Zenith Asset Management Ltd, the company behind the ScanCam products have interests in other security integration and distribution businesses entrenched in providing security technology to the retail and banking sectors. The ScanCam was conceptualised in 2003 as a direct result of one of these business relationships and went into production in 2008. There are now several versions available to suit many different types of POS scanners.

Zenith is based in New Zealand, a country well known for its out-of-the box thinking and technology innovation. Zenith has the backing of the NZ Government with a recent Tech NZ R&D grant to develop a new Audio Transducer model variant that allows connectivity to scanners that have no EAS ports. Zenith has a NZ patent for its ScanCam concept and is patent pending in many other countries.

The Zenith Company operates four divisions who specialise in their respective areas:

  • Creative based in Albany, Auckland
  • Accounts and Legal based in Mt Wellington, Auckland
  • Research and Development based in Lower Hutt, Wellington
  • Manufacturing and Export based in Mt Wellington, Auckland

Key People

Peter Stothers,
 Creative Director »

Sean Ryan,
 Sales Director – North America »


Peters background is in Electronics and he has been involved in the Security Industry since 1993 specialising in CCTV for large enterprise retailers and banking institutions. Peter is the ‘ideas’ man and the creator of the ScanCam product. Peters forte is solving problems, which is how the ScanCam first got conceptualised.

A supermarket owner asked him how he was going to deal with his operators bypassing the scanner by placing a finger over the barcode; a common practice. “Easy” Peter said. “We’ll attach a light to your scanner that points at the CCTV camera so your security team will know whether each item got scanned, simple”. And so the ScanCam was born. Read Peters full profile on Linkedin.



Sean joined the company in January 2011. Sean started his career with Sensormatic in 1982 working in the corporate headquarters in various positions, including finished goods, marketing, contract administration, trade shows and forecasting. In 1989 Sean became a sales rep for Sensormatic in South Florida, ultimately rising to the position of area manager for the Southeast. In 1997 Sean accepted the position of Sales Director for the Sensormatic Supermarket sales team. From 2000 through 2001 Sean worked for Optimal Robotics, a self-checkout company. In 2002 Sean returned to Sensormatic/ADT as Business Development Director for the supermarket team, and was more recently the Supermarket Sales Director for Checkpoint. Sean’s role is to provide support for our North America clients, Distributors and Value Added Resellers. Read Sean’s full profile on Linkedin.