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Hear from Deidra Messenger from Kansas and what's important to her about the work she's devoted 30 years to doing. April is National 9-1-1 Education Month and we are honored to bring you this story, featuring Anita Pitt, compliments of Horizons magazine. Answering the Call for Help Like so many other Public Safety personnel who protect us, Brandi Walker, the 9-1-1 Director for Hodgeman County, KS, is passionate about helping people. Her commitment is clear as she shares how she got into Public Safety and what this work means to her. Learn why she has the backs of everyone she serves and how the VESTA® 9-1-1 system helps her and her team every day.. Answering the Call for Help , became part of Motorola Solutions. We are excited and proud to join Motorola Solutions, a global leader with over 14,000 people around the world whose sole focus is bringing you the best in mission-critical communications. As Motorola Solutions, we are guided by a common purpose: We help people be their best in the moments that matter. Our goal is to ensure everyone we serve - from our Calltakers and first responders, to our business continuity and disaster recovery professionals, to our military officers - has powerful and flexible, yet easy-to-use tools to help keep their communities safe. With the addition of VESTA®, Motorola Solutions has strengthened its position as a leader in mission-critical communications offering a complete end-to-end solution, no matter the size of your community or organization. We deliver a public safety communications software suite that puts the technology to protect those you serve - in your hands. Our Next Generation 9-1-1 and Emergency Notification solutions and services are guided by our Voice of the Customer (VOC) program. Through it, we gain invaluable input that helps us enhance our offerings to fulfill our critical commitment to customer satisfaction. Our VESTA® solution for Federal installations has achieved JITC certification and is on the DISA Unified Capabilities Approved Product List, demonstrating its ability to meet strict guidelines to operate in elevated security environments for Federal Government and Department of Defense customers. Our quality and adherence to standards are evident in our continued achievement in meeting ISO international standards, currently making us an ISO 9001:2008-certified organization. When it comes to mission-critical communications, you need a technology partner you can trust - one who isn’t just committed to your success, but passionate about it. We are honored to support thousands of public and private sector clients globally. We do not take lightly the confidence they place in us and in our solutions. We take it to heart. Their success feeds our spirit and drives our innovation. As Vice President of Operations, Mary Wathen oversees operations for business units within Motorola Solutions, including Next Generation 9-1-1 and Emergency Notification systems. In 1987, Mary was selected, while serving as a board member of the American Electronics Association, to be a representative of Small Business for a congressional sub-committee hearing in Washington, DC. Mike's tenure with Motorola Solutions dates back to 2007, when he joined as Director of Channel Management, a position in which he managed the VESTA channel partner program. Today, Mike serves as Vice President, Sales and Channel Management for VESTA, and is accountable for all sales of the company's Next Generation 9-1-1 systems and Emergency Notification solutions. As Vice President of Network Solutions, Jeroen de Witte oversees the day-to-day business operations for our VESTA® Jeroen joined Motorola Solutions in 2003 and has most recently served as the company's Chief Technology Officer for the VESTA portfolio. He has also served as Vice President and Director of Research and Development. His tenure gives him unique perspective and skills in all aspects of Next Generation technologies. In his roles, he has actively engaged in many of our most complex and forward-looking North American deployments. This includes New York City, where he acted as the company’s executive technical sponsor. As General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer, Paula leads the company's legal and compliance teams for the VESTA portfolio and serves as Corporate Secretary related to these offerings. Her established expertise lies in the areas of risk management, commercial transactions, intellectual property, regulatory compliance and corporate governance. Prior to joining Motorola Solutions, Paula was a partner with Pyle Sims Duncan & Stevenson, where she specialized in bankruptcy and business reorganizations as well as financial institution representations. While in San Diego, Paula was a recognized leader in the insolvency community as a founder of the Women's Insolvency Network and The San Diego Receivers Forum. She was a regular lecturer on insolvency related topics and served on numerous Practice Group boards. Jeff Wittek has served the Public Safety industry for over 35 years. Since joining Motorola Solutions in 1998 as the Manager of Integration Services, Jeff's promotions have included Sales Engineering Manager, Director of Product Line Management, Vice President of Product Management, Vice President of Product Development and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Vice President of Corporate Business Development. Today, he serves as Motorola Solutions' Vice President of Strategic Planning for VESTA. Louis joined Motorola Solutions in 2011 as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for VESTA, contributing extensive and global experience in business and financial strategy and planning. Prior to his current role, he served as CFO in several business units throughout Europe and Asia for Airbus Defense and Space. Other experience includes a position with Air France as Finance Manager in Great Britain and Ireland, where he was actively involved in the European call center implementation. Louis earned his finance degree from the Institut Superieur de Gestion, Paris, and his Executive MBA from HEC Paris, one of the oldest and most respected business schools in the world.