Vicon Industries history

Net income also grew each year in this period, increasing reaching $736,000 in 1979.

1980-89 In the ’80s, the early adopters such as University of Strathclyde, University of Western Australia, Saitama Rehabilitation Center in Japan, and the University of West Virginia, began testing the limits of the early Vicon systems.

With the United States economy in recession, net income declined for the first time in 11 years during fiscal 1982.

By mid-1983, Vicon Industries had raised its share of the CCTV accessories market to 35 percent.

The system was manufactured by a subsidiary of Oxford Instruments, called Oxford Medical Systems (later Oxford Dynamics). Following a management buyout in 1984, Oxford Dynamics became Oxford Metrics and the 35 year history of Vicon began.

Vicon's troubles attracted a hostile takeover attempt in 1986 by Sensormatic Electronics Corp., which offered $17.6 million for its common stock.

The expansion of Vicon Industries' product line, at a cost of $2 million, eroded earnings, and in 1987 the company lost Burle Industries, Inc. (formerly RCA Corp.) as its principal customer.

As a consequence of this connection, the company's sales abroad reached 26 percent of its total revenue in fiscal 1988.

By late 1989 this company had raised its stake in Vicon to 14.9 percent and received the exclusive right to sell Vicon's products in Japan.

1990-99 As interest in motion capture grew, new markets began emerging, most notably was the rapid development of the entertainment industry.

One-third of Vicon's revenue in fiscal 1997 came from exports, principally to Europe and East Asia.

The company's replenished coffers also enabled it to acquire TeleSite, United StatesA., Inc., a designer, producer, and seller of remote video surveillance systems, in 1999 for $2.1 million.

In 2003, Sony Pictures Imageworks was the first studio to use over 200 Vicon cameras for Monster House.

Over this period, the Vicon customer base grew from under 1000 at the beginning of the decade, to 3500 by 2009.

2010-16 The past six years have been incredible – we’ve launched the first ever reference video camera for motion capture, our industry renowned real-time software, Blade 2, and our award-winning head mounted 3D facial capture and tracking system, Cara.

Her road to becoming CEO in 2012 has taken her through Sales, Support, Manufacturing, and General Management.