Electronic Control Security, Inc. Announces Appointment of Jerry Dropik as Director of Marketing, Sales and Corporate Accounts

CLIFTON, NJ--(Marketwire - 12/28/09) - Electronic Control Security, Inc. (OTC.BB:EKCS - News) (ECSI), a leading provider of electronic security system technologies to the government and private sectors, announced the appointment of Jerry Dropik as Director of Marketing, Sales and Corporate Accounts in the U.S. Mr. Dropik will also be responsible for managing ECSI's international sales representatives and dealer/installers in the Middle East.
As a Vice President for Lucent Technologies, Mr. Dropik organized and led a culturally-diverse sales, business development and administration team for five years in Cairo, Egypt. This team grew to 650 employees and $300 million in sales. He was also responsible for Public/Government Affairs for Cairo, GOE, USAID Agency, Egypt's U.S. Embassy, and Washington, D.C. Mr. Dropik also served on the Overseas Security Advisory Council of the U.S. Embassy in Cairo and was a member of the U.S. Ambassador's Technical Council that addressed communications and security threats.
As Sales Support Director for AT&T, he headed a team of sales managers and market and senior project consultants to support sales of switching, transmission and cable/fiber system sales to various telecommunications corporations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa with sales of $500 million annually.
Mr. Dropik earned a B.S. in Management and Organizational Behavior from the University of Nebraska at Omaha, an A.A.S. in Industrial Engineering from Erie Community College in Buffalo, N.Y., and completed electrical engineering studies at the State University of New York at Buffalo.
Arthur Barchenko, President and CEO, stated that the appointment of Mr. Dropik will add substantially to the commercial/industrial marketing and sales efforts of the Company, especially pertaining to the vehicle and personnel access control lines offered as part of its perimeter security technology.
ABOUT ECSI
ECSI is a global leader in perimeter security and a quality provider to the Department of Defense, Department of Energy, nuclear power stations, and other large commercial-industrial complexes. The Company designs, manufactures and markets physical electronic security systems for high profile, high threat environments utilizing risk assessment and analysis to determine and address the security needs of its customers. Teaming agreements with major system integrators enable ECSI to support the installation and aftermarket of its products in the U.S. and overseas. ECSI is located at 790 Bloomfield Avenue, Bldg. C-1, Clifton, NJ 07012. Tel: 973-574-8555; Fax: 973-574-8562. For more information on ECSI and its customers, please visit http://www.ecsiinternational.com.
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