Company type | Privately held company |
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Industry | Software, consulting |
Founded | 1992 |
Founder | David Long |
Headquarters | Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S. |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Enrique Krajmalnik (Chief Executive Officer) Doug Johnston (Chief Financial Officer) |
Products | CORE (systems engineering software) GENESYS (systems engineering software) |
Number of employees | 25 |
Website | vitechcorp.com |
Vitech, formerly known as Vitech Corporation and now known as Zuken Vitech Inc., is a systems engineering company responsible for the development and management of two model-based systems engineering tools, GENESYS and CORE. Vitech products have a range of applications and have been used for program management by the U.S. Department of Energy, [1] for railway modernization [2] and waste management in Europe, [3] and for space station [4] and ground-based air defense system development [5] in Australia. In an effort to promote the study of model-based systems engineering, Vitech partners with universities throughout the United States, providing them with its software for instructional and research purposes. [6]
Vitech Corporation was established in 1992 in Vienna, Virginia by David Long, then an undergrad student at Virginia Tech. Long, who at the time was majoring in engineering science and mechanics and studying under Benjamin Blanchard and Wolter Fabrycky, developed a software program to meet the requirements for a senior project. He began the project as a tool for academic use, then refined it to make CORE, a modeling environment for systems engineering problems, [7] while earning his master's degree in systems engineering at Virginia Tech. [8] Long initially sought to license the program through an existing company, but eventually opted to manage and market the product himself, establishing Vitech Corporation in the process.
CORE has gone on to become a tool used in the teaching of model-based systems engineering, and is cited in engineering textbooks such as Systems Engineering: Design Principles and Models, [9] by Dahai Liu, The Engineering Design of Systems Models and Methods (pp. 62–66), [10] by Dennis M. Buede and William D. Miller, and System Engineering Management (p. 243), [11] by Benjamin S. Blanchard and John E. Blyler. CORE is offered free to universities such as MIT and the Naval Postgraduate School [12] as part of the Vitech University Program. [13]
In 2011, David Long, former president, and Zane Scott, former vice president of Professional Services at Vitech, wrote A Primer for Model-Based Systems Engineering. The book outlines the systems thinking approach and reviews the basic concepts of model-based systems engineering. [14]
In August 2019, Vitech was acquired by Zuken, Inc. as a wholly-owned subsidiary. [15] The acquisition had the approval of the United States Department of Defense and the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States ( CFIUS). Effective April 22, 2020, Vitech Corporation formally changed its name to Zuken Vitech Inc.
Vitech Corporation offers a range of systems engineering consulting services to private sector firms as well as governmental organizations such as DOD, DOE, and NASA. [26]
Company type | Privately held company |
---|---|
Industry | Software, consulting |
Founded | 1992 |
Founder | David Long |
Headquarters | Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S. |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Enrique Krajmalnik (Chief Executive Officer) Doug Johnston (Chief Financial Officer) |
Products | CORE (systems engineering software) GENESYS (systems engineering software) |
Number of employees | 25 |
Website | vitechcorp.com |
Vitech, formerly known as Vitech Corporation and now known as Zuken Vitech Inc., is a systems engineering company responsible for the development and management of two model-based systems engineering tools, GENESYS and CORE. Vitech products have a range of applications and have been used for program management by the U.S. Department of Energy, [1] for railway modernization [2] and waste management in Europe, [3] and for space station [4] and ground-based air defense system development [5] in Australia. In an effort to promote the study of model-based systems engineering, Vitech partners with universities throughout the United States, providing them with its software for instructional and research purposes. [6]
Vitech Corporation was established in 1992 in Vienna, Virginia by David Long, then an undergrad student at Virginia Tech. Long, who at the time was majoring in engineering science and mechanics and studying under Benjamin Blanchard and Wolter Fabrycky, developed a software program to meet the requirements for a senior project. He began the project as a tool for academic use, then refined it to make CORE, a modeling environment for systems engineering problems, [7] while earning his master's degree in systems engineering at Virginia Tech. [8] Long initially sought to license the program through an existing company, but eventually opted to manage and market the product himself, establishing Vitech Corporation in the process.
CORE has gone on to become a tool used in the teaching of model-based systems engineering, and is cited in engineering textbooks such as Systems Engineering: Design Principles and Models, [9] by Dahai Liu, The Engineering Design of Systems Models and Methods (pp. 62–66), [10] by Dennis M. Buede and William D. Miller, and System Engineering Management (p. 243), [11] by Benjamin S. Blanchard and John E. Blyler. CORE is offered free to universities such as MIT and the Naval Postgraduate School [12] as part of the Vitech University Program. [13]
In 2011, David Long, former president, and Zane Scott, former vice president of Professional Services at Vitech, wrote A Primer for Model-Based Systems Engineering. The book outlines the systems thinking approach and reviews the basic concepts of model-based systems engineering. [14]
In August 2019, Vitech was acquired by Zuken, Inc. as a wholly-owned subsidiary. [15] The acquisition had the approval of the United States Department of Defense and the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States ( CFIUS). Effective April 22, 2020, Vitech Corporation formally changed its name to Zuken Vitech Inc.
Vitech Corporation offers a range of systems engineering consulting services to private sector firms as well as governmental organizations such as DOD, DOE, and NASA. [26]