Meet your Maryville-based consultants and installation team.
Ryan and Kody started Alpheento in 2023 so property owners could hire one team for access, cameras, network and AV, designed and installed together. Between them they bring 15+ years combined experience in enterprise IT, AV operations and systems integration.
Most building-technology problems are more than one problem.
The video wall in a sports bar isn't useful without the audio system, the network behind it, and someone who can fix it on a Saturday. The mobile credentials at an apartment building are only as good as the intercom they're paired with. The conference-room AV doesn't matter if the WiFi cuts out mid-call.
For years, the way these projects were handled was to hire three or four specialized vendors and hope they coordinated. They didn't. Projects went over budget, missed deadlines, and produced systems where each piece worked alone but none worked together.
Today, Alpheento is one team that handles all eight solution categories — access control, smart apartments, video surveillance, networking, structured cabling, video intercom and package management, building automation, and audio/video. One project lead. One phone number when something needs fixing. One company that designed, installed, and now supports your building's technology.
We're headquartered in Maryville, Illinois, with day-to-day service across the St. Louis metro and Metro East. Larger projects beyond the metro are taken on by arrangement.
Two careers in technology integration, one company.
15+ years combined experience in enterprise IT, AV operations and systems integration. One of them leads your project from walk-through to sign-off.
Ryan is an Enterprise IT and AV professional based in Maryville, IL. His background is enterprise networking, access control, and integration work — the kind where the network, the door readers, the cameras, and the AV all need to talk to each other or nothing else matters.
Before Alpheento, Ryan worked inside enterprise IT environments where the wrong hop count or the wrong VLAN meant the whole project stopped. That's shaped how he approaches every install today — design the network first, layer the systems on top, document everything, and don't leave the site until it works end-to-end.
He co-founded Alpheento to run projects the way he wished vendors had run them for him: one project lead, transparent line items, no finger-pointing when something breaks. Every consultation is led by Ryan or Kody.
Kody spent years running IT and AV operations before Alpheento — help desk, system administration, project engineering, and vCIO work — so he brings the operator's lens to every install. He knows what's easy to support on year three and what turns into a monthly ticket generator.
Prior to Alpheento, Kody was at IBM working with enterprise customers on IT solutions for critical business challenges. He brought that playbook — repeatability, documentation, disciplined change control — to Alpheento, where he's now full-time and every project runs through it.
Outside work, Kody is on the golf course, at the bowling alley, or spending time with his dog Diggs.
Four principles that shape every project we take on.
The operating rules we follow on every consultation, install and service call.
Specs over sales pitches
We tell you what we'd install at our own building. If a cheaper system fits, we'll quote that. If something we sell isn't right for you, we'll say so — even when it means a smaller project.
Platforms we're trained on
Twelve core platforms, and we're manufacturer-trained and certified on the platforms we install. If your project calls for something else, we'll tell you honestly whether it's a fit.
One number when it breaks
Service agreements for the systems we install can include response-time commitments and remote diagnostics. When something stops working, you call us, not five different vendors.
Local-rooted, expanding with our clients
Headquartered in Maryville, IL, with day-to-day service across the St. Louis metro and Metro East. Larger projects beyond the metro are taken on by arrangement, and we schedule every install around your operations.
Built so you're never stranded.
Alpheento is two owners, by design. You work with Ryan or Kody from walk-through to sign-off. Here's how we make sure your building never depends on us alone.
Accounts in your name
Cloud platforms, licenses and subscriptions are registered to your organization, not to us. You keep full admin access.
Everything handed over at closeout
Labeled as-built drawings, device lists and admin credentials are handed to you when the project closes, so any qualified technician can pick up the system.
Non-proprietary platforms
We install mainstream platforms we're manufacturer-trained and certified on, with dealer networks of their own. Nothing is locked to Alpheento.
A vetted partner bench
For larger installs we bring in licensed partners we've vetted, working under our supervision. An Alpheento owner still leads the project and signs off on the work.
How we got here.
Alpheento founded
Ryan and Kody launch Alpheento in Maryville, IL, bringing 15+ years combined experience in enterprise IT, AV operations and systems integration under one roof.
Manufacturer training and certification
Manufacturer-trained and certified on the platforms we install, including Salto, Allegion Zentra, Ubiquiti UniFi, RTI, ButterflyMX and Q-SYS / QSC.
Multifamily focus
Began rolling out mobile-credential access and resident-app platforms for apartment communities and property managers across the St. Louis metro.
Expanding the service area
Began taking select larger projects outside the St. Louis metro by arrangement, while keeping the metro as our home base.
Twelfth partner brand
Twelve core platforms across access control, AV, audio, networking and display: the full integrated solution stack.
The platforms we install.
Manufacturer-trained and certified on the platforms we install. These are the ones we deploy most often, chosen because they hold up in the field.
A team that obsesses about the details you'll never see.
The cables behind the wall. The label on every port. The firmware version on every device. The documentation we hand over at project close.
Clean cabling, every time
Programming & QA
Remote diagnostics
Let's build something together.
We'll walk the space, listen to what you're trying to fix, and send a line-item design with three options. We respond within 24 hours.