...is to develop and deliver data visualization software and services and to empower corporations and their customers to make more accurate decisions interacting with visual representations of complex data sets in real-time.
The modern economy and scientific progress is driven by information. However, most information technologies focus on the process of delivering data but without providing effective tools to transform data into usable information. Visual Technologies focuses on the critical last step in the management of data. This step is the computer-human interface over which large, complex data sets are communicated and understood by information consumers.
Since 1996, Visual Technologies has helped Fortune 500 firms solve complex problems through its advanced interactive visualization tools and industry-specific domain expertise. Our scalable, open architecture and Java-based technology is easy-to-use and smoothly deploys across virtually any IT environment. Our products are installed in financial services institutions, top brokerage firms and leading life science companies.
We are the first company to have a suite of 100% Java products that bring data visualization and analysis capabilities to corporate decision-makers and data analysts. Our first suite of DataVista™ products was commercially released in March 1997, efficiently deploying information, once conveyed using tabular reports, as interactive two and three-dimensional graphs. Visual Technologies solutions empower end users to make better, faster, and more accurate decisions based upon real-time data.
Management
Visual Technologies has assembled a skilled and entrepreneurial-minded management team with experience in senior management, technology, sales, marketing, operations and finance.
Brad Edwards, President and CEO.
Mr. Edwards joined Visual Technologies in 2001. His career experience includes engineering, finance, and human resources assignments with Rockwell International followed by corporate and business development responsibilities in the healthcare industry. Mr. Edwards founded and served as CEO of Image Concepts, Inc. (ICI), a medical records management company. ICI became part of GE Medical. Mr. Edwards founded four companies including New Care, Inc., a provider of high tech, home medical equipment. Soon after, he transitioned to early stage venture capital investing where he spent most of the last ten years as a founding General Partner of Heartland Capital Fund. In this role, he has served on numerous software and technology company boards, frequently as chairman and CEO.
Janice Kurth, M.D., Ph.D. Vice President, Life Sciences.
Dr. Kurth joined Visual Technologies in 2002. She earned her Ph.D. in human molecular genetics at Stanford University and her M.D. degree at the University of Arizona with post-graduate training in internal medicine. Dr. Kurth’s academic and research career includes positions at Texas Tech University and the Barrow Neurological Institute. Upon joining the corporate sector, Dr. Kurth became engaged in management and leadership of molecular and population genetics research programs, with a special focus on pharmacogenetics. She has been a key member of senior management at a number of biotechnology companies, including Sequana Therapeutics, Genset, Phenogenex (a Stratogene company) and Pharsight. Dr. Kurth has authored numerous peer reviewed research publications and book chapters.
Dwight Hanson, CFO
Mr. Hanson joined Visual Technologies in 2004. Mr. Hanson’s background is in finance, accounting, and business management. After spending ten years in public accounting as a CPA, he joined Applied Communications/Transaction Systems Architects, Inc. (TSA), a publicly traded international software company in 1991. Mr. Hanson was with TSA for 13 years and served in a variety of capacities including Controller, Vice-President-Finance and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Hanson received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Accounting from Loras College.
Steve Rose, Ph.D., Vice President of Business Development and Marketing
Dr. Rose joined Visual Technologies in 2004. He received his Ph.D. degree in bioinorganic chemistry at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and held a post-doctoral fellowship at Harvard Medical School. Prior to Visual Technologies, Dr. Rose was Global Marketing Director of Biopharmaceutical Development at Cardinal Health, Vice President of Research and Development at Prometheus Laboratories, and held key positions at Quidel Corporation, and Technicon Corporation (now Bayer Healthcare, Diagnostics Division). He is a patent holder and has published many peer-reviewed research publications.
David Krider, Founder
Mr. Krider founded Visual Technologies, LLC in 1996. He is a graduate with honors from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). Mr. Krider has a dual degree in Economics and Computer Science. Mr. Krider spent three years at First Quadrant where he played an integral role in the equity research group responsible for managing a $2.5 billion portfolio of domestic and international issues. During that time, David co-authored two book chapters, one of which was translated into Japanese.
While employed at First Quadrant, David began work toward a Ph.D. in Finance at UCLA as a full-time student. He left UCLA after three years to found Visua Technologies, seeking to apply his knowledge and experience toward more practical solutions in the Financial Services market. Mr. Krider was one of the early adopters of Java, development Visual Technologies initial technology base which currently is marketed as VantagePoint. Mr. Krider has also created many key technologies in the Visual Technologies portfolio. These include LightPoint, DataVista Explorer, DataVista Spectrum, DataVista Screener, ViewPoint, MicroPoint, and StockPlot.
