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2008 Advisory Board

	Ben Aderson is the Counsel and Manager of Technology Policy and State Government Affairs for AeA. Based out of Washington, DC, Ben oversees AeA’s State Government Affairs program, a grassroots state lobbying initiative for the high–tech industry that coordinates the efforts of AeA’s 18 regional offices and 2,500 member companies across the country. Ben also covers domestic tech policy issues including broadband, intellectual property, privacy, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), and telecommunications. Ben graduated from the University of Chicago with a Bachelor of Arts in history and in political science. He received his Juris Doctorate from the Northwestern University School of Law.
	Alex Stuebler joined Siemens AG in1991 as Project Manager, IT. Over the following 15 years he had numerous corporate and business responsibilities in Germany and the US – all within the world leading Automation Business of Siemens. Mr. Stuebler gained significant insight in the Siemens Automation Business as member of the Strategic Planning Department in Germany until the end of 1997. For the past three years, Mr. Stuebler is leading the Discrete Sensors Business of Siemens in the US. The business combines all Sensor technologies (Proximity, Safety, Machine Vision, RFID). He is responsible for the full P&L of the business. Under his direct responsibility, he directs the Marketing to the US market.
	Christopher Warner is a Senior Marketing Manager with Motorola, responsible for deploying their RFID marketing and communications strategy. Mr. Warner has focused on identification technologies throughout his career, including biometrics and RFID. Before joining Motorola, he served as Senior Marketing Manager at Symbol Technologies, integrating RFID into Symbol’s enterprise mobility portfolio, and as Director of Marketing at Matrics, an early UHF RFID innovator. Before turning to RFID, Mr. Warner marketed NEC’s biometric solutions including AFIS (Automated Fingerprint Identification Systems), authentication and Single Sign-On solutions. Mr. Warner also served as a Senior Consultant at the global consulting firm of Booz, Allen & Hamilton.
	J. Craig Casto is also a member of Dow’s RFID/GPS Steering Team. Formed in 2005, this team developed a strategy for deploying RFID and GPS technology within Dow and to provide guiding direction to RFID/GPS enabled MET as developed by the Technology Center. Craig brings more than 30 years of logistics, production planning and Auto ID experience to this position having held various positions in Marine Transportation, Inventory and Production Management and Supply Chain Technology leadership. Craig joined Dow during the merger with Union Carbide. Craig holds a Bachelors and MBA degree from Marshall University. He and his wife reside in South Charleston, West Virginia.
	Rick Crawford, Director of Operations for NYK Logistics (Americas) Inc – Warehouse Division, is responsible for the operational support of some of NYK's most distinguished clients: CVS Pharmacies, Kohl's, Mervyns, Michael Kors, Fiji Water, as well as their largest customer, Target. He also leads the Warehouse Division's RFID Task Force, which recently completed two successful RFID account implementations. Rick possesses a unique perspective on charting a prudent course through the new frontier of RFID possibilities. Rick has a Bachelors Degree in Business from National University.
	Ann Grackin is with Marsh. Ann has been and advisor to legislators, government and commercial sector organizations on their RFID strategies. Ms. Grackin is a popular speaker and respected writer. Read around the globe, she has been published in RFID Journal, Parallax View and many other magazines. She has been featured in Forbes, The Boston Globe, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Economist and Fortune Magazine. ChainLink is the leader in Supply Chain Future Forward Research focusing on RFID and other emerging technologies.
	Aaron Graham is the Vice President and Chief Security Officer for Purdue Pharma L.P. and its associated companies. Aaron has global responsibility for developing and implementing policies, procedures and programs to protect Purdue’s personnel, facilities, products, supply chain and intellectual property. Aaron is the key senior executive responsible for the launch of Purdue’s successful RFID item-level track & trace pilot program, as well as incremental product security measures including sophisticated covert and overt packaging solutions. Aaron previously served as a federal drug agent with both the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the United States Food and Drug Administration – Office of Criminal Investigations (FDA-OCI). As a Senior Special Agent with DEA, Aaron had assignments in San Francisco, CA, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico and Tucson, AZ.
	Jim Donaldson is Senior Director of Corporate Communications. Jim brings more than 18 years experience in the semiconductor equipment and materials industry to Impinj. Prior to joining Impinj, he was the Global Director of Marketing Communications for MEMC Electronic Materials, the world's largest publicly held manufacturer of silicon wafers for the semiconductor and solar industries. Before that Jim was Director of Corporate Communications at Advanced Energy Industries, a leading manufacturer of components and sub-systems for the semiconductor equipment industry.
	Laurie Sullivan comes to RFID World after serving as reporter at Red Herring, a publication for venture capitalists and business executives, where she covered an array of technologies, such as search engines (Google), social networks (YouTube), and entertainment industry initiatives (digital cinema). Sullivan's nearly 20 years experience in the technology industry includes six years as Associate Editor at several CMP publications, such as TechWeb, InformationWeek, and Electronic Buyers' News (EBN), covering international business, RFID technology, semiconductors, software, and supply chains. Sullivan holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communications, and Masters of Creative Writing from Chapman University.
	Michael McCartney is founder and principal of Quality Logistics Management. For the last ten years, his consulting practice has been focused on RFID technology and it’s implementation, specializing in all phases of RFID deployment and supply chain management. In 1999, in the produce arena, Michael and his team performed the first live RFID demonstration at a PMA convention in 1999. Mr. McCartney tutored in post-graduate International Economics at Oxford University, England, and earned a BA in Political Science from UC Berkeley. In January 2004, Mr. McCartney also received a graduate level teaching credential from the State of California. He is the former chair of the PMA’s RFID Produce Action Group.
	Mike O'Shea has been with Kimberly-Clark for 27 years and is currently the company's Director of Auto-ID Sensing Technologies. O'Shea leads K-C's global RFID efforts, including pilots and implementations to prepare for global deployment of RFID into the company's business processes. Previously, O'Shea represented K-C on MIT's Auto-ID Center Board of Directors. In September 2005, The Auto-ID Sensing Technology research lab was on of the first lab to receive the status of an EPCglobal Accredited Performance Test Center. Kimberly-Clark initiated the shipment of RFID enabled cases in April 2004 and today has various pilot and deployment activities underway around the world.
	Dr. Rajit Gadh is a Professor at the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science at UCLA, and he is Founder and Director of the Wireless Internet for Mobile Enterprise Consortium ( http://winmec.ucla.edu ) of which major companies including Microsoft, Computer Associates, EDS, Ericsson, France Telecom, HP, Hughes Network Systems, Intel, ISMB-Italy, Lockheed Martin, Lucent, Motorola, Northrop Grumman, Qualcomm, Raytheon, Ericsson, Oracle, RF-Code, Satyam, Siemens, Sprint, Tata Infotech, TCS, ETRI, Verizon Wireless and several others, have been supporting sponsors. Dr. Gadh does research in RFID middleware for healthcare, manufacturing, aerospace, automotive, logistics, retail and supply chain.
	Reik Read is a Senior Analyst leading Baird’s Supply Chain Technology and RFID coverage, which he has been doing for the past nine years. In addition to research, He is responsible for hosting Baird’s RFID conferences and publishing RFID Monthly. He has been a regular presenter and panelist at RFID industry events, including RFID World, RFID Live, the EPCglobal U.S. Conference, AIM Global’s Showcase and the University of Wisconsin e-business Consortium.
	Since September 2003, Dan Mullen has been President of AIM Global, the trade association for Automatic Identification and Mobility. As an industry advocate, Mr. Mullen strives to present a balanced view of the technologies -- including their strengths and limitations. He has appeared on CNN and been interviewed by many local, national, and international media outlets, including BusinessWeek and Fortune, addressing bar code, radio frequency identification (RFID) and many other AIM technology topics. Prior to this leadership position Dan, as VP Operations, managed all marketing, finance, and membership development aspects of the Association.

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