Hugh Murray

CEO, Bearbox

Hugh is a chartered engineer with a background in power plants, including nuclear engineering; he then migrated his engineering skills to fire and security systems. You might see him in any number of capacities from initial design survey to technical support or representing Knighthood and Bearbox at trade shows.  He developed an intelligent Cloud based security system which can monitor all types of inputs and provide the necessary warnings and alarms to allow customers to control access to their sites and manage the security within it.

Anthony Hebblethwaite

DSOC

Since 2020 DSOC has grown, not only in the self storage sector, but also nationally within the wider fire and security industry. Anthony joined DSOC having spent his whole 16-year career in the security industry across engineering, accounts, and most recently, sales. Initially, he helped to establish DSOC on a technical level with the alarm-receiving platform and technical support across the business. After much success with brand awareness and new business, Anthony now heads up Sales and Account Management for all existing and new customers at DSOC. He is the named supplier account manager for over 200 self storage facilities in the UK including Big Yellow, Storage King, Ready Steady Store, and many more multi-site national operators and small independent operators. 

Jon Loftin

Open Tech Alliance

Jon Loftin, SVP of Product

With over 30 years of experience in senior management roles in self storage, Jon Loftin is one of the industry’s leading product experts with experience both in the US and International markets. He has contributed to the success of Digi Tech International, Chamberlain Access Products Group and PTI. Loftin joined OpenTech Alliance in 2016 to spearhead the development of the OpenTech IoE, an intelligent platform of cloud-based self storage solutions. Loftin now oversees Product Development and Support for the company’s portfolio of 10+ products/services.