Our Team - IET Systems

Meet The Experts

Don Gantt

President

Don Gantt is the President of IET Systems, Inc. He has had extensive experience in the management of wireless security and technological businesses. He has been involved in nearly every aspect of the security and satellite communications industry over the last 30 years. Gantt has had extensive experience in the implementation, operation, and maintenance of large commercial communications networks and security systems for several major national companies and government agencies, including the Alabama State Port Authority, Mobile Police Department, BellSouth, Shell Oil, Georgia Pacific, IBM, Department of Justice, NASA and others.

Tim Barnes

Vice President of Perimeter Security Solutions

Tim has managed, designed, installed, and programmed various solutions for high-security projects since 2006. He takes pride in his work and strives to be the best in designing and consulting all high-security perimeter solutions specializing in crash rated products such as gates, wedge barriers, bollards, arms, beams, and fences. He also has extensive knowledge in designing commercial and industrial security systems that include CCTV, access control, turnstiles, and Mass Notification Systems. He is certified in various solutions including Pelco, Milestone, Genetec, and Proximex, just to name a few. A few previous projects managed by Tim include the Alabama State Port Authority, a base camp project in Port au Prince, Haiti, Fulton Prison, Marine Base Quantico, VA, Federal Reserve Bank in El Paso, TX, and several FL national guard locations.

Nick Dearman

Vice President of Industrial Solutions and Critical Infrastructure

Nick started as a technician in 2006 and has built his portfolio to include extensive experience designing, installing, and managing security projects. These projects include but are not limited to access control, gates, CCTV security systems, turnstiles with canopies, guard shacks, and guard rail lights in commercial and industrial environments. His dedication, workmanship, loyalty, valuable skill set have made him a great asset to the company. He is trained, certified, and licensed in various solutions and has designed and managed projects for some of our major clients, including Georgia Pacific and ARC.

Denys Driver

Project Supervisor

He has been a critical team performer since 2011. Denys has ample experience across various industries in project management, being a leader, and being an installer. Although he started with us as an installer, he quickly made his way to becoming one of our best Project Supervisors. He has acquired much more experience with us in strategic planning, project management, and building security solutions for commercial and industrial clients.

Kelley Lofton

Executive Vice President of Operations

Kelley started as a sales representative with the residential security division in 2009 and has since played numerous roles with the company. As she moved over to restructuring the Human Resources Department, she quickly moved to become a Manager of the Field Operations for our Dish Network division that included six offices with over 100 technicians. After that, she began to help coordinate and help manage some of our high security projects with IET Systems, including Lake Charles School District, Switch Data Center, Protovision, Undisclosed Military Base, and the City of Tavares.