Colorado Time Systems

Colorado Time Systems

Type	Private, Partnership
Industry	Sports Timing & Displays
Headquarters	Loveland, Colorado, United States
Key people	Anita Sayed, president and CEO Rick Connell, national sales manager
Products	Aquatic Timing & Scoring Systems Sports Venue Displays Display Marquees Sports Scoreboards Variable Message Signs Display Control Systems
Employees	More than 40
Divisions	Colorado Time Systems Colorado Display Systems
Website	www.coloradotime.com

Scoreboards at the University of Minnesota during the 2007 NCAA Mens' Swimming & Diving Finals

Colorado Time Systems (CTS) is an American company based in Loveland, Colorado that designs, manufactures, sells, and services aquatic timing systems, scoreboards, LED video displays, and related products.^[1]

History

The company was founded in 1972 by four engineers from Hewlett Packard. They left Hewlett Packard to form Colorado Time Systems when, as part of HP's Test and Measurement division, they started researching aquatic timing because of the accuracy required in measuring times.^[1]

Meet contracts

NCAA Division I Swimming Championships

In March 2009, the NCAA made history by using wireless backup timing for the first time ever during the 2009 swimming championships, held at Texas A&M University, in College Station, Texas.^[2]

FINA World Junior Swimming Championships

Colorado is the Official Time-keeper for the FINA World Junior Swimming Championships. The meet was recently changed to occur on a two-year cycle, with the next meet being hosted in 2011. That meet, which will be timed by CTS, is going to be held in Lima, Peru.^[3]

The History Channel

On December 23, 2008, the History Channel series, Modern Marvels, aired an episode titled "Measure It!". This episode discussed various modern methods of precise measurement, including the measurement of time, following the Beijing Olympics. The segment, featuring Colorado Time Systems, talked about the construction of modern timing systems and the history of touchpads.^[2]

Corporate partners

The company has partnered with Philips Electronics^[4], of the Netherlands and Industronics Berhad, of Malaysia. CTS is an international distributor of LED video displays manufactured by the two companies.

Other information

"Colorado Time Systems are considered one of the industry’s leading timing technologies."^[5]

• Photo Gallery
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  Olympex display at the Grosse Pointe Yacht Club

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  Diving Template on 224x128 Olympex Display

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  Timing Office at Grosse Pointe South High School

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  Colorado Time Systems Wallplate

See also

Swimming portal

• Aquatic timing system
• Scoreboards

Further reading

• Slear, Tom. "The Not So Bad Ol' Days" USA Swimming.

Footnotes

1. ^ ^{a b} "About Our Company", Colorado Time Systems.
2. ^ ^{a b} "History in the Making", Proven Systems, April, 2009.
3. ^ "FINA Partners With Colorado Time Systems for FINA World Junior Swimming Championships", Swimming World Magazine, April 6, 2009.
4. ^ "Philips Vidiwall and Colorado Display Systems form exclusive business partnership in the Chinese market", Colorado Time Systems, October 4, 2004.
5. ^ Freidberg, Juli Anne. "The Water's Fine: America's Swimming Facilities", Sports Destination Management, May, 2009.

References

• "About Our Company", Colorado Time Systems.
• Steinbach, Paul. "Matrix Revolution: High-tech scoreboard and video display concepts are racking up points among high schools.", Athletic Business, January, 2008.
• "FINA Partners With Colorado Time Systems for FINA World Junior Swimming Championships", Swimming World Magazine, April 6, 2009.
• "History in the Making", Proven Systems Newsletter, April, 2009.
• "USA Water Polo Renews Partnership With Colorado Timing Systems", USA Water Polo, February 23, 2009.
• "Lane 9 News: NCAA calls for Colorado Time Systems’ Equipment at Swimming Championships", Swimming World Magazine, March 22, 2004.
• "Auburn swimming coach Marsh on the clock with Colorado Time", Sports Business Journal, May 26, 2003.
• Cameron, Steve. "Colorado firm dives into scoreboard scrum", Sports Business Journal, March 4, 2002.

External links

• Colorado Time Systems Website
• Industronics Berhad
• Philips Vidiwall LED Video Screens

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