About us

A trusted advisory,
built on a decade of relationships.

Relevant Secure Innovations gives solution providers real-time access to problem-solving and U.S. and European innovation — with no cost to engage our team.

Our story

How RSI works

For over a decade, Relevant Secure Innovations has been committed to bringing innovative solutions to the EMEA market through its cooperative partner platform. We have built strong relationships with manufacturers and created a single point of service to provide regional clients with the systems they require.

A successful relationship for RSI is guided by the trust it builds with a deliberately small number of solution providers in each market across the Middle East and North Africa — a platform of services that has since expanded to cover the Latin and Central American markets as well.

RSI assurance means the different products work together and the integrator is not left to determine how to make them work — reducing risk and the time to implement and deploy.

No cost to solution providersThere is no fee to engage our team — our compensation comes from the technology we bring forward to solve the matter at hand.
The RSI experience starts freeEvery engagement begins with a complimentary consultation on your security and systems needs. Our offers extend far beyond our product directory.
Bill Markel, Founder and CEO of Relevant Secure Innovations Founder & CEO

Bill Markel

Operators, not middlemen
Experience20+ years in security & technology
Focus marketsSaudi Arabia · Qatar · Kuwait
In region2–3 weeks per quarter in the Gulf
EducationRhode Island College

Bill Markel founded Relevant Secure Innovations when he recognized that the EMEA market was being underserved by the world’s leading technology manufacturers. New and exciting products weren’t being promoted in a region dominated by older, legacy systems — the businesses, industries, and communities there were simply being overlooked. RSI was built to close that gap.

A seasoned physical security and technology executive with more than 20 years in the industry, Bill sold Enterprise Air — a physical security technology integration platform company — in 2010, and has been fully committed to international markets ever since, with an emphasis on the GCC and North Africa.

That commitment is literal: Bill spends two to three weeks every quarter on the ground in the Gulf, and has become intimately familiar with the region’s government structures, critical-infrastructure project flow, and bidding processes — often supporting the leading solution providers in each market. His recent focus has centered on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Kuwait, and he serves as the regional business development lead for platform partners including Activu and Pyrotech Workspace, with a regular presence at Intersec Dubai and industry events across the region.

His guiding interest has stayed the same for over a decade: building long-term strategic relationships in every market RSI serves.

“I go to him when I have problems I can’t get solved in-house.”

Peer recommendation · LinkedIn
Leadership

Backed by deep technical leadership.

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Technology Leadership

Ted Alben

CTO/CIO and senior network engineer and designer with over twenty years of experience in the U.S. and abroad. Built and led the IoT & Physical Security practice for NTT/Dimension Data — one of the world's largest systems integrators — advising Fortune 100 clients across manufacturing, energy and petrochemical, healthcare, retail, and enterprise markets.

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Research & Development

Clement

Over fifteen years of experience across software development, design and management of physical and electronic security, IT infrastructure, project management, budget planning, and new product development. An honors graduate in computer science and former Head of Research & Development at ITECO Nigeria, a leading technology firm and co-founder of Interswitch.

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