Nominations for the 3rd annual Bill Zalud Memorial Award for Professional Excellence will be accepted beginning June 1st, 2019 until October 31, 2019.

The award, which recognizes one security professional or an organization for professional excellence or outstanding service in the security profession and one runner-up, is a joint project between the International Foundation for Protection Officers and Security Magazine.

Click here for more information and to fill out the nomination form or call 239-430-0534.

The award bears Bill's name because of his deep dedication to the security industry, covering and shaping it for more than three decades.

Bill's knowledge of the industry, his readers, the advertisers of the publications and their services have brought great value to his contributions. Bill strived to serve the industry with professional excellence.

“We are very proud to have had Bill serve on the IFPO Board of Directors for more than a decade," IFPO Executive Director Sandi Davies said. "His long and outstanding service to our organization made a significant difference. Bill had given strategic direction and vision to the foundation. As an industry insider, his leadership was instrumental in making the foundation the success it is today."