SBC Board At-Large Candidate: Jeff Sauntry

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Jeff Sauntry
Chairman of the Board, Founder
Invision Communications

Jeff Sauntry Resume

Position Sought:
SBC Board At-Large

Candidate Statement:
I currently serve on SBC’s Member Advocacy Working Group. To expand my servant leadership contribution to the organization, I am asking for your support to become an At-Large Board member. 

Leveraging my national and industry platforms, as an SBC board member, I could more effectively:

• Advocate for and advance the mission of the Safer Buildings Coalition
• Raise the visibility by contributing to thought leadership and industry publications
• Influence private and public company boards to address systemic workforce development issues 
• Educate policy makers, building owners and the public on the importance of our life saving work

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).