Have you ever wondered how Beryl got its name? I thought I would share this story as we continue to reflect on 25 years at Beryl.

In 1998, we needed to change the name of our company to be more reflective of what we do (it used to be called Emergency Response Systems from our original business).  At the time, my older brother Mark was single and taking lessons to become a pilot.  He met a beautiful Italian woman who worked at the flight school and wanted to ask her out.  He noticed that she was wearing some interesting, unusual jewelry so he bought a book on gemology so he could strike up a conversation with her (not kidding).  He came upon the word “Beryl” which means a “family of gemstones.”  Since we were a family business and worked with great people, he suggested to me and Barry that we name the company Beryl.  We loved the idea.  That’s how we got the name.  He didn’t get the girl, however….she moved back to Italy.