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Last Fiscal Year Sales:$12.0M
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Welcome to Nature Vision Inc., home to some of the most inventive products in all outdoors. Our passion for creating extraordinary outdoor experiences remains the driving force behind each and every new product. While others call new sizes and colors "innovation," at Nature Vision, the term lives up to its meaning, yielding entirely new brand categories, such as Aqua-Vu Underwater Viewing Systems. Set in a region rich with the natural lakes, rivers and woods that house abundant fish and game, Nature Vision's backyard remains the ideal setting for inspiring, developing and field-testing new products. The legendary Brainerd Lakes region of Central Minnesota also remains home to many of the most respected names in the outdoors Al and Ron Lindner, Gary Roach, In-Fisherman, Dave Genz, the famed Nisswa Guides League, and many others. The Nature Vision staff works closely with all of them both in the field and in the workshop drawing on decades of hardcore fishing and hunting experience to bring you the finest outdoor tools and technologies available today. Nature Vision offers you a unique blend of exceptional outdoor innovations: marine electronics breakthroughs like Aqua-Vu Underwater Viewing Systems, Vector Downriggers and Rod Holders, Crazy Crank Muskie Lures, and the ShowDown Digital Fish Finder; ice fishing equipment like the Genz Stix, Buzz Stix, Pak Shack and Jig-Up; and practical hunting gear such as the Digital Game Scales, Quick-Sit Chair Blinds, and Woodland Whisper...

CFO & Secretary
Robert P. King
Number of Employees 66
Contact Information

1480 North Pacific Rd

Brainerd, Minnesota 55401

www.naturevisio...

(218) 825-0733

NAICS Code Photographic Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers: 423410

Recent Events

  • Nature Vision, Inc. Announces Board Member Resignation

    6/17/09 - Mgmt. Change Leaving - Other - View Story

Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Robert P. King CFO & Secretary
Trevor Sumption Natl Sales Manager
Christopher S. Lausen Treasurer
Cory Schmidt Media Coordinator
Mark Simonett Secretary
David M. Kolkind Secretary
Jeffrey P. Zernov Director
Richard P. Kiphart Director

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Curtis A. Samson Board of Directors
Michael R. Day Board of Directors
Philip M. McLaughlin Board of Directors
Scott S. Meyers Board of Directors
Steve Shanesy Board of Directors

Organization Position Status
Nature Vision, Inc. CFO & Secretary Current

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Nature Vision, Inc. Natl Sales Manager Current

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Nature Vision, Inc. Treasurer Current

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Nature Vision, Inc. Media Coordinator Current

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Nature Vision, Inc. Secretary Current
Nature Vision, Inc. Secretary Former

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Nature Vision, Inc. Board of Directors Current

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Nature Vision, Inc. Secretary Current
North American Membership Group, Inc. Controller Former

Jeffery P. Zernov has served as President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Nature Vision since 1998, when he founded the company. Mr. Zernov also served as Chief Financial Officer from 1998 through 2002. In 1979, Mr. Zernov founded Zercom Corporation, a defense electronics contractor, which he sold to Communication Systems Inc. in 1990. Mr. Zernov served as Zercom's Chief Executive Officer until 1996 and, in addition from 1990 through 1996, he established and served as President of the Zercom Marine division, a designer and manufacturer of sonar products for sports fishing applications. Prior to 1979, Mr. Zernov served as a field promotion specialist with Lindy Tackle and was a co-founder of In-Fisherman, a sports fishing publisher and producer of television shows. Mr. Zernov will serve as President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of the combined company.

Organization Position Status
Nature Vision, Inc. Director Current
Nature Vision, Inc. Chairman, President & CEO Former
Nature Vision, Inc. Chief Financial Officer Former
In-Fisherman Co-Founder Former
Communication Systems, Inc. Contractor Former

Michael R. Day, has served as the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Nature Vision since 2002. From 1999 through 2002, he served as the Chief Financial Officer of Image Rotational Enterprises, Inc., a Brained, Minnesota manufacturer of rotational molded plastic parts. Mr. Day will serve as Chief Financial Officer of the combined company.

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Nature Vision, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Nature Vision, Inc. CFO, COO & Chief Accounting Officer Former

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Nature Vision, Inc. Board of Directors Current

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SAFLINK Corporation Lead Independent Director Current
William Blair Capital Partners Head Current
William Blair & Company LLC Principal Current
William Blair & Company, L.L.C. Head of the Corporate Finance Department Current
SAFLINK Corporation Director Co-Chairman of the Board, Lead Independent Director Current
Lime Energy Co. Chairman Current
Kapadia Energy Services Chairman Current
Maximum Performance Group Chairman Current
Emmi Solutions, LLC Board of Directors Current
Data, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Advanced Biotherapy, Inc. Director Current
Nature Vision, Inc. Director Current
SAFLINK Corporation Director Current
Lime Energy Co. Board of Directors Former
First Data Corporation Director Former
Harvard Business School MBA Former
Dartmouth College B.A. Former

Scott S. Meyers , has served as a Class II director since April 2000. Mr. Meyers is an owner and president of Rocky Mountain Choppers and Black Water Choppers custom motorcycle dealers. He is the former President and director of Alliant Techsystems, Inc., an aerospace and defense company. Mr. Meyers currently provides advisory services to Alliant Techsystems, which he joined in March 1996 and served as Chief Financial Officer until October 2000, when he became President. Mr. Meyers previously served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and a director of Magnavox Electronic Systems Company, a manufacturer of defense electronics products. Mr. Meyers is the chair of the audit committee and a member of the compensation/nominating committee.

Organization Position Status
Rocky Mountain Choppers, LLC President Current
Rocky Mountain Choppers, LLC Owner Current
Nature Vision, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Steve Shanesy worked with Kraft Foods, Inc. from 1983-1996, most recently as Vice President of Marketing, Oscar Mayer Foods Division. Senior Vice President of Marketing for Rayovac-Remington North America, 1996-1998 and Executive Vice President/General Manager from 1998-2004. Mr. Shanesy will also serve as Chairman of the Compensation Committee.

Organization Position Status
Nature Vision, Inc. Board of Directors Current
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