SBC Board At-Large Candidate: Jeff Sauntry
Jeff Sauntry Office Sought: At-Large Jeff Sauntry Bio: Jeff Sauntry has 30 years of engineering, integration, and installation experience delivering secure, high-availability communications systems for commercial, federal, and municipal customers. He has founded multiple professional services and technology companies, including Risk Neutral and Invision Communications. Jeff is the qualifier and electrical contracting license holder (FL EC#13008900) for Invision Communications. In this role, he has fiduciary responsibility for all license, permitting, compliance, safety, financial and contractual commitments made by the organization. Jeff has gained practical experience related to the SBC’s (Safer Buildings Coalition) core mission of supporting first responder and law enforcement communities ranging from local EMS, Fire & Rescue, Maritime Search & Rescue, Federal law enforcement, Bureau of Prisons, and department of defense branches. His systems integration teams have installed structured cabling, wireless, public & life safety communications, video surveillance, access control, and integrated command/control platforms for commercial and highly secure government agency facilities. As a technology and cybersecurity professional, Jeff has helped large municipalities, airports, financial institutions, and commercial clients respond to and recover from a wide range of disruptive events. His unique understanding of redundant power, communications infrastructure, full technology stack, and physical and cybersecurity controls have established him as a trusted advisor to real estate investors, REITs, general contractors, commercial building managers, boards of directors, AHJs, suppliers, and industry regulators. His perspective is informed by his active industry involvement in the Communications Information Sharing Center (ISAC), Safer Buildings Coalition, Tampa Bay InfraGard, Community Association Institute (CAI), FL Self-Storage Association, American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS), ISACA, ISC2, and local ACFE chapters. Jeff is certified by the Florida Attorney General in Commercial Property, Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED). Committed to continuous learning, Jeff holds numerous industry, state, and national credentials listed in his accompanying resume and LinkedIn profile. He frequently speaks publicly on a broad range of topics at industry conferences in the US and abroad. Jeff has held multiple executive management roles at Fortune 500 firms, including Synopsys, AT&T, Unisys, Computer Associates, Novell, and consulting firms KPMG, PWC, Cigital, and AppliedG2. He has over a decade of board of director experience across Public, Private and Not-for-Profit organizations. Jeff is the Co=President of the Tampa Bay Private Directors Association (PDA). He is also a Certified Director and Cyber Risk Leadership Fellow credentialed by the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD).
Jeff Sauntry Statement to Members: I seek your support to become an at-large member of the Safer Buildings Coalition Board of Directors. The past three decades of my career have been spent leading technology and engineering teams deploying critical infrastructure, including communications platforms. As a licensed electrical contractor, business owner, and systems integrator, I bring a balanced and informed perspective on the needs of the industry, first responders, public safety, municipal partners, and building owners we collectively serve. A wide range of challenges to effectively deploy PS-DAS solutions in my home state of Florida will inform my board service. Our resilient and well-designed solutions will be critical links to reliably connect first responders with members of the public in events ranging from routine welfare checks to large natural disasters. My experience responding to physical, cyber, and kinetic threats will be relevant as bad actors look for innovative ways to disrupt our newly deployed solutions. My board leadership experience at similar member-focused, not-for-profits dedicated to a public/private education mission will enable me to contribute immediately. The two-year term for an at-large director comes at a critical time for the SBC organization. As state & municipality leaders, general contractors, and building owners come to grips with well-defined compliance timelines, PS-DAS deployment challenges, qualified talent shortages, and an array of rapidly expanding vendor solutions; the SBC organization will need to evolve. Educational offerings, communications methods, and peer collaboration will need to scale and be offered on-demand. Private industry, policymakers, and municipal partnerships must be strengthened to upskill our team members, anticipate supply chain issues, and find solutions to complex, collective concerns. A member-elected board of directors is a critical governing body required to accelerate and evolve the SBC mission. 501(c)(4) Not-for-profits fill an essential educational and collaborative role across a diverse group of constituents. It is vital to select cognitively diverse board members that will be mindful of the needs of all stakeholders. They should be well qualified, certified in their knowledge of board governance best practices, and mindful of the risks associated with board service. I appreciate your time and consideration in evaluating me as a qualified candidate for this important role.
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