Our People
David Sweetland
David has owned and ran ITS from its inception in 2001. He has built up a well respected CCTV and Audio Visual company with contracts such as:
- London Stock Exchange
- Ascot Racecourse
- News International
- Olympic Park EDF
- Travelex
- Oracle Shopping Centre – Reading
- Ralph Lauren
- House of Fraser
- Marks & Spencer
- BHS
- Ministry of Justice – Queen Annes Gate
Before forming ITS, David worked in the Electronics industry; having gained on HND in Electronic engineering. He has worked at companies such as Sensormatic, Photon (now Siemens) and Nedap.
Before joining the Electronic industry, David served in the British Armed Forces until 1991.
Jason has been working in electrical engineering since gaining his qualifications in Electrical and Mechanical engineering in 1991.Chris Blackburn
Chris has been working in the electrical industry since 1987. After completing his full electrical apprenticeship, he worked for Vidionics, then onto VES, ran Glove Cable for over 10 years before merging with Visual Electronic Security before joining ITS in 2006.
With over 20 years experience of the high end security business, Chris brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise with him having worked on many high profile contracts such as the London Underground, power stations and Ascot Racecourse.
Nigel Taylor
Nigel has been an installation/commissioning engineer with ITS since working on projects such as the Ministry of Justice, Siemens Head Office, Motorola Head Office and Ascot racecourse.
He has over 20 years experience within the security industry working on systems such as Audio Visual, Warden Call, Nurse Call, Intercom, CCTV, Access Control and Intruder Alarms.
Nigel has worked in several aspects of CCTV and security engineering from workshop testing through to field service engineering and on site repair and maintenance and as such is one of the key members of the ITS engineering team.
Alex Bateman
Alex is the first apprenticeship to complete the ITS apprenticeship scheme which he hopes to do by 2010. Since finishing his electricians course and joining ITS, Alex has travelled abroad extensively with ITS, undertaking all engineering aspects of their CCTV projects whilst there.
Once he has become a fully qualified electronics engineer, he hopes to pursue further qualifications within the security industry.
Robert Bartrum
Robert has been with ITS for over three years and will become the second member of the team to successfully complete his apprenticeship.
Since gaining further education in the CCTV industry, Rob has concentrated his skills on the cable and conduit installation side of things and hopes to start a long-term college course shortly on CCTV electronics.
Daniel Diamond
Daniel is in his first year of training with ITS and hopes to become the third member of the ITS team to pass his apprenticeship course with them.
He is currently studying electrical installation and is gaining crucial experience whilst supporting the rest of the ITS engineering team.
Once qualified; Daniel hopes to follow a career in security electronics.
"At ITS our strength is in our people and our knowledge. Over the past eight years, we have built a reputation of giving good advice and providing sound engineering, installation and commissioning of the right equipment for the job, whoever the manufacturer may be.
This is why we put so much effort into nurturing talent through our apprenticeship courses. We feel that passing on the valuable knowledge the team has to a new breed of engineers is crucial to the future success of our business."
David Sweetland
Managing Director
Independent Technical Services (ITS)