Three Decades Inside the Market

Experience Sharpens
the Search

Where Our Perspective Started

Physical Security Comes First

SS&C was founded in 1994 by a 20-year industry insider with experience in both Manufacturing and Integration. Based on this foundation, our Recruiters can place field personnel as well as senior leadership. Along the way, our searches have stretched from technicians and project leaders to sales executives, operators, and CEOs. The titles change, but knowing what credible experience looks like never goes out of date.

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Why the Work Matters

Better Information Supports Better Hiring Decisions

Our job is to give clients focused, pre-vetted options and enough market perspective to make a sharper hiring decision. We move with urgency when the role demands it, while keeping the search focused on people worth considering. For candidates, that same responsibility means listening before presenting an opportunity and being useful even when the timing is not immediate. We want every introduction to give both sides enough information to make a thoughtful decision. That standard keeps the work useful whether the need is current or develops later.

How We Show Up Daily

Good Search Requires Good Judgment

We approach every search with care, diligence, professionalism, and urgency. Candor matters because clients and candidates both make important decisions with the information we provide. Diligence means knowing the details before making the introduction. Urgency means moving when there is something worth acting on, while keeping the search focused. Our clients always know they are dealing with someone who is prepared, responsive, and paying attention to the details.

For Experienced Professionals

The Right Opportunity

We only work with successful industry talent that have the tenure and accomplishments that our clients require. With 30 years in the industry, our relationships run deep across all markets we serve.

Seven Markets, One Shared Ecosystem

Specialization Where Markets Intersect

As a security search firm, SS&C works across markets that share customers, technologies, talent, and leadership while respecting the technical and operating differences between them. That knowledge helps us recognize when experience can cross a boundary cleanly and when the role calls for deeper specialization.

Fire & Life Safety

Physical Security

Audiovisual

Building Controls & Automation

Electrical Contracting

IT/Networking

Private Equity

Candor, Urgency, and Perspective

Meet the People Behind SS&C

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Joe Vona, Sr.

Chief Executive Officer

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Joe Vona, Jr.

Chief Operating Officer

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Joe Crowe

Vice President

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Tim McCarthy

Director of Recruiting – Southeast

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Josh Mattern

Director of Recruiting – West Coast

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James Wallman

Director of Recruiting – A/V