Terry Sutton
CEO

Terry has been a member of the Beacon Team since 2007. Terry began his industry career at Motorola as a technician and quickly became a Supervisor. Having occupied several leadership roles, Terry finished his career at Motorola developing and implementing Total Productive Maintenance in Motorola manufacturing. While employed with Motorola, Terry attended the Japanese Institute of Plant Maintenance.

Terry left Motorola for Samsung Austin Semiconductor to gain experience working for an internationally owned company and be on the ground floor of Samsung’s first manufacturing facility built outside of Korea. He spent 2 years at Samsung as the TPM department supervisor leading his team on tasks such as PM analysis, breakdown analysis, elimination of operational failures – Poke Yoke, and capacity planning.

In 1999 Terry left Samsung for Dell as an Operations Manager in laptop manufacturing. During his career at Dell he served in several leadership roles to include Operations Manager, Production Control and Materials Manager and Sustaining Engineering Manager.

Terry has continued to balance his industry experience with continued education and holds an Associate Degree in Electronics Technology, Bachelor Degree in Business Management from the University of Phoenix, and an MBA from the University of Tennessee. He is certified as a Master Team Facilitator and TPM Instructor.

Terry is a veteran of the United States Army and a member of the Nashville Kiwanis. He is married with 3 children and active in the Middle Tennessee Community.

Shelly Dillow
CFO

Shelly Dillow is a CPA and has been a member of the Beacon team since 2007.  Prior to joining Beacon, Shelly was employed at Crowe Chizek and Company, LLC, where she held a leadership position in the Entrepreneurial Business Group.  Shelly has nineteen years of public accounting experience in which she provided consulting, auditing and accounting services for the construction, restaurant, non-profit, real estate and various professional service industries.

Shelly holds a Bachelor of Accountancy degree from the University of Mississippi and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants as well as the Tennessee Society of Public Accountants.  She is also a board member of the Nashville Chapter of the Institute of Management Accountants.

Bryan Merville
Director of Sales

Bryan joined the Beacon team at the beginning 2009. Prior to arriving at Beacon, Bryan was Director of Business Development for Mobular Technologies based out of Huntsville, AL for two years. Bryan has previously held the position of National Sales Manager for Valutec Card Solutions based in Franklin, TN for 2 years, and served as Vice President of Sales at Investment Scorecard, INC. based in Nashville for 4 years.

Bryan has both graduate and post-graduate degrees from The University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Bryan and his family live in Nashville and attend Forest Hills Baptist Church.

Ed Wilee
Director of Operations

Ed Wilee has been a member of the Beacon Team since September 2005 as a Security Consultant, Division Manager and Liaison for local and state government and presently the Director of Operations.

Prior to joining Beacon Ed was the Director of Security for the Department of Metro Water Services in Metropolitan Nashville. He had 37 years of service with the department and held many different titles and duties during his tenure.

Ed is a native of Nashville, and has been heavily involved in Community Associations for many years.
He attended the University of Tennessee-Nashville and has extensive training in the field of Business Administration, Operations, Facilitation, and Total Quality Management.

Ed served in the U.S. Army, where he earned two Purple Hearts, two Bronze Stars, and the Silver Star while in combat in Vietnam.

He has been appointed to numerous Advisory Committees as well as serving on the Board of Directors for counseling centers.

Autumn Howerton
Senior Project Manager

.Autumn has been a member of the Beacon Team since 2003. Autumn is a Senior Project Manager and oversees all payroll and human resource functions to include recruiting, training and workplace safety. Autumn is a graduate of Auburn University with a Bachelor of Computer Engineering. She returned to Aquinas College in Nashville, TN and received a Human Resource Management Certificate. She is a member of the National Society for Human Resource Management.

David Verble
Division Manger: Cabling

David has been a member of the Beacon team since 2000. David is responsible for overseeing onsite production and quality of all of Beacon’s divisions. David is a certified BICSI Technician and Systimax Design & Engineer as well as holding many other industry certifications. He is also responsible for the communication and implementation of the OSHA Program at Beacon.

Shane Sexton
Division Manager: Security

Shane currently leads Beacon’s team of Certified Security Specialists. He has been in the security industry for over thirteen years and has been a part of the Beacon team since 2005.

Prior to employment at Beacon, Shane served as an account manager with ADS Security and also owned his own security contracting company. He has multiple industry and systems certifications along with extensive experience with system design and project execution. Shane prides himself in providing the right solution for any need a client may have.

A Huntsville, AL native, Shane has completed the full 141-ground school for the FAA Private Pilot Course and logged multiple hours of flying time. He is also an accomplished musician and enjoys hiking and camping.

BJ Bales
Division Manager: Telephony

Larry Jackson
Division Manager: Audio/Video

Larry has been a member of the Beacon team since 2002. Larry has spent the last 17 years in the AV industry, and has held leadership roles with Electronic Express and Audio Video Environments. A Nashville Native, Larry is a graduate of ITT Technical Institute. He and his family reside in Davidson County.

Tony Dean
Division Manager: Engineering