Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> January 11, 2010
Arthur Barchenko is Chairman and CEO of Electronic Control Security, Inc. A few years after Mr. Barchenko implemented his plan to increase the revenues of Lightolier, Inc., from $35 million to $56 million in five years, he opted to take his experience, creativity and innovative mind to another level. He co-founded Bajer Industries, a manufacturing company of lighting products. In 1976 Mr. Barchenko also founded ECSI Industries, an HVAC company that evolved into an international security and anti-terrorism technology systems company. His management and marketing experience contributed to ECSI's current success, which includes an international list of government agencies and commercial/industrial clients. Profile
TWST: Would you begin with a brief historical sketch of ECSI and a summary of what the company is doing?
Mr. Barchenko: ECSI (EKCS) is a 32-year-old company. It was started as a company principally