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.
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.
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.