Ben Luzynski
CEO, Watch Systems
Ben Luzynski’s job is to protect children, and he says he couldn’t be happier about it.
In November 2017, Luzynski was promoted from executive vice president to CEO of Watch Systems, a Covington-based company whose premier product is OffenderWatch, the largest sex-offender-registry system in the United States.
“We work with local, state and federal law enforcement agencies and currently have a presence in 37 states,” he says, adding that the company pioneered the notification system that emails residents if a registered sex offender has moved into their neighborhood.
This past March, the company announced its first international partnership: OffenderWatch was awarded the contract to assist the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in modernizing its database.
“[Canada] has new legislation that requires their sex offender app to be able to be accessed by the public, who can use it to sign up for email alerts, so we’re rebuilding their app,” he says.
Later this year, OffenderWatch also plans to release a new software program called Safe Virtual Neighborhood, aimed at protecting youth from online sexual predators.
“The app can be installed on a child’s phone,” he says, “and if a registered sex offender tries to contact them via email, phone, text or Snapchat, or if they are hanging out near a registered offender’s house, they will receive a notification on their phone, and so will their parents.”
