Full disclosure, I’m an employee of Cypress. We’re a small Michigan security manufacturer with a large global footprint within the access control industry. We don’t sell the major parts of access control systems—what we do is provide electronic devices that help all the other parts work better for your application. Need to install your reader farther from the controller? We can help. Need a wireless way to account for all staff who’ve been evacuated? We can help. Need to migrate a system to SIA’s OSDP protocol without ripping and replacing entire systems? We can help. I realized how significant a role we play within the security industry when I attended my first trade show, where a deluge of integrators shared how Cypress had saved their projects. What’s amazing is that we also do so much custom work for the security industry, as well as for industries you’d never expect, for companies that are incredibly well known. Our products are made right here in Michigan, and they’re so reliable that most of them carry a lifetime warranty. We’re basically a “secret sauce” kind of company, and those industry captains who keep us on speed dial benefit from knowing where to turn when they need custom help to make something work. Long story short, I’m very proud to work here for all the ways we contribute to the industry, as well as all the ways our company contributes to our community, not to mention local youth robotics programs.