Background
In 2001 Visicon was founded to address the growing demand for fast, accurate, and innovative machine vision systems to inspect the increasing number of high value, high volume components and devices in the stent business. Visicon quickly became the market leader in dimensional inspection of coronary stents and continues to be the technology and market leader for medical stent and "stent like" implants.
Since then the company has expanded its product line within the stent market and developed new products for other high-volume/high-value markets.
Management Team
George R Linscott President/CEO
Daniel Freifeld, Founder / CTO
Scott Webber, Director of Techical Services
Board of Directors
Thomas Nelson
George Linscott, CEO
George Linscott joined Visicon as CEO in 2008. He began his professional career managing a family business and then went on to obtain a BS in Computer Science. Upon graduation, he joined IBM where he eventually became a distributed systems expert at IBM's Cambridge Scientific Center.
In 1989 George left IBM to start Availant Inc. At Availant he built a team that developed several advanced software products that were shipped by companies such as IBM, EMC, and Compaq. Availant’s products and services became widely used around the world to keep mission critical systems running all day every day. Under his leadership, Availant became an early innovator in technology and teamwork with a corporate culture that thrived on delivering breakthrough results. Availant grew to over 160 people with offices in Europe, Portland Oregon, and Austin Texas and received numerous customer and excellence awards including being ranked 34th in Inc. Magazine’s 500 fastest growing private companies.
George is a member of the Sacramento Angels where he serves on the Selections Committee, is Chairman of the Membership Committee, and is a member of the Board of Directors. He is an active participant in the SARTA Mentoring program and a member of the SARTA MedStart CEO Forum.
Daniel Freifeld, Founder / CTO
Daniel Freifeld is the founder of Visicon Technologies and holds numerous patents in the fields of optical metrology and inspection. As Visicon’s Chief Technology Officer, Daniel is responsible for developing new optical inspection methods to meet the growing requirement for more precise measurement and critical defect detection in today’s medical and industrial micro components. Prior to founding Visicon, Mr. Freifeld ran Avcom, a distributor of optical inspection instruments throughout the Northeast US. A speaker and author of various technical articles in the field of optical measurement, Mr. Freifeld earned undergraduate degrees in Physics and Chemistry and a MSEE from State University of NY, as well as an MBA from Fordham University. Daniel lives with his family in Napa, CA and is an avid tennis player.
Jake Roberts, VP Engineering
As Visicon’s VP of Engineering, Jake leads hardware and software engineering efforts for all of the company’s products. He is charged with ensuring that Visicon’s products deliver the speed and defect detection required for today’s micro components.
Prior to joining Visicon in 2007, Jake spent 12 years KLA-Tencor, starting as an application manager and ultimately serving as Director of Engineering for E-Beam Wafer Inspection. Jake is highly regarded by his colleagues for his leadership and technical skills.
Jake holds degrees in Chemistry from Grinnell College and Stanford University. Outside of work, Jake enjoys running and spending time with his wife and young son and daughter.
Scott Weber, Director of Technical Services
Scott Weber has been Visicon’s Director of Technical Services since 2007. In this role, he is responsible for new system sales, customer account management, applications and service requirements. Scott’s priority is to ensure timely customer acceptance of new systems.
Scott brings of wealth of expertise in systems implementation. Scott’s career began at Intel Corporation, where spent 11 years in semiconductor automation systems. He then went on to become OEM Account Manager at Newport Corporation, a manufacturer and distributor of precision systems for laser and optical technologies.
Scott holds a degree in Systems Engineering from San Jose State University. Outside of work, Scott enjoys coaching Little League baseball, camping and boating, and watching kids’ sporting events.
Bill Aldrich
Bill Aldrich is the CEO of EndoShape. He has held executive and engineering positions at Ampex, BioTrack, CVIS, Cartesian Data, CardioThoracic Systems, Integrated Vascular Systems and, most recently, at EndoVx, which he founded and raised $5M in venture financing. Bill brings 28 years in the medical device and magnetic recording industries to EndoShape and has 40+ issued U.S. patents and has over 40 pending applications. He holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the California Polytechnic State University.
John Dulchinos
John Dulchinos is the Chief Executive Officer of Adept Technology. Mr. Dulchinos is a visionary and active member of the robotics industry, currently serving on the board of directors of the Robotics Industry Association, the International Federation of Robotics and the Robotics Technology Consortium. He is a recipient of the Dreammakers and Risk Takers Innovation award from the Livermore Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Dulchinos holds both a Bachelor's and a Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a concentration in robotics.