Lunch and SNG Luncheon Roundtables

Speakers

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  Lee Odess CEO The Access Control Collective
  

  Lee Odess

  CEO
  The Access Control Collective

  Lee Odess is the voice of the global access control industry, transforming how organizations approach security through his unique blend of strategic insight and global perspective. As CEO of The Access Control Collective (TACC), he leads a dynamic portfolio of brands that shape how the access and smart lock industry evolves, communicates and innovates.

  Through multiple channels, he extends his influence and helps businesses navigate and excel in the evolving business landscape. These channels include his active LinkedIn presence, dynamic in-person activations, the widely read Access Control Executive Brief and the weekly free The Security Breakdown newsletter, a thriving industry Slack community, ACS Events and Ready Shoot Aim, TACC’s specialized marketing consulting division.

  Known for his dynamic speaking style and innovative thinking, Odess challenges industry norms while championing solutions for safer, more seamless spaces. As he often states, “As our industry moves beyond simply keeping bad people out, locking and unlocking, the next 30 years will have little to do with the last 30 years.”

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  Rob White Senior Director, Samsung Wallet Samsung
  

  Rob White

  Senior Director, Samsung Wallet
  Samsung

  Rob is a Sr. Director managing wallet and identity services at Samsung. He has over 10 years of experience building mobile wallets and is currently leading the effort to include secure, trusted, mobile Id. Rob has spent over 25 years in business development and product roles and has a passion for building high quality, user friendly, applications. He believes in the emergence of digital identity solutions to lower fraud and friction and the promise of wallets to secure, manage and deliver credentials.

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  Brett Ennals CEO Cento
  

  Brett Ennals

  CEO
  Cento

  Brett Ennals is the Founder & CEO of Cento, a specialist recruitment firm dedicated to the physical security, fire, and building systems industries. With over 30 years’ experience in the sector, including a background in security industry engineering and sales, Brett brings first-hand market knowledge to every level of the business. Under his leadership, Cento has expanded its reach across the UK, Europe and the United States, building a reputation for connecting high-growth, ambitious businesses with high-caliber talent on a global scale, with teams based in the US, UK, and Cape Town. In 2026, Brett led the acquisition of SCW Consulting, further strengthening Cento’s specialist offering, including its Cento ONE and Cento Talent Plan solutions. Alongside running Cento, Brett regularly consults with businesses on hiring strategy and workforce planning, helping security and life-safety employers build stronger, more resilient teams that deliver growth.

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  Ken Francis Executive Vice President Digital Monitoring Products
  

  Ken Francis

  Executive Vice President
  Digital Monitoring Products

  Ken Francis is executive vice president of Digital Monitoring Products (DMP). Francis is a seasoned security-technology executive with more than 20 years of experience leading global product, go-to-market and channel expansion to commercialize cloud and vision-AI solutions. He has scaled global partner ecosystems, transitioned businesses toward recurring revenue models, and translated advanced technologies into deployable services for operators and monitoring centers.
  Prior to joining DMP, Francis served as CEO of Actuate, a New York City-based provider of machine-learned video analytics serving remote video monitoring companies globally. Previously, he was president of Eagle Eye Networks, vice president of sales and marketing for UTC Fire & Security and global products general manager for GE Security.

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  Ivan Kravchenko Founder and CEO CoreWillSoft
  

  Ivan Kravchenko

  Founder and CEO
  CoreWillSoft

  Ivan Kravchenko is the founder and CEO of CoreWillSoft, a physical security software engineering company that builds core technology for the manufacturers and solution providers behind the industry’s access control and video platforms.

  CoreWillSoft engineers access control systems, video management platforms, mobile access solutions and secure device software, together with the integration layers and certified middleware that connect them. The company also rebuilds and extends security products that have outgrown their original architecture. Under Ivan’s leadership it has grown into an engineering partner for manufacturers and solution providers across Europe, North America and Australia, with more than 200 delivered physical security solutions and a portfolio of reusable software modules.

  CoreWillSoft initiated the OSS-SO certification program and serves as its official certifier, having authored the conformance test suite that defines compliance. Ivan serves on the SIA Standards Subcommittee and is active in ONVIF, the OSS Association and Germany’s BHE Bundesverband Sicherheitstechnik, work that carries standards-led interoperability between Europe and North America. He is also a member of the ASIS International German Chapter.

  Ivan began his career in physical security leading mobile engineering at dorma, now dormakaba. He holds a master’s degree in applied mathematics.

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  Kabir Maiga Co-founder and CEO KeyShare
  

  Kabir Maiga

  Co-founder and CEO
  KeyShare

  Kabir Maiga is co-founder and CEO of KeyShare (PassiveBolt, Inc.), where he builds identity infrastructure for physical access. KeyShare’s technology allows government-issued digital credentials, including mobile driver’s licenses, to be verified at the door and turned into an access decision without personal data reaching the access control system. The approach is additive, so mobile IDs, mobile credentials, and physical cards all work at the same reader.

  He spun PassiveBolt out of Continental Automotive, drawing on its work designing access control hardware and software deployed in more than 120 million vehicles. KeyShare holds four granted US patents and builds to ISO 18013-5 and FIPS 140-2.

  Kabir is a Founding Member of the NFID Foundation, a vendor-neutral effort on verifiable credentials in physical access. He has been named to the Forbes Next 1000 and has received multiple CES Innovation Awards. He holds an MSE from the University of Michigan, along with dual degrees from the Ross School of Business and the College of Engineering.

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  Ross McKay Portfolio Leader, Cloud and Emerging Tech, Security and Access Solutions Honeywell Technologies
  

  Ross McKay

  Portfolio Leader, Cloud and Emerging Tech, Security and Access Solutions
  Honeywell Technologies

  Ross McKay leads the cloud and emerging technology portfolio for Honeywell Security & Access Solutions, where he is responsible for shaping the strategy and growth of the company’s next-generation digital offerings. His portfolio includes the Elements native cloud platform, BlueDiamond mobile credentials and the Data Science organization, with a focus on accelerating innovation and helping organizations modernize their security operations.

  McKay brings a truly global perspective to the security industry. He began his career in the ANZ intrusion market before relocating to China, where he led fire and security product development and gained extensive experience driving innovation for diverse international markets, and later moved to the United States, taking on a series of leadership roles spanning product management, portfolio strategy and business transformation.

  With experience across multiple regions, technologies and disciplines; McKay is passionate about helping customers leverage cloud, mobile and data-driven solutions to build smarter, more connected and resilient security ecosystems.

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  Ryan Schonfeld Co-founder and CEO HiveWatch
  

  Ryan Schonfeld

  Co-founder and CEO
  HiveWatch
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  Jason Slocum CEO and President i2G Systems
  

  Jason Slocum

  CEO and President
  i2G Systems

  Jason Slocum is CEO and president of i2G Systems, a national physical security integration and professional services firm serving data centers, health care systems, higher education institutions, stadiums and other complex enterprises. Slocum has led i2G’s transformation from a small Michigan-based team into one of the nation’s fastest-growing electronic security integrators, with more than 350 employees and an expanding national footprint. Under his leadership, the company delivers advanced integrations and technology solutions at an enterprise level. This includes enterprise access control, video surveillance, perimeter protection, advanced analytics and managed security programs for mission-critical environments where uptime, reliability and disciplined execution are essential.

  Slocum is known for building scalable operating structures that pair rapid growth with technical quality, financial accountability and a strong people-first culture. His approach treats security not as a collection of standalone technologies, but as an operational function that must align people, policy, technology and performance. Slocum has helped position i2G as a trusted partner to organizations managing some of the country’s largest and most complex facilities, with particular depth in hyperscale and enterprise data center security. He was named an EY US Entrepreneur Of The Year 2026 Michigan and Northwest Ohio Award winner.