– USA, CT – Security Services Holdings, LLC (dba Protos Security) today announced the appointment of Mark Hjelle to its Board of Directors as CEO, effective immediately.
“Mark has tremendous experience in building and scaling national businesses and does so with a keen focus on leveraging technology while creating a highly engaged and aligned company culture,” said Andy Levison, Managing Partner at Southfield Capital. “It became clear that now is the right time for a leader with Mark’s experience to join the Protos team as his strategic guidance coupled with continued investment in the software platform will further accelerate the growth of Protos. We’re confident that Protos’ innovative approach will continue to position it as a leader in the security space.”
About Mark Hjelle
Mark Hjelle is an experienced CEO and Board Member who has led large, private equity-backed national business/facilities services firms for nearly 25 years delivering strong top-and-bottom-line growth while building high-performing teams with solid culture. Most recently, Mark was CEO for CSC ServiceWorks, a $1.2 billion B2B2C provider of technology-enabled consumer services. He led the development of a proprietary digital platform leveraging IoT, artificial intelligence, and machine learning that enabled consumer-driven revenue growth and services extensions. Before CSC, Mr. Hjelle was President of Brickman/Valleycrest (nka Brightview Holdings (NYSE: NV)) a $2.5 billion national provider of exterior landscape and snow removal services where he led over 20,000 team members across 250 branch offices. Throughout his 18-year tenure at Brickman, Mr. Hjelle held numerous leadership positions in operations, finance, and business development.
Mark Hjelle said, “I am excited to join Protos at this stage of growth where there is so much opportunity to serve customers across all verticals such as logistics, distribution, high tech, retail, financial services, and manufacturing. The technology-enabled managed services provider model has not been offered to these customers before. It is also clear to me that Southfield Capital, the management partners who have joined Protos, and the Protos executive team all share an aligned vision of what can be accomplished with an unrelenting focus on the customer. Protos customers and vendor partners alike are experiencing a differentiated and unique model that is unparalleled and the momentum in the business and the trajectory is simply tremendous. It is an honor and a privilege to be joining Protos as CEO and I look forward to engaging with my Protos colleagues and our clients to continue to forge our path forward.”
Mr. Hjelle earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from The Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, and a Law Degree from Case Western Reserve School of Law.
About Protos Security
Protos Security, a portfolio company of Southfield Capital, is a technology-enabled security services company offering security guarding, off-duty police, monitoring, and device solutions for a wide spectrum of customers across North America. Protos Security prides itself on delivering a high-touch service, actionable insights, transparency, and program flexibility for its clients.
For more information: https://protossecurity.com/
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