Peter Jankowski

CEO & Chairman

Prior to starting Next Level Security Systems, Peter Jankowski was the CTO of the Physical Security Business Unit at Cisco, focusing on digital video surveillance. Before joining Cisco, he was the CEO and CTO for SyPixx Networks where he was responsible for product design and direction of a suite of IP-based digital video products and solutions delivering broadcast quality digital video, audio and data to users over standard Ethernet/IP and fiber optic networks to the security, infrastructure and transportation markets. Cisco Systems acquired SyPixx in April of 2006.

Prior to SyPixx Networks, Jankowski was one of the founders of Loronix Information Systems in 1987. He pioneered the move into the digital video marketplace, with the introduction of Loronix’s Digital Video Management products in 1995. During Jankowski’s tenure, Loronix was acquired by Comverse Technology.  As CTO/Vice President Sales & Marketing at Loronix, he was responsible for the transition into the new company, which later became Verint Video Solutions. Jankowski has combined the disciplines of digital video, IP networking, embedded hardware and software expertise to develop systems with unique end-to-end digital video networking capability.

Jumbi Edulbehram

Vice President of Business Development

Jumbi currently serves as Vice President of Business Development for Next Level Security Systems, a physical security company focused on developing a new breed of networked security solutions.

Prior to joining Next Level, Jumbi was Director of Business Development at Axis Communications, where he was responsible for the technology partnership program, consultant (A&E) program, industry liaison program, and for developing new business in industry segments such as retail, government and transportation. He was also responsible for strategic new business initiatives such as the Axis’ Video Hosting System.

Prior to Axis, he was Vice President of Strategic Marketing and Business Development at IntelliVid, a provider of unique intelligent video analysis software for the retail market; IntelliVid was acquired by Tyco/ADT in 2008. Jumbi has also worked as a management consultant at BCG and as a chip design engineer at Intel Corp. Jumbi is passionate about providing integrated, intelligent networked solutions to the physical security market.

John Steen

Executive Vice President of Sales

John Steen currently serves as Executive Vice President of Sales for Next Level Security Systems. Prior to joining Next Level, Steen served as Vice President of Strategic Accounts for Arecont Vision where he was in charge of developing a national and global plan for major accounts and distribution. 

Prior to Arecont Vision, Mr. Steen served for more than three years as National Sales Manager for Axis Communications. During that time he successfully developed and implemented aggressive sales and marketing plans that drove the company's network video products and services. Mr. Steen has also held engineering and sales management roles in the automatic identification and data capture industry. Industry colleagues elected John to the Bar Code Technical Symbology Committee (BCST), a group responsible for evaluating and approving the majority of bar code standards in use to date.

Bill Jacobs

Vice President, Access Control

Bill Jacobs has more than 27 years of experience in security management and has the very unique qualification of having been a client, thus understanding security from an end-user's perspective. During the course of his career, he's worked in the capacity as an operations manager for a large systems integrator, as a security design consultant in his own practice, and as a security/risk manager for multiple high-tech companies. He recently served as the Director of Physical Security and Integrated Building Technologies for Cisco Systems for 15 years.

He is internationally recognized and has spoken at many leading industry conferences. Jacobs holds a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering with an emphasis in Control Systems and achieved CPP certification in 1990.