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Vision Critical provides a cloud-based customer intelligence platform that allows companies to build engaged, secure communities of customers. Based in Vancouver, the company was founded by Andrew Reid in 2000 and as of 2013 has worked with over 650 brands around the world.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=How Vision Critical sees the future of brand engagement )〕 Vision Critical is Canada’s 16th fastest growing software development company, according to PROFIT magazine’s PROFIT 500. The company is also one of the top 5 SaaS companies in Canada, according to Branham300. == History == After going to film school and working with interactive companies, Andrew Reid realized that the research industry was behind in technology and started Vision Critical in 2000.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=How Vision Critical sees the future of brand engagement )〕 In 2004, Angus Reid, Andrew Reid’s father, joined the company.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Poll Position: Angus Reid )〕 Wellington Capital, a privately held bridge financing and venture debt fund, invested in Vision Critical in October 2006.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Poll Position: Angus Reid )〕 In 2009, Vision Critical won the Forrester Groundswell Award with customer NASCAR for the Official NASCAR Fan Council.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Winners of the 2009 Forrester Groundswell Awards )〕 And in 2011, the company installed its 500th online community.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Vision Critical reaches milestone with 500th Community Panel )〕 The company announced that it raised $20 million in funding from OMERS Ventures, the venture capital investment arm of Canadian pension funds giant OMERS, in August 2012.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Vision Critical raises $20m investment from OMERS Ventures )〕 In September of the same year, Scott Miller was appointed to group CEO, while Andrew Reid became the Chief Product Officer.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Vision Critical promotes Scott Miller to group chief executive )〕 Later that year, Vision Critical made the Deloitte Fast 50 for the fifth year in a row.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Deloitte's 2012 Technology Fast 50: Ontario Dominance and RIM's Surprising Acension )〕 Vision Critical had about $80-million in revenue in 2012.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Hong Kong: Gateway to half the world for Canadian businesses )〕 In May 2013, Research Now, a leader in market panels, joined Vision Critical’s global partner program to deliver Vision Critical Insight Communities to Research Now clients and prospects.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Research Now joins Vision Critical's partner program )〕 In the same year, Vision Critical hired Donna de Winter as its chief financial officer,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Vision Critical Names New CFO )〕 Kobi Ofir as its chief technology officer,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Kobi Ofir joins Vision Critical as chief technology officer )〕 and Ryan Merkley as managing director and senior vice-president, Public Affairs.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Vision Critical hires Merkley )〕 In 2014, Derek Smyth joined the company as its chief revenue officer.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Vision Critical Hires Derek Smyth, Former Managing Director of Omers Ventures, as CRO )〕 The company has 700 employees globally.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 2013 Entrepreneur of the Year Runners-Up )〕 Customers include Banana Republic, Discovery 〔(【引用サイトリンク】 2013 Entrepreneur of the Year Runners-Up )〕 and NASCAR.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Q&A: Brian Moyer, Director of Market and Media Research for NASCAR )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vision Critical」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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