Volunteers Requested for SIA’s VOI Steering Committee to Aid SPARC
/We are proud to share that our Founder, Mark Schreiber, along with our firm, is honored to support the collaborative partnership between the International Association of Professional Security Consultants (IAPSC) and the Security Industry Association (SIA).
SIA Creates the Voice of Industry (VOI) Steering Committee
One key function related to this partnership is Schreiber’s participation in the SIA Voice of Industry (VOI) steering committee supporting the SIA Security Practitioners Advancing Real Conversations (SPARC) community, which is designed to better serve and support their end-user and security practitioner members.
Who Makes Up the Security Practitioners Advancing Real Conversations (SPARC) Community?
Also known as the SIA Technical End User Forum, this community brings together large end users and security practitioners.
Its mission is to empower technical professionals by fostering a diverse support network that advances the security technology industry while actively participating in technology standards and compliance. Their members also benefit from vendor-neutral guidance, the latest research insights, and access to a wide range of training and networking opportunities.
Their Technical End User Forum is also founded upon 3 bodies/committees:
Membership: Offers opportunities for networking, group benchmarking sessions, personalized benchmarking, and engaging in face-to-face meetings.
Voice of the Industry: Facilitates discussions with manufacturers, integrators, and specifiers to address industry needs, challenges, and expectations. You can learn more about this committee in the section below...
Support Services: Delivers subject matter expert assistance for key industry products and actively participates in standards development and technical compliance initiatives.
Some of the big names that are volunteer leaders within the SPARC committee are: + Jonathan Aguila, Meta (Executive Sponsor; Member, SIA Board of Directors and Executive Committee)
+ Bobby Louissaint, Meta (Chair, SPARC)
+ King Lam, Apple (Vice Chair, SPARC)
+ Ruben Aceves, Microsoft
+ Joe Gittens, Meta
+ Dan Glick, Twillio
+ Josh Heisler, Amazon
+ David Hernandez, Disney
+ Derik Hernandez, Meta
+Philip Jang, TikTok USDS
To explore SPARC in greater detail or if you would like to join, visit to learn more:
SPARC: SIA's Technical End User Forum - Security Industry Association
What is the Voice of Industry (VOI) Steering Committee, and What Do Their Members Do?
The committee’s role is to offer industry insights to the Security Practitioners Advancing Real Conversations (SPARC) community upon their request, delivering supplier, vendor, and solution provider expertise in an unbiased, vendor-neutral way. Additionally, the committee contributes by creating white papers to further support and enrich the SPARC community.
To learn more about VOI in detail, visit:
Why and How to Sign Up to Volunteer?
You may be curious about the significance of volunteering and participating in an industry committee, not just for the benefit of the industry, but also for your personal career growth. To shed light on this, Schreiber offered the following insight from his own experience: “End Users do not have many forums to discuss their technology operations challenges, and the SPARC group provides a trusted venue for these discussions. Being a volunteer for the SIA VOI allows industry suppliers to hear about these challenges that are amplified by SPARC and assist in advancing the industry to meet the needs of the end users.”
Volunteer and Further the Industry
We hope you will join us in supporting their efforts by volunteering on a committee with us or by sharing their volunteer opportunities with your network!
To learn more about the volunteer opportunities or to sign up, visit:
Volunteers Wanted! Join SPARC's Voice of the Industry Community - Security Industry Association
