BICSI Winter 2026

Kit Gaines, RCDD, CTS
Construction & Technical Specialist
Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.


After graduating from Southern Miss in 1992, Kit spent two years in radio and music distribution. He began his career in the Communications, Security, and Audiovisual industry in 1995 with the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games. Since then, Kit has worked in manufacturing, construction, and consulting. Kit has been with Leviton since 2010. He started with Leviton as a Specification Engineer servicing engineers, consultants, end users, and contractors for network communications applications. In early 2024, Kit moved into the role of Construction Technical Specialist which covers all business units within Leviton which includes electrical, lighting, energy management, emerging technologies, and network communications. Before joining Leviton, Kit spent nine years working for Jordan and Skala Engineers where he established the Communications, Security, Audiovisual (CSA-V) discipline for the well-established MEP firm. He led a team of designers and consultants that worked with architects, developers, engineers, and contractors. Kit has designed many types of projects including data centers, entertainment and sports venues, theme parks, senior living facilities, hotels, commercial office, government, college-university, public networks, and mixed-use. Kit is pragmatic but can also be a bit of an idealist. He believes that the best solutions offer quality, efficiency, value, and aesthetics. He enjoys serving in his church, playing guitar, watching football and movies.

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