Full Name
Sidney Sommer
Job Title
Founder
Company
Stealth Monitoring
Speaker Bio
In 2003 Sidney founded UCIT Online Security as an innovative idea that has since developed into the largest and most experienced live video monitoring company in Canada and the USA. With over a decade of experience in the security/surveillance industry, he began his career working for Vidair AG, a German aerospace company specializing in onboard video surveillance systems. While working at Vidair, Sidney successfully launched the North American Sales and Marketing operations in Toronto, Canada (1999) as well as the Sales and Technical Support Centre in San Antonio, Texas (2001).
In 2002 Sidney moved back to Toronto where he transformed his digital video knowledge he acquired in the aerospace industry into a business that would revolutionize the physical security industry. UCIT’s "live video monitoring" solution quickly got approval from major insurance companies as a reliable replacement for on-site security guards. Sidney’s original focus on the construction industry catapulted the company into a multi-million dollar business; today UCIT is a dominant force in Manufacturing, Industrial, Commercial, Property Management and Construction Security. Sidney’s innovative business idea earned him the BDC’s Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2008. Under his leadership UCIT has been ranked in Profit Magazine’s list of fasted growing companies for the past 10 consecutive years.
In early 2011 Sidney partnered with Auxo Management, a private investment firm based out of Toronto, to help take UCIT to the next level. In 2016 UCIT acquired Stealth Monitoring a Dallas based security company. In 2019 UCIT Online Security officially changed their name to Stealth Monitoring.
Today Stealth Monitoring has 40 offices across 4 countries with over 2000 employees.
Sidney is a true entrepreneur who came up with an innovative idea and turned it into a thriving business. He's appeared in numerous publications such as The Globe and Mail, Forbes, and Canadian Business to name a few.
In 2002 Sidney moved back to Toronto where he transformed his digital video knowledge he acquired in the aerospace industry into a business that would revolutionize the physical security industry. UCIT’s "live video monitoring" solution quickly got approval from major insurance companies as a reliable replacement for on-site security guards. Sidney’s original focus on the construction industry catapulted the company into a multi-million dollar business; today UCIT is a dominant force in Manufacturing, Industrial, Commercial, Property Management and Construction Security. Sidney’s innovative business idea earned him the BDC’s Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2008. Under his leadership UCIT has been ranked in Profit Magazine’s list of fasted growing companies for the past 10 consecutive years.
In early 2011 Sidney partnered with Auxo Management, a private investment firm based out of Toronto, to help take UCIT to the next level. In 2016 UCIT acquired Stealth Monitoring a Dallas based security company. In 2019 UCIT Online Security officially changed their name to Stealth Monitoring.
Today Stealth Monitoring has 40 offices across 4 countries with over 2000 employees.
Sidney is a true entrepreneur who came up with an innovative idea and turned it into a thriving business. He's appeared in numerous publications such as The Globe and Mail, Forbes, and Canadian Business to name a few.
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