Hoyos got his boot in the door at BofA in March 2007, when reps from adt, the security company now part of Tyco International, spotted Hoyos' exhibit at a conference in Las Vegas. adt later enticed representatives from its clients, including Goldman Sachs, American Express and BofA, to Global's workshop in New York.

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Security giant Tyco International, which makes the ubiquitous ADT alarm systems, on Tuesday predicted a gloomy outlook for the security industry and reduced its 2009 earnings estimates.

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One of America's most admired CEOs, he used hundreds of acquisitions to build Tyco into a sprawling empire that makes ADT burglar alarms and garbage bags, medical equipment and electronics.

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Given the overwhelming negative customer feedback regarding industry leaders, such as ADT (a subsidiary of Tyco International), on sites such as Hellopeter.com (90% unfavorable), it is apparent that there is room-for-improvement in the industry.

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Snyder was the president of ADT Security Services , a subsidiary of Tyco International (nyse: TYC - news - people ), for the past nine years.

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Tyco (NYSE:TYC) spun off its ADT Corp. (NYSE: ADT) alarm security business as a separate public company on October 2 after selling its pipe and valve business earlier this year to pump maker Pentair.

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Consider that Tyco incorporated in Bermuda in 1997 by way of a merger with ADT that incorporated there in 1984, to avoid U.S. taxes on certain international income.

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