These are the people that make Next Security your next security partner:

Bruno Marques
PresidentEntrepreneur since a young age, as a sophomore University student he saw an opportunity into the life safety and security industry and founded the company in 2012 in partnership with his brother Vinicius Marques on their college dorm.
Graduated in Finance and Accounting from the Temple University has worked at an early age in different business segments which defined him as a visionary and a passionate leader.
Bruno is fluent in Portuguese, English, and Spanish.
bruno@nextsecuritycorp.com

Vinicius Marques
Vice-PresidentIn partnership with his brother Bruno, Vinicius founded the company in 2012 from their college dorm. Always with an entrepreneur mindset, Vinicius brings in technology innovations that help the company processes and immediately improve the way customers do business with Next security. Vinicius has a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Temple University and has worked in a variety of areas such as Logistics, Procurement, and Finance.
He is fluent in English, Spanish, and Portuguese, and some French.
Direct line: +1 (786) 485-1733
vini@nextsecuritycorp.com

Yamilet Marin
Chief Operations OfficerShe supports the whole business operations, as well as account receivables and human resources. With a bachelor’s degree in hospitality management from Florida International University, she has more than 15 years in business management and runs the day-to-day operations.
Yamilet is fluent in English and Spanish.
yamilet@nextsecuritycorp.com

Amanda Costa
Secretary/Personal AssistantAmanda has 8+ years of experience in supporting management as a secretary and personal assistant. Besides the board, she also assists clients and vendors at Next’s office in Brazil. She has a bachelor’s in international relations, besides graduating as a Bilingual Executive Assistant.
Amanda is fluent in Portuguese, English and has good knowledge of Spanish.
amanda@nextsecuritycorp.com

Bruno Maldonado
IT and Chief EngineerGraduated in technology management from Universidade Paulista (UNIP – São Paulo/Brazil), he has +15 years of experience in technological infrastructure management. He is responsible for Next Security’s IT and Technical departments. Maldonado detains certifications on Microsoft, Fortinet, Bosch Fire Systems, Firelite, Silent Knight and Wheelock.
He is fluent in Portuguese, English, and Spanish.
maldonado@nextsecuritycorp.com

Vanessa Calderon
Senior Account ManagerVanessa leads, trains, and manages the sales team. She is responsible for overseeing team performance, establish best practices in customer service and growing existing relationships with customers.
Fluent in English and Spanish, she has +5 years’ experience in logistics, sales, and management.
Direct line: +1 (786) 485-1755
vanessa@nextsecuritycorp.com

Jose Abril
Senior Account ManagerResponsible for the direct customer base assistance, Jose brings hands-on experience to the team. Prior to his current position, he worked as an installer and programmer of low voltage systems (CCTV, Home Theater Systems, Smart Lighting, Automation systems, etc). He also has worked in customer service and sales assistance.
He is fluent in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.
Direct line: +1 (786) 485-1756
jose@nextsecuritycorp.com

Martino Serafini
Senior Account ManagerWorking at the company since 2017, Martino is responsible to grow and manage Next Security's direct customer base. With experience in customer service and sales, Martino brings knowhow about the fire systems industry to help clients to choose the best solution to their needs.
Martino is fluent in English and has advanced knowledge of Italian.
Direct line: +1 (786) 485-1754
martino@nextsecuritycorp.com

Luccas Aidar
Senior Account ManagerAidar is Next’s sales representative. He is responsible for the direct customer assistance. Started in the fire alarm market at age 16, and worked previously with Bosch. He has large technical sales knowledge and is certified in Edwards EST3, Siemens Fire Systems, Lenel, Bosch Fire Systems, Tyco, Vault and Aritech, among other brands in the market.
Fluent in English and Portuguese.
Direct line: +1 (786) 593-7386
aidar@nextsecuritycorp.com

Cristian Whang
Junior Account ManagerCristian Whang is responsible for the direct customer assistance. Based in São Paulo, he started his sales career at his family business from an early age. He worked in Australia as a sales representative and later in Korea as international export marketing.
Cristian is fluent in Portuguese, English, Spanish and Korean.
Direct line: +1 (786) 923-8686
cristian@nextsecuritycorp.com

Victor Oliveira
Junior Account ManagerVictor is the Sales VP’ assistant. He is responsible for providing customer support and relationships. With experience in logistics and customer service in different market segments, he graduated in international business at UMESP and has a master's degree in supply chain management from FECAP.
Victor is fluent in Portuguese and English.
Direct line: +1 (786) 593-7384
victor@nextsecuritycorp.com

Aghata Reimão
Online Sales ManagerAghata is responsible for online sales at the company's website. With experience in administration and events, she has a marketing extension from FGV/SP.
She speaks fluently Portuguese and English.
aghata@nextsecuritycorp.com

Eduardo Filho
Account ManagerEduardo is responsible for providing customer support and sales assistance. He has worked directly with customer support and management, operations, and sales, in different segments, such as logistics and IT, and has established relationships with customers from several different countries in the world.
Eduardo is fluent in Portuguese, English and French.
Direct line: +1 (786) 885-0699
eduardo@nextsecuritycorp.com

Sidney Pontebasso
Account ManagerSidney is responsible for direct customer assistance. He began his sales career with multi-level marketing and also holds a degree in business administration.
Sidney is fluent in Portuguese and English.
Direct line: +1 (786) 485-1751
sidney@nextsecuritycorp.com

Omar Acosta
Warehouse ManagerOmar is Next’s warehouse manager. He oversees the warehouse team and coordinates all operations and procedures, supervising the receiving and allocating departments along with the shipments of all orders, small and large.
Omar is fluent in Spanish and English.
omar@nextsecuritycorp.com

Thiago Gonçalves
IT SpecialistWith more than 15 years of experience with development and implementation in the retail sector, Thiago is responsible for IT support for the São Paulo office. Graduated as Systems Analysis and Development and currently studying IT management at Universidade Cidade de São Paulo (UNICID – São Paulo/Brazil).
thiago@nextsecuritycorp.com

Cielo Franklin
Logistics ManagerWorking at Next Security since 2019, she started as an administrative assistant and due to her proactivity and initiative was promoted to handle the logistics part of our Company.
Cielo has an associate degree in Criminal Justice and is fluent in English and Spanish.
Direct line: +1 (786) 788-5599
cielo@nextsecuritycorp.com

Lily Herrera
RMA ManagerLily is responsible for creating and completing both client and vendor’s RMAs process (return merchandise authorization process). She is also the person who assists customers with any issues/problems they might have with the units they purchased.
She is fluent in English/Spanish.
lily@nextsecuritycorp.com

Kevin Gois
Account Payable ManagerKevin is responsible for ensuring the up-to-date payments of bills, always looking for the best deals and savings options that will promote the best prices while providing a stable cash flow. Kevin brings his experience as a financial specialist that already worked on big and small enterprises, has deep experience on all administrative processes for companies, including, but not limited to AP, AR, Audit, Bank process, Credit card reconciliations, creation and standardization of processes, training and management.
Kevin is fluent in English and Portuguese.
kevin@nextsecuritycorp.com

Fernando Celeghim
Fire and Security EngineerFernando is the fire and security engineer responsible for technical support for sales and strategic accounts with 13 years in the electronic security segment with an emphasis on detection, alarm and firefighting systems.
Fernando is fluent in Portuguese, English and Japanese.
Phone Number: +1 (786) 465-6121
fernando@nextsecuritycorp.com

Thais Santana
Purchase ManagerThais Santana is the Purchase manager at Next Security. Thais leads the team on all tasks such as placing orders, follow-up with vendors, inventory control and pricing. Responsible for the international and national purchasing negotiation with focus on process improvement and cost reduction. Foreign Trade professional with a bachelor’s degree in international business, she has 10 years of experience coordinating import and export shipments, working with sea and air shipments, processes from the Miami - USA and Europe, placing orders with vendors, follow-up and negotiation of international and national purchasing.
Thais is fluent in English and Portuguese.
thais@nextsecuritycorp.com