Readerless, Contactless, Effortless

Sentry Interactive is a leading provider of scalable readerless NFC mobile credential technology for PACS manufacturers that allows them to meet the demand for mobile from their existing customer base that aren’t willing to upgrade their existing systems due to cost, disruption and time objections. Integrating readerless mobile credentials that use the end-users mobile as the reader creates the fastest and most cost efficient route to future-proof PACS with mobile. 

Mission

To future-proof OEM legacy access control systems with readerless mobile credentials technology for a more sustainable, interoperable, cost-efficient and secure route to mobile access.

Vision

To provide the fastest route to mobile access for legacy systems that are not able to benefit from NFC mobile access without the cost associated with new reader upgrades. 

2024

Readerless mobile credential SDK

Launch readerless mobile credential software kit for physical access control system manufacturers. 

Reached over 2 million mobile credential unlocks.

Milestone

2023

Awards

Winners of the 2023 SIA New Product & Solutions ‘Convergence and Integration Solutions’ Award at ISC West.

Winners of the SecuritySales & Integration MVP award

2022

Acquisition

Sentry Interactive acquires Doordeck, a mobile credential software solution for legacy access control systems, that doesn’t require any hardware upgrades.

Awards

Winners of the SecuritySales & Integration Top 30 Technology Innovations.

Sentry Interactive Tower

Launch of 3-in-1 digital check-in, digital receptionist, and digital communications kiosk.

2021

Sentry Interactive Lobby Platform

Launch of the Sentry Interactive lobby platform, health and safety screening digital kiosk.

2021

Formation

The inception of Sentry Interactive to reconnect and bring workforces back to the office safely via innovative kiosk technology in the period of Covid-19.

Sentry Interactive

Reader-less. Contactless. Effortless.

Sentry Interactive is a leading provider of scalable reader-less NFC mobile credential technology for PACS manufacturers that allows them to meet the demand for mobile from their existing customer base that aren’t willing to upgrade their existing systems due to cost, disruption and time objections. Integrating reader-less mobile credentials that use the end-users mobile as the reader creates the fastest and most cost efficient route to future-proof PACS with mobile.

Our Leadership

Paul Kluttz

VP BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

With over 45 years of experience and leadership in the security industry, including roles with renowned global security and access control integrators and OEM manufacturers, such as ADT, the Security Technologies Group, Pelco and HID Global. Most notably, he served as the North America Vice President in Channel Sales at HID Global for over a decade, where he played a pivotal role leading and managing a team that supported installing dealers, national and global accounts, and consulting relations. Kluttz has also made significant contributions as an independent management, product, and channel consultant.

Denis Hébert

CHAIRMAN & CEO

Hébert has held pivotal roles in Fortune 500 enterprises and has been instrumental in nurturing numerous technology startups. Hébert’s illustrious career includes notable achievements such as serving as President & CEO of HID Global, where he spearheaded transformative growth initiatives for 13 years, and then helped guide Feenics Corporation to a successful acquisition by Triton investments, as a bolt-on to ACRE LLC. Additionally, he has contributed significantly to the industry through his role on the Board of Directors for the Security Industry Association (SIA) and his dedication to charitable endeavours, including Mission 500.

Dave McClary

DIRECTOR OF SALES

With over 30 years of experience in the physical security industry, McClary brings a wealth of knowledge and a proven track record of success. McClary’s career trajectory saw him take on pivotal roles at industry-leading organizations such as global distributors Anixter and Ingram Micro, in addition to top access control manufacturers, HID Global and Software House, where he held sales management positions. McClary’s experience ranges from selling integrated security solutions to end-users as a security integrator to working with global access control and security manufacturers and distributors.

Denis Hébert

Chairman & CEO

Board of Directors

Joe Caldwell

Founder and Chairman of the Board

Jon Davis

Board of Directors

Stephen Taylor Matthews

Board of Directors

Denis Hébert

Board of Directors

Jason Bohrer

Board of Directors

William Bainborough

Board of Directors

Our Values

We adopt an innovative software-first approach to adapt and evolve legacy solutions. 

Empowerment, inclusion and collaboration is at the heart of our commitment to uphold excellence in product development and customer service. 

We embrace a forward-thinking, entrepreneurial and open mindset across the company. 

We are honest, transparent, and ethical in all our actions, building trust with our customers and partners.

We recognize the importance of life beyond work and are committed to supporting a healthy work-life balance.  

Innovation

We adopt an innovative software-first approach to adapt and evolve legacy solutions. 

Excellence

Empowerment, inclusion and collaboration is at the heart of our commitment to uphold excellence in product development and customer service. 

Empowerment

We embrace a forward-thinking, entrepreneurial and open mindset across the company. 

Integrity

We are honest, transparent, and ethical in all our actions, building trust with our customers and partners.

Culture

We recognize the importance of life beyond work and are committed to supporting a healthy work-life balance.  

Denis Hébert

CHAIRMAN & CEO

Hébert began his career at Honeywell International where he held several leadership positions including Managing Director for the Automation and Controls business in France and eventually President of the NexWatch Corporation from 1999-2002. Hébert led HID Global as President & CEO over a transformative 12-year period from 2002-2015, where he provided strategic guidance and grew the business tenfold through a mix of strong organic and acquisitive growth. Most recently, Hébert was President of Feenics Corporation which is a cloud-based access control company that was successfully sold to ACRE LLC at the end of 2021. Hébert also served on the Board of Directors for the Security Industry Association (SIA) from 2009-2020 and was nominated to be Chairman of the Board for SIA from 2016-2018. He is currently Chairman of the Board for Nightingale Security based in Newark, CA.

Joe Caldwell

Founder and Chairman of the Board

Joe is an American entrepreneur, investor, and accomplished executive. He has co-founded, founded, and led many successful businesses, including US Internet, a leading fiber internet service provider, Securence, a leading provider of email filtering software, and Ravon, an industry-leading digital voice communications service. 

It was Joe’s venture, Municipal Parking Services (MPS), that inspired him in 2020 to start Sentry Interactive, an advanced touchless and staffless detection platform.

Caldwell currently serves as CEO and Chairman of the Board for Municipal Parking Services (MPS), a global tech company based in Austin, TX responsible for inventing and patenting technologies that assist in parking and security enforcement.

Joe was named one of Minnesota’s 500 Most Powerful Business Leaders for the past two years—and is a seasoned corporate board member. He’s served on boards of public, private equity-backed, and venture-backed companies—and has deep industry expertise in all aspects of digital technology.

Jon Davis

Board of Directors

Mr. Davis is an Experienced corporate board member, having served on boards of public, private equity-backed, and venture-backed companies. Jon possesses deep industry expertise in dairy, food processing, food technology and manufacturing, and food, beverage, and entertainment services. 

During Jon’s tenure of 25 plus years, he’s led operations, research and development, and mergers and acquisitions. He’s served as CEO and has been the founder and active board member for many successful enterprises—from startups to billion-dollar corporations. While COO and CEO of Davisco Foods International, Jon built a state-of-the-art cheese plant which was awarded the United States Dairy processing plant of the year in 2005 by Dairy Foods magazine. Currently, Jon is active with several non-dairy projects, including investments in local real estate, the Wayzata Brewworks, and his latest venture the new CōV restaurant in Edina’s Galleria.

Stephen Taylor Matthews

Board of Directors
Stephen is a very accomplished attorney, member of the Texas State Bar, licensed commercial real estate broker, and an avid philanthropist. He is an experienced executive board member, serving in leadership positions for more than 20 community councils and corporate boards—ranging from Boy Scouts of America to the ABBA Business Leaders Council, and most recently the American Bank BOD, the Real Estate Council of Austin, and the Marbridge Foundation BOT. With more than 35 years experience, Stephen and his firm, Barrond & Adler, L.L.P. are devoted to eminent domain cases in Texas.

Jason Bohrer

Board of Directors

Jason Bohrer is one of the visionaries behind our mission to bring people back together safely and securely, in any environment, through Sentry’s advanced digital communications and detection platform. With over two decades of senior leadership experience, Jason’s track record of success spans across sales, operations, product innovation, strategy, and technology for domestic and global companies like Bexar Technology Partners, CPI Card Group, HID Global, and Motorola, Inc. Prior to launching Sentry Interactive, Jason was actively involved with several key technology transitions across multiple industries, including the contact and contactless EMV transitions in the U.S. payments industry and the adoption of smart card and mobile technologies in the global access and identity market. Jason was an inaugural member of the University of Chicago Executive Institute and holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Texas at Austin. He also serves as the Executive Director for two industry-leading not-for-profit organizations: the Secure Technology Alliance and the U.S. Payments Forum.

William Bainborough

Board of Directors

William is an experienced British entrepreneur, founder, and accomplished board executive and advisor for a number of businesses. He is the CEO and co-founder of Doordeck, the world’s only true cloud-based access control aggregator. He is also the managing director and founder of Group Secure, a leader in providing security, CCTV, and access control solutions, products, and installation for high-net-worth individuals in the UK. 

William established his first business at just seventeen and brings 20-plus years of in-depth experience and industry knowledge. He has a proven track record for building businesses from the ground up—and then leading them to profitability and a successful exit across a myriad of sectors including hospitality, retail, security, telecommunications, and e-commerce. William’s leadership, vision, and experience in creating cutting-edge SaaS-based technology platforms will prove invaluable for Sentry Interactive moving forward.

Brent Terry

Brent Terry

Chief Operating Officer
Brent Terry leads the operations and solutions organizations at Sentry. This includes all product innovation, development, and operations management. A veteran in the technology space, Brent has more than 30 years of experience across a myriad of industries, like physical security technology and building automation, SAAS, hardware and software product development, internet, digital TV, interactive TV, digital media, telecommunications, and medical products and services. Prior to Sentry, Brent has spun up successful startups and led high-performing teams for some of the biggest global, Fortune 500 companies, including ARRIS, Conerco, Motive Communications, SeaChange International, and IBM. Brent holds a BS in Computer Science from the University of Louisiana. He also is the committee Chairman and Program Director for a non-profit organization responsible for the rollout of smart cards for physicians and first responders.