Gareth Williams

Gareth Williams
Sales Director, OpremaAs the head of Oprema’s sales and marketing functions, Gareth has played a pivotal role in establishing the company as one of the UK’s leading security distributors. Gareth has a wealth of experience in building businesses across the security industry. His experience and expert knowledge has been gained from over 15 years operating at board level within various sales and product development roles at Norbain, Siemens and Bewator before joining Oprema in 2015. When he is not helping Oprema change the face of security distribution Gareth likes to keep fit and regularly attends live music in his spare time.
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Oprema are delighted to announce a new partnership with Camect. Camect is a Silicon Valley company creating the simplest and most useful security solutions from ordinary camera installations in homes and businesses. Artificial Intelligence Camect’s state-of-the-art Artificial Intelligence (AI) understands the objects that cameras see and raises alerts for only the interesting and relevant events, thereby eliminating false alarms. Furthermore, it doesn’t eat up bandwidth, it records continuously, and works even when the internet is down. A system to monitor high value assets takes only minutes to configure and comes complete with accurate alert notifications delivered in real-time. It offers universal secure remote access and can integrate cameras of many different brands. Strategic partnership Dave Small, EMEA Sales Manager at Camect commented on the partnership, stating “Working with Oprema is a great opportunity. Oprema’s first-class service and expert knowledge complement Camect’s values. We look forward to showcasing our best-in-class product range to their customers.” Gareth Williams, Sales Director at Oprema said, “We are excited to have Camect on board with us at Oprema, bringing the latest technology in the industry to our customers. The product portfolio at Camect provides a unique end user experience. We’re excited for what the future holds, Camect, welcome to the team!”
Multidiscipline distributor Oprema has appointed Mark Elligott as Business Development Manager for the Midlands region. Expert In Security Distribution Mark, brings over 20 years of business development and sales experience, having previously worked for ADI and Norbain. His wealth of security distribution experience has been gained through undertaking all aspects of account management, most recently at ADI, where he spent over 9 years. In his new role, Mark will form part of the Oprema national field sales team and be responsible for fostering client relationships throughout the Midlands region. In his spare time, Mark volunteers as an instructor for a youth voluntary training service. For the past 8 years he has been responsible for training fifty people on a weekly basis. Oprema’s New Business Development Head I am extremely pleased to join an exciting and fast-growing company that are all about their customers, vendors and staff" Speaking about his appointment, Mark said “I am extremely pleased to join an exciting and fast-growing company that are all about their customers, vendors and staff. I can’t wait to get started and to build long lasting relationships that will contribute to the continued growth of Oprema.” Gareth Williams, Sales Director at Oprema commented on Mark’s appointment: “We are delighted to welcome someone of Mark’s quality and experience to the business development team. His extensive account management and industry experience will greatly benefit our customers and partners in a key area of the UK. This latest addition to team Oprema confirms our commitment to recruiting the highest quality industry professionals to facilitate continued growth.”
IDIS, South Korea’s surveillance manufacturer, has announced that the company has signed a distribution agreement with Oprema, a leading UK multi-discipline security solution provider. Oprema, the UK’s fastest growing security provider that is also a Fast Growth 50 Company, has added the full IDIS Total Solution to its line-up. The range of products include the IDIS flagship offerings, including the truly plug-and-play DirectIP as well as the advanced HD analog over coax solution, DirectCX, both strengthening Oprema’s extensive portfolio of surveillance, access control, fire and other security brands. Founded in 1997 by experts in computer science and artificial intelligence, IDIS is a global surveillance solutions provider. With headquarters and manufacturing facilities based in South Korea and dedicated offices that offer training and technical support in the UK, Dubai and the USA, IDIS has grown to become a global security company that designs, develops, and manufactures surveillance solutions for a wide range of commercial and public-sector markets.Oprema shares our values of providing a complete end-to-end solution approach Strategic Distribution Partnership Gareth Williams, Sales Director at Oprema commented, “I am delighted to announce a new strategic partnership with IDIS. The IDIS product range perfectly complements our multi-brand security portfolio and opens up a whole new range of surveillance solutions and opportunities for our customers. The IDIS product range delivers innovation that is user-friendly, flexible, scalable, and is able to meet every surveillance need, especially in the mid to high-end space.” James Min, Managing Director, IDIS Europe, added: “The IDIS team is thrilled that we have signed a strategic distribution alliance with Oprema. Oprema shares our values of providing a complete end-to-end solution approach, that is consultative; with a passion for sales and technical support, training and reliable logistics, as well as professional services, such as pre-sales design, pre-configuration and on-site commissioning. We look forward to working closely with the Oprema team over the next year and beyond.”
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