MacGuard Security Advisors

Business leader and 44-year security industry veteran, Kirk MacDowell is the founder and CEO of MacGuard Security Advisors. Bringing insight from his time at industry innovator Alarm.com, top Fortune 100 manufacturers General Electric and United Technologies, a top 50 SDM integrator, and his own electronic security firm, Kirk now offers his expertise to the security industry through his trusted consulting services. Kirk remains active in many associations serving on numerous industry and private company boards and is the current Chair of the Electronic Security Association’s (ESA) Leadership Identification and Nominating Committee (LINC). He was recently inducted into the 2024 Industry Hall of Fame at the International Security Conference (ISC West) in Las Vegas.