Front desk experience technology

Transform front desk operations, achieve an ROI and improve tenant, employee and visitor experience.

Redefining front desk operations and workplace access management

Implement our connected workplace solutions to accommodate the modern hybrid work environment. Combining remote managed, scalable, smart access and digital visitor experience technology to streamline front desk operations, building management, and drive tenant and visitor engagement.

Readerless Mobile Access

Readerless mobile access

Unlock doors with mobile NFC or QR code entry. Grant time-limited digital visitor passes from anywhere, at any time.

Calendar Integration

Calendar integration

Invite visitors and grant them permission-based mobile access to a room directly through the Google or Microsoft Outlook calendar integration.

Digital Visitor Management

Digital visitor management

Allow visitors to register their attendance to events or meetings digitally with 2FA pin code self check-in. All check-in data is logged and the host is notified.  

Digital Communications

Digital communications

Engage your workplace with remotely managed customizable content. Schedule internal updates, building information, and external advertisements.

Digital Receptionist

Digital receptionist

Support visitor check-in and achieve front desk ROI with a live digital remote receptionist that provides multi-entrance support, 24/7.

Centralized Management

Centralized management

Offer a single pane of glass over user and visitor management operations through a centralized workplace management system accessed via any smart device.

Drive tenant and visitor engagement, satisfaction, and retention through smart workplace technology.

Engage, streamline and connect your workplace

Create a modern and professional look to display an organizations commitment to innovation, whilst increasing efficiency, reducing visitor wait times and improving visitor support with the Sentry Interactive’s visitor experience software.

Engage your tenants and visitors at the touch of a button

Customizable displays

Edit existing templates or create your own from scratch to match your business needs.

Remote display management

Upload or modify content from anywhere, at any time, to any digital display.

Real-time scheduling

Schedule content to your displays to ensure events, building information and communications show at the correct times.

Eliminate congestion, maximize security, and achieve visitor satisfaction

Pin code registration

Visitors simply enter their pin code received in their invitation, no personal details are required or stored.

Calendar and mobile access integration

Invite visitors via Google or Microsoft calendars. Once they enter their pin they are granted mobile access to the room they have been invited to.

Logged check-in data

Understand visitor occupancy through remotely stored check-in data insights.

Introduce flexibility, ROI, and efficiency at your front desk

Digital face-to-face solution

Interact with a real human receptionist for on demand digital support.

Remote multi-entrance management

Minimize wait times for multiple entrances from one location with remote support.

24/7 front desk support

Manage visitor flow from anywhere, at any time.

Visitor experience kiosk displays

SENTRY INTERACTIVE EDGE

The Sentry Interactive Edge is a PoE powered 8” interactive kiosk display, that can be wall mounted next to internal doors of a building, or be countertop fixed to front desks on a stand to enable Sentry’s 3-in-1 digital visitor experience.

SENTRY INTERACTIVE DESKTOP

The Sentry Interactive Desktop is a PoE powered 21” touchscreen display kiosk, that can be fixed to reception desks or strategically mounted flush to walls of common areas to enable Sentry’s workplace experience software.

Coming Soon

SENTRY INTERACTIVE TOWER

The Sentry Interactive Tower is a 55” freestanding visitor management kiosk. Placed in lobbies or reception areas, the Tower streamlines front desk operations through digital check-in, digital communications, and a live remote receptionist.

SENTRY INTERACTIVE PLATFORM

A back-end visitor management system where building admins can send and manage room invitations, take kiosk calls, and send and receive messages. Visitor and kiosk management across a portfolio of buildings or companies can all be controlled on the one system accessible via any smart device.

Deploy cost effective, integrated workplace technology that scales with your workspace.

Revolutionary readerless mobile access

Don’t ‘rip and replace’ outdated legacy access control systems, revolutionize them with Sentry Mobile Access.

SENTRY MOBILE ACCESS

  • Our mobile access software solution integrates with your existing access control infrastructure allowing you to upgrade to mobility without installing new door readers.
  • Enable fast, secure and reliable mobile NFC entry in no time, with remote installation.
  • Open API and SDK allows for integration with legacy brand systems alongside the ability to work within third party apps.
  • Unify your access control under a single pane of glass, through a centralized management system.

SENTRY CONNECTED WORKPLACE EXPERIENCE APP

An all-in-one mobile enabled visitor experience application that provides event and meeting information, building access instructions, NFC mobile entry and live digital receptionist support. 

SENTRY CALENDAR INTEGRATION

Send room invitations directly via Microsoft Outlook or Google calendar, setting time limited access to a room. Once a calendar invite is accepted by a user, they are granted mobile NFC access to all the doors leading from a building’s entrance to the room the host has invited them to, for the time period set in the invitation.

Accommodate flexibility in your workspace today

Meet the flexibility needs of your modern workspace with our connected digital workplace technologies. Find the right plan for you, or speak to our team for further guidance.

69% of organizations are introducing workplace technology to boost in-office collaboration (JLL)

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Connect your workplace today

Redefine your front desk operations and workplace access management today with Sentry Interactive’s connected workplace solutions.

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.