About Our Company

In 1965, Ben Newhouse founded our company as Illinois Time Recorder, with operations conducted from an office in North Aurora, IL.  For over 20 years, ITR concentrated on time clocks, master clocks, and other time recording equipment.  In 1989, the business was sold to Judy Neville, and the company moved to Lisle, IL.

Company President Jerry Neville came from a background of clock and fire alarm systems, having been the regional service manager for Simplex.  Gene Chamberlain, who assumed the role of Vice President, had years of experience with Edwards fire alarm.  ITR soon expanded to include a systems division, becoming a factory-authorized distributor for FCI (now Gamewell-FCI) fire alarm and Telecor intercom systems.

We have grown our time & labor management division by purchasing two separate competitors.  In 1992, we purchased the Chicago branch office of Accutime Corporation.  In 1996, we purchased Time Business, of Elmhurst, IL.  In addition to broadening our customer base, we gained several excellent employees who are still with us today.

Our systems division has expanded over the years to encompass access control, local sound and rescue assistance systems, as well as video surveillance, VoIP telephone, guard tour and burglar alarm systems.  We are an authorized dealer for over 20 different manufacturers.

In 2009, we re-branded our company.  The name “Illinois Time Recorder” was a good fit for our time clock customers, but did not make sense, for example, to our fire alarm customers.  We created a new logo and a new moniker:  ITR Systems.  We hope to keep the new name for at least another 44 years.

ITR Systems currently resides in Downers Grove, IL.  Patrick Neville serves as President, with Jerry Neville providing consulting services from time to time.  Gene Chamberlain now manages our installation division.  ITR Systems presently employs over twenty people.