About Us
Learn more about our journey and passion to safeguard museum collections worldwide.
Leadership & Sales
The Art Sentry team brings together deep experience from both technology and museum management. Our combined expertise merges into a powerful team passionate about harnessing technology and explicitly adapting it to the unique demands of the museum sector.
Rob Palmer
Managing Director
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Carrie Heflin
Regional Sales Manager
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Brian Vargo
Operations Manager
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Nick Mumua
Customer Solution Engineer
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Jeff Ivey
Director of Development
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Dan Lazuta
Executive Advisor
About Art Sentry
Art Sentry’s history can be traced back to Acuity-vct, a security firm founded in 1999. After solving a critical issue for a museum customer, it’s object protection was born in 2005.
Since then, we have been proudly guarding the world’s treasures in museums and cultural properties. We remain true to the original philosophy of solving our customers’ most critical issues as the basis for security system enhancements and modifications for protecting artwork and period pieces.
Art Sentry was launched in 2019 to represent the Company’s primary focus on the museum market.
Today, the security system for artwork and historical objects has evolved and we continue to work collaboratively with our museum and cultural property customers to solve their unique challenges. Currently, we protect the collections for over 25% of the top museums in the United States with a combined asset value in the hundreds of billions of dollars.
Our Core Values
At Art Sentry, our core values are more than words; they define who we are and guide our everyday work. You’ll see these four values in action across the entire team.
- Integrity by doing what’s right
- Caring for customers and Team Members
- Excellence to thrill Customers
- Teamwork to solve problems and service Customers
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