Unlock the future of campus access

Offer your students, staff and faculty cost-effective modern access technology that delivers convenience, efficiency and campus utilisation insights.

Smart campus access

Upgrade to smart keyless entry and smart campus access management for academics without needing to install wired readers or new access control systems. Leverage secure smartphone technology through our cloud-based access control infrastructure that uses NFC technology to provide the fastest, most reliable, and secure mobile door entry.

Enhance your campus access security

The future of campus access management is secured with enhanced military-grade encryption, multi-factor authentication and permission based hierarchical security. Data is encrypted at rest and is fully PII compliant, providing confidence to universities and students that all data is fully protected.

Campus unlock insights

Sentry data dashboards represent real-time door unlock data to make knowing who is in a building at what time quick and easy. In the case of a campus facility emergency an admin can perform an accurate roll call and no time is wasted with all student attendance logged digitally as soon as a door is unlocked.

Empowering students, staff and faculty with cutting-edge mobile access technology.

Transform your campus and student experience with mobile entry, smart visitor management, campus unlock data and communications.
Digital Student ID

Digital Student ID

Save unnecessary administration time and cost by never needing to issue replacement lost or stolen student ID and access passes again.

Visitor Management

Visitor Management

Manage permission-based credentials to secure students, staff, and facilities. From anywhere, at anytime.

Campus Unlock Data

Campus Unlock Data

Capture campus-wide door unlock data. Use insights to form efficient and connected campus spaces.

System Integration

System Integration

Sentry integrates into all major access control systems and can unify a combination of systems under one software platform.

Digital Room Booking & Check-in

Digital Room Booking

Streamline your students experience with digital room booking for facilities and NFC tap-to-check-in for class attendance.

Digital Campus Communications

Digital Communication

Sentry campus management portal offers digital timetable integration, campus news and notifications.

Hassle-free access control installation

Struggling to issue credentials to all your students or can’t get hold of access controllers and door readers?

With Sentry Mobile Access there is no need to wait to get hold of hard-to-get credentials or door readers. Sentry Mobile Access can integrate with your systems to provide your campus with readerless smart keyless access points. Adding more doors to the keyless entry system is not a problem, all that’s needed is a Sentry NFC door tile and a smartphone or wearable that acts as a reader.

Positively disrupt campus front desk operations

24/7 digital receptionist
The Sentry Interactive Tower’s digital receptionist provides a digital front desk solution to support students and faculty, ensuring effective help and building flow from a remote location.
Connect your student, staff and faculty
Enhance student engagement and performance through instantly delivered digital displays promoting student services, campus announcements and news updates.
Digital check-in for on-campus events
Students and staff can check-in digitally to on-campus events. Digital invites can be sent out to attendees of campus events to enable frictionless entry reducing wait times and congestion.

Sentry Product Integrations

Smart Lockers

Student’s belongings can remain secure with Sentry’s smart locker integrations. A student can instantly be granted mobile access to a locker without having to retrieve physical keys, the only key they require is their smartphone. They can either tap the locker to open using NFC or scan the QR code for instant secure access.

Smart Printing

Access to printing coursework can all be done from the student mobile portal or just by tapping a Sentry smart printer using NFC. The ability to access a printer is keyless and remote. Reduce queue times and allow students to meet their deadlines on time with Sentry printing.

Smart Parking

Sentry campus parking allows for secure staff and student parking lots on campus and dorms. Students and staff with valid parking permits can control access to on-site parking lots from their smartphone or smart wearables. Sentry’s SDK can integrate into parking barriers, gates and shutters to secure any campus parking lot.

Ready to Go?

Whether you’re a startup or a global enterprise, we’ve got a product and plan perfect for you. Gain smart keyless entry that works with any door entry system.

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.

Denis Hébert

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.

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.

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.

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.

Jason Bohrer

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.
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.