Evolution Builds Technical Sales Team

Evolution, the integrated security and fire solutions business, has appointed Paul Atkinson as Technical Sales Engineer to support its commercial team in further growing the business in key sectors.

Paul has extensive experience of intruder, fire and CCTV systems, most recently within the pharmaceuticals industry. He originally trained as a carpenter and joiner, gaining a City & Guilds before studying for a C&G Electrical Engineering qualification leading to a 23-year career in the electronic security industry.

Paul says that his role is to find solutions to unusual problems: "Systems integration can be a challenge," he explains, "especially when integrating separate technologies into the final proposal. Once we have engineered a solution, we have to know that the theory works in practice before presenting it to the customer."

Paul joins Evolution following the launch of its new Evolution Design Division, supporting third parties and consultants with their design projects. He reports into Business Development Manager, Russell Loneragan: "The security industry moves quickly and the best people to advise on systems are those working directly with the technologies day in day out," Russell says. "Paul and the team have practical working knowledge of the technology so we can produce innovative designs using the right technology to give the customer the best system.

"The breadth and depth of the specialist knowledge that we have within the Evolution team is impressive," Russell continues. "We have a significant knowledge base, not only of particular industries, but also of very niche technologies."

Paul is pleased to be joining the new Evolution Division: "Every question is a challenge, but one that I am confident we can answer as a team. Between us we have specialist knowledge of i-LIDS, CPNI, and ATEX, dealing in the most hazardous environments."