Company

In 1999, Secure Connections LLC, parent company of FINDER™ Products, launched development of a telecommunications-based, lost and found solution to help school systems quickly reconnect with children separated from off-site groups (field trips, etc.). The challenge was to devise a cost-effective system that was easy to understand and use.

With a background in pre-paid switching technology, the McLean, Virginia company created a new telecom methodology utilizing proprietary versions of commonly used calling features: a secure speed dial set up and a one-way private voice mail box, built into a unique toll-free calling platform.

This unique calling platform, which the Company received a patent on, become known as the FINDER™ Lost & Found System.

The Company’s first lost and found solution was marketed to institutions as KidCallAlert®… a safety system that is still used to protect thousands of children in school systems, camps, early childhood and special needs programs around the country.

It was clear from the beginning of development that, with certain changes the communication platform had other applications that would allow it to be adapted for use as a completely unique Lost & Found solution. Based in part upon the same safety concerns that apply to a lost child, the American Humane Association approached the company with a request that they develop a “better” ID tag for pets.

In 2004 under the name FINDER™ products™ the company launched petFINDER™, a solution so effective…it makes traditional ID tags obsolete!

The FINDER™ software platform is installed on pre-paid switches hosted by World Touch, Inc. located in Seattle, Washington and part of the Marathon Communications Group.

Licensed by the Washington State Utility Commission and the FCC, WTI has produced over 120,000,000 pre-paid PINS and currently hosts over 13 million pre-paid card applications annually.