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Serial Entrepreneur specializing in asset tracking and sensor based technology in the supply chain industry. President and Founder of Venture Research Inc. specializing in global supply chain systems and asset tracking solutions with specific emphasis in RFID (1999-current) and sensor based (IoT) technology (2010 to current) . Patented and developed RFID portal solution (received 2006). Led large RFID rollouts currently installed on 6 continents and 26 countries. Led a team of engineers on hundreds of successful deployments representing 10s of thousands of read points requiring state of the art automation technologies such as RFID in LF,HF,UHF,WB, IoT (Internet of Things), M2M, UWB, LoRa and other technologies. Led the software and firmware development teams for enterprise cloud solutions and embedded software solutions. Currently providing 24x7 proactive support for over 320 distribution centers and tens of thousands of RFID sensor based products. In May 2013 built a 35k sq. ft. USA based manufacturing facility to manufacture RFID and IoT technologies in scale. Lead architect for hardware and software development on state of the art systems for the supply chain industry. In early 2000s designed and oversaw construction of state of the art fulfillment centers for the DOTCOM and Internet based Grocery Home Delivery business. Prior to Venture Research was President and Founder of Information Strategies Incorporated specializing in Warehouse Management Software and systems. Ran the company for 13 years and sold to Catalyst International, a public company, in 1996. Both Venture Research and Information Strategies incorporated were started and grown without the requirement of any outside funding and have not required any to date.Prior Experience: Datapoint Corporation, Harris Data Communications, Texas InstrumentsSpecialties: Supply Chain expert, RFID expert, Business Consultant and Entrepreneur specializing in starting and building hi tech businesses with leading edge products. 20 years developing WMS, supply chain tracking systems, 15 years developing WCS systems and RFID products. Electrical Engineer with specialization in RF theory. Masters in Computer Science with specialization in wireless and embedded systems. 25 years supply chain knowledge. Best practices consultant. BSEE,MSCS, COMPTIA RFID certified.