CXO INSIGHT contactless experience , means that the market is exploding , and we are capturing it to supply a platform capable of coping with the demand . There is also a need to provide a platform which can connect industry stakeholders , either airports , airlines or governments , and delivering a common information and data highway for them to work on an integrated basis as opposed to working in silos . We are the leading platform capable of doing this .
How did the business start ?
Vision-Box was providing image processing and video analytics for military projects as the initial core activity , and you could say that we caught the wave at the exact moment when the world was looking for a transition from analogue processing to digital in key industries such as travel .
The Visa Wavier Program in America , which had a huge emphasis on biometrics , was our catalyst moment . When this was activated , Portugal wanted to be one of the first to have biometric passports as the country was already known for having a strong e-government . Though we were competing against global household brands at the time as a new company , the fact we were from Portugal , and the connotations this drew with regards to the digitalisation of processes , really helped us .
We decided to move from video analytics to biometric border control and looked at the ecosystems which needed to be upgraded through automation . At the time , the whole industry was focusing on fingerprint and iris captures , which was proving to be expensive for governments and time-consuming . We knew we had the capabilities to better equip airports and airlines with technology to enable a swifter management of large crowds , in a way which placed security at the heart of the matter while ensuring the best possible user experience .
What ’ s the business ’ approach to management ?
Vision-Box is a people-orientated company , not only when designing our user centric solutions to provide technology which places people ’ s experiences at the fore , but also as an organisation in the way we work . We adopt a management style which breeds creativity and a freedom among employees to present new ideas and solutions but also the approachability for our teams to raise challenges and work together to overcome them . We work hard as a team and our values unify us as we collaborate with each other to ensure we maintain and build on our position as market leaders .
For us at Vision-Box , capital is about human capital . It is our priority to invest in human resources development with quality , vision and ambition . It is where the effect of investment is most propitious . We believe it is the most important element , where companies have managed to resurface and survive in this pandemic environment .
We are unique in the global market because we are the only ones to cover the entire value chain , from software development , hardware construction , implementation and maintenance . That is also why our investment in human capital is so important , because it requires comprehensive skills and visionary people to develop standardised solutions to guarantee the company ’ s growth .
EVEN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC THE INDUSTRY WAS LOOKING OR NEEDING TO INVEST TIME AND MONEY INTO TRANSFORMATIVE DIGITAL SOLUTIONS AND PAPERLESS EXPERIENCES .
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