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Hidden Power in Every Room, The Innovation That Started It All
Hidden Power in Every Room, The Innovation That Started It All
Docking Drawer started with a vacation home renovation, a frustrated homeowner, and an engineer who couldn't leave a problem unsolved. Over a decade later, we're the market leader in hidden electrical solutions for kitchens, bathrooms, appliance garages, and beyond. Here's how we got here.
Scott Safety Testing Docking Drawers, 2014
Where It Started
In September 2013, Docking Drawer Founder Scott Dickey and his wife were remodeling their family vacation condo. Countertops were crowded. Cords sprawled everywhere. Their ideal design kept hitting the same roadblock: no place for devices, and no way to hide wires.
Scott's wife knew what she wanted. She asked him to find in-drawer outlets that would keep the counters free of the family's technology clutter. When Scott went looking, he discovered none existed. So he started designing the first prototypes himself.
Scott brought an unusual combination of experience. As President of JTech Solutions, he spent over 20 years in the semiconductor industry, engineering precision temperature-control equipment and managing electrical safety for sensitive scientific systems. He understood electricity in enclosed spaces and how to build something people could trust.
The result: the market's first outlet designed specifically for a drawer. An integrated thermostat that de-energizes the outlet if the drawer's interior temperature exceeds safety thresholds. A custom cord with a soft, malleable jacket that moves with the drawer instead of resisting it. Cable management arms that protect the cord through thousands of open-and-close cycles. Not a workaround — a purpose-built solution.
The Launch That Started Everything
Four months later, the idea Scott's wife had sparked made its debut at the Kitchen and Bath Industry Show in January 2014 under a new name: Docking Drawer.
The response was immediate. So immediate, in fact, that Scott and Paul ran out of literature on day one and had to make an emergency FedEx run for more.Specifiers stopped by and saw a solution they were ready to write into their next project.
Trade professionals took one look and said, "Finally." Distributors recognized something rarer: a category-creating product they could get in on early.
Scott and Paul left the show with proof the idea was real and got to work building Docking Drawer into the market leader in in-drawer outlets. JTech's deep expertise in electrical safety shaped a new kind of product: smartly designed, simple to install, and built with safety at the forefront. What started as an idea during a remodel would go on to serve homes and projects across North America, the U.K., and Australia.
The People Who Built a Category
Building Docking Drawer meant building several businesses at once — a manufacturer, a marketing engine, an ecommerce operation, and a brand that specifiers and trades would trust. Paul surrounded himself with experts in every one, and the best work has always come from what they build together. Paul and Jim first worked together in the early days of their careers and reunited at Docking Drawer years later.
Jim McAlister joined in 2016 to lead operations and finance, bringing the structure a fast-growing company needs to stay grounded across purchasing, inventory, and financial planning.
Alyse Gordon joined in 2017 and built the brand from the ground up. She translates complex electrical engineering into language, visuals, and digital experiences that make hidden power easy to specify and impossible to ignore, leading how Docking Drawer shows up across the website, ecommerce, product storytelling, trade resources, and marketplace merchandising.
Beyond the leadership team, the company runs on people who are skilled, humble, and genuinely invested in the work — growing alongside Docking Drawer with the same attention to detail that went into Scott's first prototype.
How We Grew - From One Product to a Full Offering
Scott funded Docking Drawer's growth himself, investing through every product launch, market entry, and infrastructure build. Every decision got made deliberately, with a long view, and without outside pressure to compromise.
The Blade Series was built as a universal in-drawer power platform — designed to flex into kitchen islands, bathroom vanities, deep cabinets, furniture, and both residential and commercial projects. The Safety Outlet and Safety Disconnect followed, engineered for appliance garages and built to meet the complex CEC code requirements that govern enclosed powered spaces — the kind of regulatory engineering JTech's background made second nature. Pop-Up Outlets brought hidden power to countertops. Discreet Outlets disappeared into backsplashes and surfaces. Capped Canisters turned drawer storage into an organizing system. The Trio Series carried 220V solutions into international markets. Each new category solved a problem the last one couldn't.
Paul and Alyse have worked as a tight unit for nearly a decade, turning strategic ideas into the brand, programs, and team that deliver them — translating complex engineering into clear product stories, trade resources, and digital experiences that reach designers, builders, cabinet makers, electricians, and homeowners across every market.
A self-service sales model was built alongside the brand, so customers can find the right solution without needing a sales call. The Content Buying Program brought real photos from real installations into the brand, fueling inspiration and demand. Trade Partner Accounts created a dedicated path for professionals. The Marketing Partnerships Program opened new audiences and brought new creator voices into the Docking Drawer story.
The newest chapter is AI. Paul is building an AI-first operating system to further fuel growth across sales, marketing, and operations — a continuous-learning build that sharpens intelligence, speeds execution, and strengthens decisions as the company scales.
Where We Are Today
Today, Docking Drawer is recognized as the market leader in hidden electrical solutions. Products are in kitchens, bathrooms, appliance garages, home offices, and custom cabinetry across North America, the U.K., and Australia. Every product is built to meet rigorous electrical safety standards, and every decision traces back to the same commitment Scott built into the first design: make something smart, simple, and safe that people can actually trust.
Categories keep expanding, the team keeps growing, and new problems worth solving keep showing up. But we're not done.
Brand Values
These aren't aspirational statements. They're the standards we hold ourselves to, every day.
Ongoing Innovation
We are committed to fostering an environment of continuous innovation by welcoming, nurturing and transforming ideas into unique solutions that solve the complex challenges of modern lifestyles.
Unmatched Quality
We accept nothing less than superior quality and are devoted to meticulously designing and refining our products, reflecting our relentless pursuit of excellence while setting industry standards.
Exceptional Service
We strive to understand, meet, and exceed customer expectations, enhancing their experience and fostering long-lasting relationships.
Meet Our Team
Scott Dickey
Founder
Scott invented the in-drawer outlet in 2013 and has set the engineering standard for every Docking Drawer product since. Two decades in the semiconductor industry as founder and President of JTech Solutions taught him to build electrical systems that operate safely inside enclosed, moving, thermally sensitive environments — the exact conditions a powered drawer creates. That background is why Docking Drawer products pass scrutiny from electricians, code officials, and the most demanding design professionals. Scott is the company's final authority on product design, electrical safety, and what gets built next.
Paul Hostelley
Director of Sales, Marketing and Business Development
Paul has led Docking Drawer's growth from the company's first day on the KBIS floor in 2014. He built the go-to-market strategy, sales channels, ecommerce platform, distribution partnerships, and team culture that made Docking Drawer the category-defining brand in in-drawer power. Today, Paul is architecting an AI-first operating system to further scale and accelerate growth, equipping the team with sharper sales intelligence, stronger marketing execution, and real-time BI that powers better decisions. His focus: grow Docking Drawer across all five product categories, expand the brand into every market, and build the operational model for the next generation of category leaders.
Jim McAlister
Director of Operations and Finance
Jim joined Docking Drawer in 2016 and has been the operational backbone of the company ever since, managing purchasing, inventory, finance, and the end-to-end logistics that keep Docking Drawer running reliably across every channel and market. He oversees the financial planning and operational controls that give a fast-growing, multi-market company the structure it needs to scale. When the rest of the team is heads-down on growth and new products, Jim is the one making sure the foundation holds, the numbers are right, and every order ships on time.
Alyse Gordon
Marketing Manager
Alyse joined Docking Drawer in 2017 and built the brand from the ground up. She translates complex electrical engineering into language, visuals, and digital experiences that make hidden power easy to specify and impossible to ignore, leading how Docking Drawer shows up across the website and ecommerce experience, product storytelling, trade resources, and marketplace merchandising. She's the reason Docking Drawer's products are understood and easy to specify into customer projects around the world.
How Can We Help?
Whether you're planning a remodel, specifying a project, or sourcing for the trade, we're here to help you find the right solution.
Contact UsOur Commitment to Sustainability
In a world where large manufacturers can completely block or limit independent repairs, Docking Drawer is proud to be a member of the Right to Repair movement which defends consumers’ rights to the tools and resources required to fix or update products they own, on their own. Docking Drawer offers intentionally designed products built with quality parts that allow for easy updating as technology, styles and needs change over time. Learn more.