About Speaker

Matt Powers is the vice president of global technology and support services at Wesco, where he leads the global field engineering, consulting and lab teams supporting physical security, data centers, Internet of Things, industrial controls and network infrastructure. With over 24 years of experience at Wesco, he combines deep technical expertise with leadership in sales and management. In 2010, while at Anixter (merged with Wesco in 2020), Powers was elected to the Technical Services Committee of ONVIF, where he played a key role in the development of global standards for IP-based physical security products. With over 14 years of experience focused on the physical security industry, he has worked with global integrators and end-users on complex security applications across various sectors, including citywide security, education, retail and critical infrastructure. Powers also led Anixter’s physical security testing efforts at the Anixter Infrastructure Solutions Lab and contributed to the development of the Ul 2802 standard for camera image quality performance. In 2014, he was recognized as one of the 40 most influential people in the security industry by IFSEC Global.