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SOS Technologies, a pioneer in accelerated emergency alert platforms, announces the appointment of Tony Bouvia as Vice President of Sales. As organizations across healthcare, education, and critical infrastructure seek faster emergency response and improved safety outcomes, SOS Technologies is expanding its leadership team to support growing demand for its SOS Precision Response platform. Emergency response gap Tony brings more than three decades of experience helping technology companies grow through public sector, enterprise, and partner-led sales. His deep background working with government, higher education, healthcare, and other regulated industries will help accelerate SOS Technologies’ growth strategy as the company expands adoption of SOS Precision Response designed to close the critical 14–17 minute emergency response gap. Prior to joining SOS Technologies, Tony spent nearly seven years at Ericsson/Cradlepoint driving growth across public sector, federal, enterprise and partner channels. Earlier in his career, he spent 18 years at Cisco in partner-facing technical leadership roles before moving into leading technical sales and managed services at a reseller partner. Tony is also a 10-year United States Air Force Communications Specialist and Gulf War veteran.

SOS Technologies, a fast-growing pioneer in threat detection and emergency response, today announced the appointment of Jonathan Fischer as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). A veteran enterprise and public safety technology executive and former first responder, Fischer brings more than two decades of experience building scalable revenue engines, partner ecosystems, and go-to-market strategies for mission-critical technologies deployed in high-stakes environments. Experience and responsibilities Fischer has held senior leadership roles at some of the world’s most respected technology companies, including AT&T, Motorola, Nokia, Ericsson, and Cradlepoint, operating at the intersection of connectivity, software platforms, and edge technologies. Across these organizations, he helped translate complex, emerging technologies into deployable, revenue-producing solutions, aligning executive strategy with operational realities in large-scale enterprise and public-sector deployments. His leadership perspective is uniquely shaped by hands-on public safety experience. A former firefighter who remains active with the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, Fischer evaluates technology through a frontline lens: systems must be reliable under pressure, integrate seamlessly into existing workflows, and deliver actionable intelligence in seconds. not minutes. New role Fischer joins SOS at a moment of accelerating national growth, highlighted by a landmark deployment with New York City Public Schools. The company is expanding across education, healthcare, government, and enterprise environments through large-scale SmartEAS deployments that connect frontline staff directly to first responders, supported by state and local security authorization milestones such as GovRAMP and growing demand for integrated, real-time emergency response technology. Growth “Jonathan brings the rare combination of enterprise growth leadership and real-world public safety experience,” said Travis Leonardi, CEO of SOS Technologies. “As we scale nationally, it’s critical that revenue execution, partner strategy, and marketing leadership remain grounded in operational credibility. Jonathan understands how these systems are used when lives are on the line and how to build predictable growth without compromising trust.” Serving people “SOS is addressing an urgent, deeply human challenge,” Fischer said. "Having built and scaled enterprise organizations, and having personally operated in emergency environments.  I know how essential it is for technology to perform reliably under pressure. What drew me to SOS is the opportunity to scale a platform already proven in high-stakes deployments, unifying detection, communication, and first-responder response into a single, dependable experience for institutions that serve people every day.”

SOS Technologies, a pioneer in life safety and emergency communication solutions, announced that New York City has partnered with SOS to deploy its first of a kind “Emergency Alert System” (EAS) to help protect NYC public schools experiencing an active -safety threat. This innovative system enables direct, instant communication between schools and first responders, slashing notification times from minutes to under ten seconds. The new Emergency Alert System, created in partnership with the New York City Office of Technology and Innovation (OTI), debuted at the Spring Creek campus in Brooklyn — the first school building in the United States to have direct 911 first responder integration — and is scheduled to be rolled out to a total of 25 school buildings, representing 51 public schools across the five boroughs during the 2025-2026 school year. World’s largest public school system Home to the world’s largest public school system, NYC schools serve approximately 1.8 million students and staff. This pioneering initiative establishes a direct link with first responders—enabling immediate notification to NYPD, FDNY, and EMS—eliminating costly delays and vastly improving emergency response times when every second counts. “New York City is setting a new national standard for school safety,” said Travis Leonardi, Chairman and CEO of SOS Technologies. “For the first time ever, public schools are directly tied into a city’s 911 first responder life-safety communications infrastructure. This groundbreaking integration eliminates costly delays, giving police, fire, and EMS the ability to begin responding almost instantly when seconds matter most. We are honored to be a part of the technology which helps safeguard the lives NYC students and educators.” NYC EAS platform The NYC EAS platform seamlessly communicates with agencies like NYC Public Schools, NYPD, PSAC 911, and FDNY—helping to accelerate emergency notification and ensuring that calls for help are instantly prioritized and precisely geo-located. With extensive system redundancy, continuous real-time monitoring, and GovRamp-Authorized cybersecurity, the Emergency Alert System delivers unmatched reliability and protection for New York City’s life-safety communications and public-school infrastructure. Improving life safety systems “From day one, our mission has been to help improve life safety systems through innovative technologies,” said Paul Averill, President and COO of SOS Technologies. “By directly linking New York City Public Schools to the city’s first responder communication infrastructure, we’re closing a critical gap in emergency notification and response times.” “With the announcement of this important NYC initiative, we are optimistic that other cities across the country will adopt these technologies to help revolutionize communication between public and private institutions and first responders.” New York City’s selection of SOS Technologies underscores the city’s commitment to pioneering safety initiatives and providing the most advanced protection possible for its students and educators.