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Built By An Engineer.
Not A Salesman.

15 years watching businesses drown in manual work that machines could handle, and AI get sold to people who didn't need it. TTS is the alternative.

15+

Years hands-on technical experience

0

AI tools sold where they weren't needed

1

Mandate: compound revenue or protect cash

Most Businesses Don't Have a Technology Problem. They Have a Workload Problem.

As companies grow, spreadsheets multiply, inboxes fill up, and experienced staff spend their days doing repetitive manual tasks that software could handle automatically.

Data gets missed, proposals go out late, and onboarding requires juggling three different tools. Hiring more admin staff adds payroll overhead without solving the underlying friction.

That is where we come in: building reliable, tailored automation systems so your team can focus on client work and revenue instead of repetitive manual administration.

How We Approach Every Project

Every build is guided by practical engineering standards. If a proposed project doesn't hold up, we won't recommend it.

01

We care about quality, not volume

Ten thousand unverified contacts is just noise that wastes your team's time. We build qualification workflows that filter and surface genuine, validated opportunities that match your exact criteria.

02

Systems that don't depend on one person

If your operations stall whenever one person is out of the office, you have a bottleneck. We encode operational processes into reliable software workflows that run consistently without daily babysitting.

03

Security and governance are part of the build

Security and data privacy aren't afterthoughts. Every system is documented, auditable, and owned entirely by you. When we hand over the keys, you have total visibility and full control.

04

If it doesn't make or save money, we won't build it

We only build systems with clear commercial payoff. If an AI tool or automation won't save meaningful staff hours or protect your margin, we will tell you straight and advise against it.

Professional portrait of Scott Simmons, the founder.

Scott Simmons

Founder & Technical Director, Brechin / Dundee

Scott's career runs from IT support and offshore hardware installations through to Information Security and Cyber Security consulting. Along the way he worked with Lockheed Martin, Maersk, Baker Hughes and Thorntons Law, environments where the margin for system failure is measured in real consequences.

That shaped a straightforward engineering principle: technology is valuable because of what it reliably does, day in and day out, without needing constant maintenance.

When vendors started selling bloated AI software to solve problems a well-engineered script or standard database could handle cleanly, he built TTS as the alternative: an engineering practice that starts with the business problem, not the sales pitch.

Offshore Installations
Infosec & Cyber
Lockheed Martin
Systems Automation
Scotland & UK

Who We Work With

  • Owner-managed or founder-led businesses
  • Professional services, property management, insurance, and technical operations
  • Companies growing faster than their back-office can comfortably handle
  • Businesses that want to eliminate repetitive administrative bottlenecks
  • Teams prepared to invest 4 to 6 hours over 30 days to set up systems properly

Real Implementation Examples

Client: Carbon Compliance Reporting

Automated lead qualification and CRM pipeline integration. Replaced manual company research with automated data verification, pushing qualified contacts directly into their CRM.

Client: Group Insurance Comparison

Client onboarding workflow automation. Rebuilt onboarding end-to-end with automated document collection, client guidance, and CRM status updates, removing hours of manual data handling per client.

We're Probably Not Your Firm If...

  • You want AI added because competitors are doing it and you feel you should too
  • You need a flashy demo for a board meeting, not a solution that actually works
  • You need something live in 48 hours with no time to think it through

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