David Jenkins, Managing Director, ISM is retiring in the year that ISM marks its 25th anniversary. Stephen Smith, Sales and Marketing Director will become the new Managing Director.
Jenkins, pictured, said: “Our plans for global success are now bearing fruit. America, South Africa, Dubai, Kuwait and India are just five of the countries we have a strong and growing presence in.”
Jenkins was a founding member of the first body to control the standards in the intruder and alarm industry (NSCIA). The NSCIA set up certification of intruder alarm installations, implementing the first BS standards (BS 4737). Jenkins said that he founded ISM to deliver a better all-round solution to the problems faced by inner-city housing estates. “I knew their existing telephone entry systems were inadequate which is why I formed two companies. One was to install telephone entry access control and CCTV systems; the other was ISM to manufacture the telephone entry products using a more sophisticated, reliable technology.” He developed the first version of ISM’s patent protected PSIM (physical security information management) product Genesys because ‘a software based system was crucial in pulling together the different security initiatives including CCTV and access control’.
Jenkins remains involved in ISM, as the chairman of the company.
