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ADT Appoints John C. Kenning as Group Vice President, Commercial for ADT North America March 24, 2010 09:03 AM Eastern Daylight Time BOCA RATON, Fla.--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Business-to-business sales and operations veteran John C. Kenning has been named group vice president, commercial for ADT North America. In this newly-created role, Kenning will lead the development of commercial strategy and sales generation in addition to installation delivery. He will have direct responsibility for all commercial sectors at ADT including: national accounts, mid-tier accounts, Advanced Integration, and commercial installation. Kenning brings proven sales and operations experience to ADT. Prior to joining the company, he served as senior vice president, global accounts and global and North American partners for Toronto-based Nortel—a $10.4 billion telecommunications equipment company. During his time at Nortel, Kenning created a global infrastructure to support sales, assessment, design and implementation of services in 86 countries. John Koch, president, ADT Security Services, said, “John brings a wealth of experience to this role with a proven track record of growing sales and supporting operations. At ADT, he will combine our commercial sales and installation teams to leverage operational efficiencies and deliver a quality customer experience.” Prior to joining ADT and his role at Nortel, Kenning, was a partner in Chicago-based N-1 Technologies, a privately-held IT consulting and investment firm that developed IT solutions for a number of Fortune 2000 companies. He has served as president and director of Nanovation Technologies, a leader in manufacturing, development and marketing of integrated optical components. Also, Kenning was executive vice president of sales and marketing for Comdisco Inc., leading the team to revenue of $3.5 billion. Kenning received his bachelor’s degree in marketing from Miami University of Ohio. About ADT Security Services ADT Security Services is a unit of Tyco International and part of ADT Worldwide, the world’s largest electronic security provider. In North America, ADT provides electronic security services to nearly five million commercial, government and residential customers. ADT's total security solutions include intrusion detection, fire protection, video systems, access control, critical condition monitoring, home health services, electronic article surveillance, radio frequency identification (RFID) and integrated systems. ADT’s government and commercial customers include a majority of the nation’s Fortune 500 companies, all U.S. federal courthouses and over 70 mid to large airports. Headquartered in Boca Raton, Fla., ADT North America has more than 24,000 employees at approximately 240 locations in the U.S. and Canada. More ADT information is at www.adt.com. Contacts ADT Security Services Ann Lindstrom 561-988-3258 alindstrom@adt.com Permalink: http://eon.businesswire.com/news/eon/20100324005312/en/ADT-Security-Services/John-C.-Kenning