building
technologies that recently entered into a definitive merger
agreement with Crown PropTech Acquisitions (NYSE: CPTK) – today
announced the appointment of Ingo
Meijer as Regional Director, Europe to drive Brivo's European expansion.
With over 20 years of experience in the security industry, Ingo
will lead the efforts across the region to accelerate European
customer growth and increase global revenue.
"We're excited to have Ingo lead our Brivo team in Europe at a time when we're rapidly growing
our presence and investment in the region," said Steve Van Till, founder and CEO of Brivo.
"International growth is a top priority for Brivo as we embark on
this next chapter. With Ingo's decades of experience managing
global teams, his leadership will be key to growing and maintaining
our regional momentum."
Brivo currently has over 200 customers in Europe and works with over a hundred partners
across the continent, with partner growth increasing by 64% in
2021. Brivo is growing marketing, sales and technical support in
multiple countries in the region to further support its rapidly
growing customer and dealer base. Further, in 2022 Brivo expects to
be able to offer our data residency services in Europe to support and serve our growing
European customers.
"I'm thrilled to be joining Brivo at such a momentous time for
the company and at a critical juncture for the European market's
cloud journey," said Meijer. "We are in a time where cloud-based
systems of on-premise software are phasing out and cloud-based
systems are rapidly adding value. Brivo's cloud-based secure access
platform provides the assurance of health and safety as well as
delivering the insights and experience needed by our customers. I
look forward to growing Brivo's European presence and bringing more
regional customers' security portfolio into the cloud."
Meijer was previously the general manager at Wiek de Laat
Prolians, a systems integrator company, and sales manager for
Benelux, UK and Ireland for ASSA
ABLOY Entrance Systems. Ingo will be based out of Brivo's Eindhoven
office.
About Brivo
Brivo, Inc. created the cloud-based access
control and smart spaces technology category over 20 years ago and
remains the global leader serving commercial real estate,
multifamily residential and large distributed enterprises. The
company's comprehensive product ecosystem and open API provide
businesses with powerful digital tools to increase security
automation, elevate employee and tenant experience and improve the
safety of all people and assets in the built environment. Brivo's
building access platform is now the digital foundation for the
largest collection of customer facilities in the world, occupying
over 300 million square feet across 42 countries. On November 10, 2021, Brivo entered into a
definitive merger agreement with Crown PropTech Acquisitions (NYSE:
CPTK), which is anticipated to close in Q2 2022, subject to
shareholder approvals and other closing conditions. The merger will
result in Brivo becoming a publicly listed company on the New York
Stock Exchange under the new ticker symbol "BRVS." Additional
information about the transaction can be viewed here:
www.brivo.com/about/investor-relations. Legal Disclaimer:
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