About Visible
The Company That Made Wireless Magnetic
Visible Assets invented RuBee and drove it into an open IEEE standard. The Health Tag is the newest product built on four decades of near-field magnetic design — by the people who invented the technology.
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RuBee sites installed worldwide
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Issued & published US and foreign patents
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Read accuracy at every installed site
1982
Near-field magnetic design heritage
Who We Are
Visible pioneered digital near-field magnetic wireless and drove it into an open standard — RuBee, IEEE 1902.1. Our enterprise software (rubee.io, with the Dot-Tag™ and 20/20™ visibility engines, and Topaz® command dashboards) virtualizes any network of RuBee-tagged assets into a real-time database and web application. Solutions are sold through industry-focused partners across high-security government and commercial markets, aerospace, mission-critical tooling, weapons, sensitive-item authentication, and oil & gas.
Our design team has pioneered advanced digital near-field magnetic designs since 1982, with over 100 years of combined experience. Every Visible integrated circuit is a full-custom analog design with extraordinarily low power consumption — the reason a RuBee tag runs 5 to 25 years on a coin cell.
Visible has installed more than 3,500 active, in-use RuBee sites worldwide — all problem-free, with 100% read accuracy, more than 30 million hours of operation, and many repeat orders.
Partners & Customers Include
Lockheed Martin · US Navy · US DOE / NNSA · US Bureau of Reclamation · Lewis Machine & Tool · Estonian Defense Forces · Oracle · Procter & Gamble · Brookhaven National Labs · Eagle Eye Innovations
The People
Leadership
John K. Stevens, Ph.D.
CHAIRMAN & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Founder and major investor in Visible Assets, with twenty years of entrepreneurial experience across four prior technology companies. Previously Chairman & CEO of Visible Genetics Inc. (NASDAQ: VGIN) for nine years, leading it through a successful IPO to $10.9M in annual revenues, 200+ employees worldwide and 500 customer sites, with FDA clearance for its HIV genotyping program. Dr. Stevens holds a Ph.D. in biophysics from the University of Pennsylvania and has held professorships at Penn and the University of Toronto, and directed the Eye Research Institute of Canada.
john@visible-assets.com · 617-395-7601
Tim Pierce
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
Responsible for overseeing global business activities, program execution, and field engineering. With over 12 years of experience working with RuBee technology, Pierce is a proven leader in the field of magnetic wireless auto-identification, and has led programs across the defense, energy, and healthcare industries. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering from Marquette University.
tpierce@visible-assets.com · 920-207-9555
Jason August
VICE PRESIDENT OF TECHNOLOGY & CORPORATE COUNSEL
Responsible for the management of all legal matters including protection of Visible’s intellectual property and corporate structure, along with human resources and investor relations. Previously Director of Patents and Licensing for Visible Genetics Inc., and in private practice with Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP specializing in biotechnology and software IP. He holds a B.Sc. in Genetics from McGill University and a law degree from the University of Windsor.
jason@visible-assets.com · 647-328-8032
James Boyle
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Mr. Boyle is a venture capital investor with 27 years of experience managing investments, primarily on behalf of Inflexion Fund, Northern Telecom Limited, Bell Canada, Bell Canada Enterprises, Inc., and Capital Communications CDP, a subsidiary of La Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec, a large Canadian pension fund. He has participated in managing three funds totaling over $70M and in funding and building over 40 early stage technology companies. Prior to co-founding Inflexion in 2002, Mr. Boyle was Chief Operating Officer of Telinvest Management Corporation. Mr. Boyle holds an HBSc in Chemistry and an MBA in Finance.
Governance
Board of Directors
John K. Stevens, Ph.D.
CHAIRMAN & CEO
Founder and major investor in Visible Assets. Previously Chairman & CEO of Visible Genetics Inc. (NASDAQ: VGIN), taking it from zero to $10.9M in revenue with a successful IPO. Ph.D. in biophysics, University of Pennsylvania; over 100 peer-reviewed publications.
James Boyle
DIRECTOR · CFO
Venture capital investor with 27 years of experience, co-founder of the InFlexion Fund, with roles at Northern Telecom, Bell Canada, and Capital Communications CDP. Has helped fund and build over 40 early-stage technology companies.
Richard A. Clarke
DIRECTOR
Served an unprecedented ten years in the White House under three presidents as the first National Counter-Terrorism Coordinator and the nation’s first “Cyber-Czar.” CEO of Good Harbor and #1 New York Times best-selling author.
Hon. Lisa E. Gordon-Hagerty
DIRECTOR
Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration and Under Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Security, 2018–2020 — the first woman to hold the position. Over 30 years of national security experience.
Philippe Duleyrie
DIRECTOR
International executive with over 30 years at global consumer products and services companies. Former President at Payoneer and CEO & President–Americas of Polar Electro. Wharton MBA; began his career at Procter & Gamble.
Thomas L. Massengill
DIRECTOR
Partner at DHHB Investments and Visible Assets investor and director since 2004. Former Vice President, Caribbean & Latin America at Lucent Technologies, managing operations across 15 countries.
Where We Are
Offices & Contact
MANUFACTURING & CANADIAN HEAD OFFICE
21 Rodinea Drive, Unit 1
Maple, Ontario L6A 1R3, Canada
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
3250 Ridgeway Drive, Unit 1
Mississauga, Ontario L5L 5Y6, Canada