Bradley J. Stephenson was appointed vice president, security division, for Diebold, Incorporated in 2009. He is responsible for the company’s enterprise security and fire services operations, government solutions group, monitoring services, security research and development, product management and security marketing and business development functions.
Stephenson has been with Diebold for 36 years, most recently serving as vice president, physical security group. Since his start with Diebold, he has served in a variety of senior management and technical positions including general manager of card systems, fire services, Nexus Software and the newly formed original equipment manufacturer (OEM) division. Stephenson led the company’s electronic security division from 1996-1999, developing security products to meet the needs of higher education, financial services and retail clients. Prior to moving to the security division’s corporate headquarters in 1995, Stephenson had more than 20 years of experience in customer-facing roles.
A West Michigan native, Stephenson earned a bachelor’s degree in computer information systems from Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, Mich.