We Only Do Commercial. We Only Do Southern California. We Have Done It Since 1987.
The company
Large Enough. Local Enough.
A strategic decision was made to focus entirely on the Southern California market, so that whenever our clients need assistance, they can always rely on the team at JMG.
1987
Founded
In Fountain Valley, where the headquarters still is.
8
Counties served
Central Coast south to San Diego, and nothing beyond it.
2
Central stations
California and Texas, on dual-redundant servers and PBX.
19
Manufacturer partners
We represent them. We compete with none of them.
Our story
39 Years Of Experience
Ken Jacobs and Mike Christensen founded the company in 1987. What has changed since is the technology; what has not is who answers the phone.
1987
Two Founders, One County
Ken Jacobs and Mike Christensen start JMG in Fountain Valley, serving commercial sites in Orange County.
Own network
JMGCONNEX Goes Live
JMG builds a private mesh radio network on its own FCC and UL licence, so no third party sits between a site and the central station.
2010
Top Workplaces, And Every Year Since
Named by the Orange County Register, which matters here because the same technicians stay on the same accounts for years.
Today
Eight Counties, Three Offices
Fountain Valley, Escondido and San Luis Obispo, fifty cities, and a demonstration facility clients can walk into before they buy.
Why clients stay
Long-Term Client Employee Retention
"We invest more time and money in training, education, and team building than anyone in our industry, or most other industries." Every field, service and sales member goes through extensive initial and ongoing training before fully assuming their position.
The result is the thing clients actually notice: the person who services the system is the person who knows it, and they are still there next year.
What new hires say
"I have never worked at a company where every single person is equally dedicated to best-in-class customer service."
Heard within a week of joining, almost every time.
Our own people
Installers, service technicians and dispatch are on JMG's payroll and based in the region they cover. Not subcontracted crews, and not a branch office of somewhere else.
Management
Clear Leadership From The Start
"Ken Jacobs and Mike Christensen may have founded JMG SECURITY SYSTEMS, but the same is true today as it was [in 1987]: our client’s satisfaction runs the show."
Ken Jacobs
Co-founder · President and CEO
Founded JMG with Mike Christensen in 1987 and set the two rules the company still runs on: commercial only, Southern California only.
Mike Christensen
Co-founder
Co-founded the company in 1987. JMG promotes primarily from within, so most of the people running crews today started on them.
Craig Loyd
VP Operations
Runs the field organisation: the installers, service technicians and dispatch who cover every Southern California region.
Gil Ledesma
VP Sales and Marketing
Leads the specialists who walk the sites and write the proposals — the free assessment the whole site points at.
In the community
Thirty Years Of The Same Golf Day.
A company that stays in one market for thirty-nine years ends up owing that market something. This is how JMG pays it.
$215,000
Raised at the 30th tournament
30
Years running
37
Years recognised by the city
Stadiums, banks, campuses, plants and distribution centres across Southern California
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