Our Story
Julian and Justin Carlson have designed security sensors together since 2001 — 25 years, first for OEM partners and, since 2014, as Versa Wireless.
They started by developing products for OEM partners — designing sensors for the largest security manufacturers in the industry. Products they couldn't put their name on. Products that ended up in hundreds of thousands of installations across North America, selling at multiples of what their partners had forecasted.
Over the next two decades, Julian and Justin quietly engineered multiple OEM products for the biggest names in residential and commercial security. Each one had to be smaller, longer-lasting, and higher-performing than what already existed — or it didn't get made. You've almost certainly seen their work in the field.
Why Versa
In 2014, Julian and Justin founded Versa Wireless with one goal: take everything they'd learned building sensors for other brands and build something for the market directly.
For over a decade they'd watched installers work around products that weren't designed with them in mind. Sensors that were too bulky. Covers that required tools to open. Contacts that made you walk back to the panel to confirm placement. They'd been solving those problems quietly for other companies. It was time to solve them under their own name.
The result is a product line built on three principles:
Small
The MINI-345 transmitter measures 2.2 x 1 x 0.25 in. Our door and window sensors are engineered to disappear on a frame: low-profile, clean, and sized for tight frames.
Simple
Patented Bluefield technology tells you everything you need to know at the door — magnet in range (blue), signal confirmed (green), low-battery warning (red) — without a trip back to the panel. Slide-off covers for tool-free battery service and color changes. SmartStart pairing on our Z-Wave products. Every feature exists because an installer's time is money.
High-performance
Small doesn't mean weak. The SHOCK-319 runs 8+ years on one CR2 cell, the PIR-319 3+ years on one CR123A with 55 lb pet immunity, and the LAMP-ZW2 reaches up to 1300 ft direct-to-controller (LR) - 330 ft (100 m) per hop (mesh). We don't compromise on what matters.
Who We Are
Versa Wireless is a father-and-son company — Julian Carlson and Justin Carlson. Julian brings the business experience and the industry relationships built over two decades. Justin brings the product vision and the drive to keep pushing into new territory. Versa Wireless Inc. is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, with a second location in Surrey, British Columbia, and we distribute through WAVE Electronics — a partner who shares our belief that security professionals deserve better tools.
We're not trying to be the biggest name in the industry. We're trying to be the most trusted one — the company that security dealers reach for when they want something that actually works, installs cleanly, and doesn't create callbacks.
We've been building toward this for 25 years. We're just getting started.
Memberships
Versa Wireless Inc. is a member of two industry bodies: the Security Industry Association and the Z-Wave Alliance. Both listings are public, and both are a fair place to look us up if you haven't worked with us before.
Security Industry Association
The trade association for the security industry, and the body behind the standards work our products are built against. See our SIA member listing.
Z-Wave Alliance
The standards organization behind Z-Wave, including the Z-Wave 800 Long Range devices we design. See our Z-Wave Alliance member listing.
Questions people ask about Versa Wireless
Who founded Versa Wireless?
Versa Wireless was founded in 2014 by Julian Carlson and Justin Carlson, a father-and-son team who have designed security sensors together since 2001 and built OEM products for Tier 1 security manufacturers before launching the Versa brand.
How long has Versa Wireless been in the security industry?
25 years. Julian and Justin Carlson have designed security sensors since 2001, won Best New Product at ISC West in 2003, and launched Versa Wireless in 2014 to sell under their own name.
Where is Versa Wireless based, and where are its products made?
Versa Wireless Inc. is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, with a second location in Surrey, British Columbia. Versa designs every product in-house and works with manufacturing partners to produce them. Products sold in the US carry the ETL or UL listing and FCC certification printed on each product label.
What panels do Versa sensors work with?
Versa makes 319.5 MHz, 345 MHz and 433 MHz sensors for the major professional panel families, and Z-Wave 800 Long Range devices for Alarm.com and Z-Wave controllers. The Sensor-to-Panel Compatibility Guide on versawireless.com lists every panel by model.
What makes Versa sensors different?
Three things: patented Bluefield technology (a blue/green/red LED at the sensor that confirms magnet placement, signal transmission and battery condition without a trip back to the panel), slide-off covers for tool-free battery service and color changes, and low-profile bodies such as the MINI-345 at 2.2 x 1 x 0.25 in.
Available through WAVE Electronics for dealers and distributors. The LAMP-ZW2 Z-Wave dimmer is also on Amazon.
Questions? Contact us.
