Our Founder – Keith Carpenter

Keith Carpenter got his start in the fencing industry in 1977, as a sales rep for a national chain link manufacturer in Tampa, FL. Over the next few years, he transitioned through managing wholesale branches in Greensboro, NC, and back in Tampa before moving into the retail sector with a fence company in Clearwater-St. Petersburg, FL. That move led to his relocation in Fort Myers in 1984, and the establishment of Smith Fence Company of Ft. Myers, Inc.

In the decades since, Smith Fence Company of Ft. Myers fenced the original City of Palms/Red Sox spring training facility, the Lee County EOC, the Ford test track, countless schools, sports fields, parks and utilities. Keith oversaw installations for almost every local state, county and city municipality, and virtually every school in Lee County -- many from the day their construction began. In the years after Hurricane Charlie, it was impossible to count how many commercial, municipal and residential properties were re-fenced. He has supervised installations inside warehouses, through swamps, around prisons, on roof tops and under bridges.

After his company came under new ownership in early 2021, Keith continues to contribute his vision and his extensive, diverse, and invaluable experience to the new team as consultant-in-chief.