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 Cook
Jason has been working in electrical engineering since gaining his qualifications in Electrical and Mechanical engineering in 1991.
He has been an integral part of the ITS structure since 2004. Prior to this, Jason worked in several CCTV, alarm and security roles within Integrated Security, London Underground, Vidionics and Photon (formerly Siemens).
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 apprentice to complete the ITS apprenticeship scheme which he completed in 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.
Now he is a fully qualified electronics engineer, he hopes to pursue further
qualifications within the security industry.
James Cullen
James served in the British Army for twelve years before joining ITS in 2011. He has completed three tours of Afghanistan, four tours of Northern Ireland and a tour of each Falkland's, Kosovo and Kenya.
James is now well into his first year of training with ITS and hopes to complete his apprenticeship course with them in 2013. He is currently studying all aspects of electrical installation.
James Lees
James is in his first year of training with ITS and hopes to become the sixth 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.
James joined ITS in the summer of 2011, after completing his studies at Aylesbury College.
James Wall
James is in his second year of training with ITS, he has been working on key conracts such as Kings Cross, St Pancras and Great Ormond Street in order to gain crucial experience.
James also joined ITS after completing his studies at Aylesbury College.
Once qualified; James 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)