| Vetronix President and Founder, Jim Zaleski, began his career in advanced avionics programs for the Apollo-13 rescue and historic moon landings. |
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| His work continued with Titan guidance control systems for satellites in orbit and later, with Delco Systems, worked on avionics for the F16 fighter aircraft. The high energy-working environment of advanced development he experienced in those days became the model for the present day Vetronix Corporation. |
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| His experience includes early concepts for the use of telematics on military vehicles in battlefield management, now used as the conceptual platform for the Vetronix second-generation telematics solution. |
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| The need for diagnostic test equipment arose with the advent of low cost automotive computers. Vetronix recognized this opportunity and developed the famous Tech 1®, which was similar to an avionics flight line diagnostic unit, but designed for vehicle diagnostics. |
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| The Tech 1 concept and approach was adopted by General Motors and other OEMs as the basis to develop diagnostic equipment and software. |
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| From this successful OEM relationship a complete range of automotive diagnostic equipment was developed, leading to Vetronix's dominant position in that marketplace. |
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| In 1997 Vetronix was approached by Microsoft to produce Carport, a module which ties the Auto-PC into vehicle electronics. This project focussed Vetronix on putting diagnostic and communications equipment on the vehicle, drawing on the Company's and its Founder's extensive experience in this field. |
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| Vetronix then proceeded to develop a suite of second-generation telematics products, which are based on an “avionics” type of performance monitoring and control for a motor vehicle. |
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| Vetronix founder, Jim Zaleski, commented that this technology was made possible by an alignment of all technology planets - “GPS, wireless, interface to on-vehicle electronics and growth of the internet all converged.” |
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| Moving forward into the new millennium, Vetronix is developing a fully integrated telematics-based service environment to enable manufacturers to provide total vehicle support to their customers. |
