Mark Daus has been named Vertical Market Sales Manager of Oil & Gas and Mining for ALCEA, the ASSA ABLOY company and global provider of security solutions for critical infrastructure.
With over 20 years of business development and sales, he is based in Dallas and will report to Jeff Slaughter, Head of Business Development.
Mark Daus joins ALCEA
According to ALCEA, Daus began his career as a NASA engineer with the space shuttle program and later became an IT professional.
Recently, he spent over a decade serving oilfield services companies and energy operators worldwide, supporting major global organisations including Halliburton and other multinational service providers.
His deep experience across the Permian Basin and other major production regions is said to provide him with first-hand insight into the operational realities facing oil and gas operators today.
“Oil and gas operators are managing hundreds of remote, unmanned sites, often without reliable power or network connectivity,” said Daus.
“At the same time, theft is increasing, insider access risk is real and regulatory scrutiny is tightening. Traditional key control simply isn’t sufficient anymore.”
“Operators need scalable, rugged systems”
Daus noted that security in oil and gas must balance accountability with operational efficiency: “Security solutions in this industry cannot slow down production or frustrate technicians in the field.
“Operators need scalable, rugged systems that provide auditability without adding operational friction. That’s exactly where ALCEA’s intelligent key systems and hybrid locking solutions are uniquely positioned.”
“When you look at the footprint of well pads, tank batteries, pipeline valve sites, pigging stations and right-of-way gates, you’re talking about hundreds of access points spread across remote geography.
“You can’t often justify deploying full electronic access control solutions everywhere.
“What operators need is a cost-effective solution that delivers real auditability and accountability at scale.
“ALCEA’s access management platform fills that gap.”
