Join us for a great conversation with Ruth Ann Powell of Key Security Systems, where we dive into the world of community security, technology, and how associations can better protect themselves. Ruth Ann shares her journey from a career in nutrition to managing HR and marketing in her family’s second-generation security company—covering everything from locksmithing to advanced electronic access, surveillance cameras, license plate readers, and gate systems.

A gated community in Southwest Florida was eager to modernize their outdated telephone entry system — but there was one major problem: no internet access at the gate. They contacted multiple gate service providers, hoping for a modern solution. Each one had a similar response: “You get us the internet, and we’ll provide the equipment.”