SILVER SPRING, Md.—The Safety Trade Affiliation (SIA) lately named two recipients for the 2026 Denis R. Hébert Id Administration Scholarship, a program providing $5,000 scholarships for younger skilled SIA members to assist additional their training within the subject of identification administration.
The winners of the 2026 Hébert Scholarship are Joseph Robles of SAGE Integration and Kevin Vettorel of BOS Safety. They had been acknowledged on the 2026 AcceleRISE convention, an occasion introduced by the SIA RISE neighborhood for rising safety leaders, in San Diego, Calif., earlier this month.
This scholarship program—named after Hébert, a longtime safety trade govt and previous member of SIA’s Board of Administrators who served as SIA board chair from 2016 to 2018—is designed to “help the skilled growth objectives of particular person SIA members and scholar members who focus on identification administration,” in line with the affiliation announcement.
“My honest congratulations to this yr’s recipients of the Denis R. Hébert Id Administration Scholarship Awards, Joseph Robles and Kevin Vettorel,” says Hébert within the announcement. “As Id turns into a central component in our each day lives, their focus is a key a part of our trade’s future.”
What Do The Hébert Id Administration Scholarship Do?
Robles, service coordinator at SAGE Integration, is an operations skilled primarily based in San Francisco, with expertise in service coordination, subject operations planning, technician scheduling, KPI reporting and course of enchancment throughout safety integration and fireplace and life security environments.
His background contains supporting entry management, CCTV, service supply, workforce coordination and operational reporting. Robles is at the moment finishing a undertaking administration certificates with a Lean Six Sigma focus by UCLA Extension.
Via the Denis R. Hébert Scholarship, he plans to proceed constructing acknowledged expertise in information evaluation, identification administration, cybersecurity and operations enchancment and his long-term aim is to use information pushed course of enchancment to technician utilization, capability planning, credential protection, entry management operations and operational determination making within the safety trade.
“I’m honored to obtain the 2026 Denis R. Hébert Scholarship,” says Robles within the SIA announcement. “This award will assist me construct the certifications and technical expertise wanted to show operational information into higher choices throughout the safety trade.
“My aim is to enhance how groups measure efficiency, handle technician capability, monitor credentials and strengthen entry management operations. I’m grateful to SIA for investing in my growth and serving to me transfer towards a profession targeted on data-driven course of enchancment and operational excellence,” he says.
Vettorel is chief know-how officer at BOS Safety. His profession has been constructed round mission essential operations, enterprise IT and utilized synthetic intelligence. His 20 years of service within the Air Pressure formed his management fashion and technical self-discipline, the place he directed large-scale IT operations, managed multimillion greenback packages and led cross purposeful groups supporting safe and extremely regulated environments.
After transitioning to the personal sector, Vettorel held roles together with technical options architect and website reliability engineer. He later superior to vp of IT, the place he led enterprise know-how technique, constructed and scaled a man-made intelligence-enabled command middle, achieved UL certification.
Vettorel holds a bachelor’s diploma in organizational management and a grasp’s diploma in utilized synthetic intelligence. His work constantly facilities on turning superior know-how into sensible, scalable options that enhance efficiency, cut back threat and supply shoppers with white glove service.
“I plan on utilizing this beneficiant present to finish my grasp’s-level certification in superior information analytics and begin my Ph.D,” says Vettorel within the SIA announcement. “I imagine this may permit me to make use of information to additional improve the effectivity and safety of our VirtuGuard consumer base.
“As a 20-year Air Pressure veteran, I imagine training is without doubt one of the most essential issues an individual can do to raised themselves. I’ve 4 kids who’re additionally faculty graduates or at the moment working towards their levels, and I’m grateful to SIA for serving to me attain one other essential milestone and furthering my training,” he says.
SIA and the board of administrators established the Denis R. Hébert Id Administration Scholarship program in 2018 “in recognition of the substantial subject material experience Hébert supplied and continues to supply to SIA members,” in line with the affiliation announcement.
