Leading provider of intelligent video-based surveillance and loss prevention adds comprehensive analytics, video analysis, and big data capabilities, enabling its customers to further improve operations.

DTT, a leading provider of intelligent video-based surveillance and loss prevention services, today announced the acquisition of substantially all assets of EZUniverse, including 360iQ, a data analytics and video surveillance platform. Concurrent with the acquisition, EZUniverse CEO Leszek James was named President of the EZUniverse business at DTT.

“It’s been an exciting year for DTT. We have completed two strategic acquisitions and expanded our executive team,” said Mike Coffey, Chief Executive Officer for DTT. “The acquisition of EZUniverse provides a significant expansion of our products and will deliver dramatically enhanced capabilities to our customers,” Coffey added. “The team at EZUniverse has acquired significant customers and built a scalable platform which truly improves store operations. When combined with MyDTT, and our loss prevention services, DTT has a truly unique and comprehensive offering, enabling our customers to increase their operational efficiency, while integrated with intelligent video.”

“EZUniverse is thrilled to become part of the growing DTT family,” said James. “We are excited to continue developing our exceptional operational tool with DTT and to expand our combined customer base. One of the driving factors of the acquisition was the alignment that the teams at DTT and EZUniverse felt for each other. We now have a unique group of people dedicated to helping the restaurant, quick service, and retail markets run better stores.”

DTT has had a long history of organic growth that has been enhanced with the two recent acquisitions.  Sam Naficy, the founder and Chairman of DTT remarked. “This acquisition represents continued board support and substantial investment by the existing shareholders in the long-term success of DTT.  We have the best product and people, as well as the largest and most well-served customer base in what we do.  Our organic growth, combined with using M&A to enhance our platform, is creating unparalleled value.”  DTT supports more than 42,000 clients, including McDonald’s, Subway, Dairy Queen, Burger King, Arby’s, Taco Bell and Auntie Anne’s. DTT protects trillions of dollars in assets and oversees nearly 2 million employees every day.

EZUniverse was incorporated in 2009 and is a technology company focused on building and implementing turn-key Business Management Systems that use advanced analytics and video surveillance to empower companies to improve operations. EZUniverse’s international Research and Development Team based in Gliwice, Poland gives brands the technology, tools, and support to increase profits at a cost far lower than the monetary benefits realized. EZUniverse provides a single view of any enterprise, which allows our clients to use technology and management support services to quantify, measure, and act on issues in real time, anytime, anywhere.

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Company’s Growth and Market Opportunity Attract Accomplished Industry Veterans

DTT, a leading provider of intelligent video-based surveillance and loss prevention services, today announced the expansion of its executive team. DTT is scaling the company to meet the increasing demand for its solutions with the appointment of key industry talents: Bob Ryan as Chief Sales Officer, Marc Litz as Chief Financial Officer, and Paul Campaniello as Chief Marketing Officer. The new executives join the existing team of Bill Savage as Chief Technology Officer and Mark Simson as Chief Operating Officer (promoted from CFO), as well as Chief Executive Officer Mike Coffey.

“We have an incredible mix of incoming and current DTT executives, with relevant experience in loss prevention, security, surveillance, technology, and scaling a business. Our collective focus is to continue to grow our leading products and services in a way that is most useful for customers,” said Coffey. “We’re absolutely thrilled to have executives of this caliber join DTT and help us focus on the customer experience.”

As CSO, Bob Ryan is responsible for all commercial initiatives at DTT, including the sales and customer service functions. Ryan has over 20 years’ experience in the industry and was most recently the Senior Vice President of Field Sales for Protection One. “I see my job as creating a more customer-centric sales organization, whose role is to provide businesses with loss prevention and technologies that make it easier for multi-location owners to operate their businesses,” Ryan said. “Managing a store is difficult anywhere, and our job is to continue to make the ultimate service simple and map to a high ROI for the customer.”

As CFO, Marc Litz oversees all financial reporting, planning, accounting and treasury activities of the company, and is responsible for developing DTT’s overall financial strategy. In addition, Litz is responsible for the corporate HR and legal functions of DTT. He was previously CFO of Lionbridge, a publicly-traded technology company with $600 million in revenues, where he led a global finance organization and oversaw Lionbridge’s successful sale to private equity investors. “My goal is to help DTT’s finance organization, and all of DTT, become more operationally efficient, allowing the company to reinvest a greater share of its cash flow into product innovation, which will in turn help us accelerate our growth,” said Litz. “As a result of this strategic reinvestment, DTT will be able to provide customers with more innovative and effective products, more self-service, and continue our leading services.”

As CMO, Paul Campaniello is responsible for worldwide marketing strategy, execution, and sales support. Campaniello has over 20 years’ experience with industry leading software companies. He most recently served as CMO of the cyber-security company Cryptzone. He was part of the executive team that led the company through a $2.8 billion transaction in the formation of Cyxtera Technologies. “My goal is to enable our sales team to reach our customers in the most efficient way possible,” Campaniello said. “This will ultimately ensure that our customers can realize the benefit of our security and loss prevention solutions immediately.”

About Country Kitchen

In 1939, Bill Johnson and Bill Goodman pooled their resources, totaling $400, and made a down payment on some restaurant equipment. They rented an empty storefront and opened a restaurant. The sign out front read “Country Kitchen.” Through the years we have served guests as a nickel hamburger stand, or as a full-service diner, then a hip drive-in, to a breakfast & coffee shop, and today our guests enjoy a contemporary full-service restaurant. The Country Kitchen brand continues to flourish and is poised for significant growth in the upcoming years. Country Kitchen’s corporate office is based in Madison, WI. More information at: http://www.countrykitchenrestaurants.com

About Convenience Stores Against Trafficking

Convenience Stores Against Trafficking (CSAT) is a program of In Our Backyard, a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit known for its anti-trafficking work surrounding the past nine Super Bowls and for the critically acclaimed book by Founder and Executive Director Nita Belles: In Our Backyard: Human Trafficking in America and What We Can Do to Stop It. In Our Backyard Freedom Stickers are in all 50 states, providing a pathway to freedom for victims of human trafficking. CSAT equips the convenience store industry to take a stand against the atrocity of human trafficking in America through no-cost training, victim outreach materials, and public awareness of human trafficking. CSAT has partnerships in 29 states, representing more than 11,000 locations. The program is featured in the NACS Community Toolkit. More information at:  www.inourbackyard.org/csat

About Mike Coffey

Mike Coffey is a technology executive who has led companies ranging in size from $20m to $175m, and has successfully negotiated multiple exits, resulting in tremendous shareholder profit. Most recently, Mr. Coffey served as the COO of KORE Wireless, after having successfully negotiated the sale of Wyless into KORE in 2017. Prior to serving as the CEO of Wyless, Mr. Coffey was the CEO of RISI.
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About LP Innovations, Inc.

Founded in 1998, LP Innovations, Inc. has quickly become the leading provider of loss prevention solutions and field services to retailers across all verticals. Based in Milford, Massachusetts, LP Innovations, Inc. develops holistic, results-driven programs and products to eliminate losses and increase profitability for their clients. Through the application of best practices and 30 years of cross-industry experience, LPI has developed a team of loss prevention experts, servicing over 70 companies and 8,000 locations in the US and Canada.

About LP Innovations, Inc.

Founded in 1998, LP Innovations, Inc. has quickly become the leading provider of loss prevention solutions and field services to retailers across all verticals. Based in Milford, Massachusetts, LP Innovations, Inc. develops holistic, results-driven programs and products to eliminate losses and increase profitability for their clients. Through the application of best practices and 30 years of cross-industry experience, LPI has developed a team of loss prevention experts, servicing over 70 companies and 8,000 locations in the US and Canada.