Securus Expands Executive Team to Manage Expanded Portfolio of Products and Acquisitions

DALLAS, March 17, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Securus Technologies, a leading provider of civil and criminal justice technology solutions for public safety, investigation, corrections and monitoring, announced today that it has added two (2) executives to manage its expanded portfolio of products and acquisitions.

Jon Secrest, Vice President of New Growth Opportunities, and Dan Wigger, Vice President and Managing Director of Managed Access Systems both recently joined Securus.

"These additions to our Executive Team were easy for me to justify," said Richard A. ("Rick") Smith, Chief Executive Officer of Securus Technologies.  "I have worked with Messrs. Secrest and Wigger for nine (9) and three (3) years respectively at our previous company, Eschelon, Inc. – a regional competitive business focused local exchange carrier that we took public in 2005 and sold to a competitor in 2007.  We generated over $700 million in economic value at Eschelon during our work there.  Both of these executives were instrumental in what we accomplished at Eschelon – they have the personal attributes of good work ethic, they are smart, they have quality academic credentials, they know how to exceed customer expectations, they kow how to grow and create useful products – so they fit well with the Securus executive team."

Mr. Secrest will be responsible for New Growth Opportunities including working with our long list of recent acquisitions to integrate and expand their product offerings.  Jon started his business career in 1982 at Paragon Cable and had steadily increasing responsibilities through his position at ADC Telecommunications where he was the Vice President of Global Marketing and the Chief Marketing Officer of Enterprise Networks.  Mr. Secrest has a BA in Marketing and Economics and graduated Magna Cum Laude from Augsburg College in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Mr. Wigger will be responsible for the day-to-day management of our Managed Access Systems (MAS) business that installs proprietary high tech software, preventing contraband wireless device use in prisons and jails in the United States.  Dan started his business career in 1991 at Pacific Bell and had steadily increasing responsibilities through his position at Integra Telecom where he was the Vice President of Operations.  Mr. Wigger has a BS in Business Administration and graduated Cum Laude from California State University.

"At the end of this year and every year from now on – when we look at the report card for Messrs. Secrest and Wigger, we will see value added far in excess of their salaries," said Smith.  "So good for inmates, friends and family, our prison and jail partners, and our investors."

ABOUT SECURUS TECHNOLOGIES
Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, and serving more than 2,600 public safety, law enforcement and corrections agencies and over 1,000,000 inmates across North America, Securus Technologies is committed to serve and connect by providing emergency response, incident management, public information, investigation, biometric analysis, communication, information management, inmate self-service, and monitoring products and services in order to make our world a safer place to live.  Securus Technologies focuses on connecting what matters^®.  To learn more about our full suite of civil and criminal justice technology solutions, please visit SecurusTechnologies.com.

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