vizimax.com

Proud of our heritage, excited about the future, working in real time…

Vizimax has been a major player in the industrial technology sector for over two decades. Our success is the result of advanced product engineering, sound product manufacturing and intelligent product management.

Over the years the company has developed major customer relationships in the utilities and electrical engineering sectors. Working closely with our customers in these sectors has led to the discovery of new product opportunities that address industry weaknesses and in particular, development of the RightWON Telemanagement System.

Historical Milestones

• 1977: Founded Snemo
• 1988: Pierre Taillefer and Jean-Marc. Da Pozzo found STR
• 1991: First launch of controlled switching unit (STR+Snemo)
• 1996: CBSC launched (STR+Snemo)
• 2000: SynchroTeq launched (STR+Snemo)
• Jan. 2008: Jean-Guy. Lacombe appointed CEO of STR
• July 2008: Acquisition of Snemo by STR
• Sept. 2008: New direction in Research & Development: Remote Management
• Mar. 2009: STR+Snemo rebranded as Vizimax
• May 2009: RightWON Telemanagement System launched
• July 2009: RightWON FRONTAL software launched

Areas of Expertise

• Electrical engineering: electric networks, switchgear, protection, control and automated control systems
• Data networks: telecommunications, protocols, link security and reliability
• Mastery of 100% of the product cycle: design, manufacturing, test, marketing and support
• Hardware design expertise: Control and monitoring, mass production, communication
• Software design expertise: HMI and applications, SCADA, embedded systems
• Industrialization expertise: Homologation, bench testing, product improvement

The Vizimax Team

Vizimax is driven by three very well experienced and successful industry players who brought together their complementary areas of expertise to form a solid tripod of know-how:

Jean-Guy Lacombe, President and CEO – With 25 years of entrepreneurial experience in the telecom, industrial networks and electronics fields, Jean-Guy’s association with Vizimax was the catalyst of the Telemanagement solution it now delivers. He brings superb business development skills to the company, and boasts an untarnished track record of building profitable organizations that break new ground in uncharted markets.

Pierre Taillefer, Executive Vice-President and CTO – A renowned automation expert in the energy sector, Pierre contributes to the company his 30 years of experience in hardware design of real-time remote data acquisition products. His unerring sense of proper design procedure and thorough knowledge of industrial standards are matched by an unflagging desire to develop new hardware products with superior functionality using the latest advances in technology.

Jean-Marc Da Pozzo, Executive Vice-President and CIO – Having excelled in telecom systems integration for 30 years, Jean-Marc’s particular expertise in software design of high-tech electronics and communications products has been instrumental to the company since its inception. Innovation and invention are second nature to him, and his flair for discerning elegance, effectiveness and maintainability are well reflected in the products he has developed and launched.

From this core tripod of hardware, software and business acumen, the Vizimax Team has evolved to include a broad base of highly qualified engineers and technicians who have made the company what it is today: an expert in remote control monitoring systems. Over the years, the Vizimax Team:

• Acquired solid R&D expertise in telemetry, telecom, network automation, equipment control and monitoring, real-time instrumentation, remote site monitoring and human/machine interface (HMI)
• Gathered new capabilities in equipment Manufacturing, and with it a large and loyal clientele
• Built a Certification and Test group of such wide repute that it provides product testing services for companies seeking homologation to industrial standards
• Organized a well appointed Service and Support group claiming a customer satisfaction record over 20 years in the making

It is from this balanced platform of technical expertise, impeccable reputation and spirit of innovation that Vizimax now launches the product that will start a Revolution in Remote Management… the RightWON Telemanagement System!