November 2011
CRN

Florida VAR Dies After Scuba Diving

Scott Mallet, CEO of Network Technology Solutions, a Pompano Beach, Fla.-based VAR, died Saturday after collapsing while on a scuba-diving trip in the Atlantic Ocean.

According to the Sun-Sentinel newspaper, Mallet had complained of chest pains after a dive on Saturday morning. He collapsed on the boat and attempts by the scuba company's crew to revive him using a defibrillator on board were unsuccessful. Mallet was pronounced dead at North Broward Medical Center. He was 36.

Mallet was an experienced diver and was married for eight months, according to the newspaper.

Network Technology Solutions was founded in 2004 as MCSI Consulting, and has almost 20 employees. Mallet was a member of Heartland Tech Groups and had recently led his company to reach several success targets, said Arlin Sorensen, CEO of HTG.

"Scott Mallet was a great man who has created a very successful organization impacting his family, his team, his customers and many of us," Sorensen said in a statement. "The impact of life casts a much bigger net than we often think about. The ripples go far and wide. I had the privilege of being part of a SWOT team back in March 2010 at NTS. It was a blessing to get to know Scott, his then fianc�, Christy, and his team during that period and for the months after as they pursued the goals set forth."

He is survived by his wife, Christy; mother, Thelma Jo Robinson-Mallet; father, Jeffrey Leland Mallet; mother and father-in-law, Richard and Mona Jeffries; and by his aunt, Susan Mallet.

Mallet's funeral is scheduled for Wednesday at Kraeer Funeral Home and Cremation Center, Pompano Beach, Fla. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Labrador Retriever Rescue of Florida.