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''LiveWatch'' (LiveWatch Security, Llc.) is a Kansas-based DIY home security systems provider that operates as a stand-alone subsidiary of Monitronics. LiveWatch sells a variety of wireless products including security cameras, motion sensors, and home automation and emergency response applications. The company has 180 employees between its Saint Mary’s, Ks. and Evanston, IL. offices and serves 200,000 customers nationwide.〔Pletz, John, (Industry Giant Buys Evanston Home Security Firm for $67 Million ) 2015.〕 ==History== Chris Johnson, a former Kansas paramedic, founded a company called SafeMart in 2002. Initially, SafeMart distributed home security products from third party manufacturers like General Electric and Honeywell. In 2010, Johnson hired CEO Brad Morehead, who helped launch the LiveWatch brand. The new brand expanded on SafeMart's offerings by entering the industry of home automation. At this time the company also started focusing on offering self-installable security system as a means of eliminating the need for technician visits to user homes. 〔Hendershot, Steve. ( An Orbitz for Home Security ), Crain's Chicago Business, April 16, 2013.〕 LiveWatch subsumed SafeMart in 2014. In March 2015, Monitronics, a Dallas-based security monitoring company, acquired LiveWatch for $67 million. LiveWatch currently operates as a stand-alone subsidiary of Monitronics, with Johnson and Morehead remaining at the helm of operations.〔Ives, Spencer, (Monitronics Acquires LiveWatch for $67 Million ), Security Systems News, 2015.〕 Also that month LiveWatch was named as one of three recipients of the Economist Intelligence Unit's Innovation in Youth Hiring award. 〔Economist Intelligence Unit, Report Summary: Innovation in Youth Hiring. 2015.〕 In spring 2015, LiveWatch was represented by CEO Brad Morehead at a congressional hearing investigating the future of the internet of things. Morehead, testifying before the Congressional Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, discussed Livewatch's progress and requested increased funding for wireless interconnectivity standards research and construction of enhanced first responder infrastructure. He was joined by representatives from Belkin and the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation. 〔 (Congressional Hearing Transcript ) March 24, 2015.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「LiveWatch」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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