CTSI Extends Data Center Practice With Enterprise Security Solutions Buy

The acquisition expands CTSI’s leadership in safety, security and command & control for data center and utilities sector customers.
Published: March 15, 2022

CHANTILLY, Va. — Corbett Technology Solutions (CTSI), a portfolio company of Wind Point Partners, announces the acquisition of Enterprise Security Solutions (ESS), a security systems integrator providing turnkey design, installation and support for data center, government and utility sector clients.

Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Established in 2014 and headquartered in Ashburn, Va., ESS helps customers protect their facilities, infrastructure and personnel. The company is known for its deep competencies in design, installation, integration, management, monitoring and support of security operation centers, access control, intrusion detection and video surveillance systems, according to the announcement.

“Enterprise Security Solutions significantly enhances our security integration and support capabilities, while expanding our critical infrastructure, data center, and utility customer base,” says Joe Oliveri, president and CEO of CTSI. “We are very pleased to add ESS and their best-in-class customer service to the CTSI family.”

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“ESS is a great organization and further expands CTSI’s Security Integration Business Unit while fortifying our rapidly growing data center practice,” states Nathan Brown, managing director at Wind Point. “We are excited to welcome Enterprise Security Solutions to CTSI.”

“By joining CTSI, we are significantly expanding our geographic reach, technical competencies and solution portfolio for our data center and utility sector clients,” says Shane Pitt, president of ESS. “I’m very excited my team will have continued growth opportunities with CTSI. They’ve demonstrated years of outstanding execution and customer focus, while striving to reach their greatest potential and satisfy our customers.”

“We are really pleased to add ESS to our business,” says Jim Muncey, president of the CTSI Security Integration Business Unit. “Shane and his team bring additional expertise to our growing global data center security business, which will benefit the customers we currently serve, and attract new critical infrastructure customers to CTSI.”

ESS represents the ninth acquisition for CTSI since partnering with Wind Point in June of 2020. The company says its acquisition strategy will continue to focus on acquiring leading life safety, fire, security, nurse call, collaboration, and communication solution providers with complementary employee-focused cultures and a trusted commitment to customers.

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