Thomas Germann Email & Phone Number

Sauerlach, By, De

Montpellier, Occitanie, Fr

Santa Ana, Ca, Us

Head of the Munich R&D Site & Divsion, as well as the Singapore Product Engineering Division of the IoT Products Business UnitCore Activities & Responsibilities:- Definition of the R&D Roadmap- Design of HF and UHF RFID Antennas- Design and Development of IoT Product Constructions (HF/NFC, UHF, BLE)- RF Simulation of complex and custom-shaped RFID transponders- Development of RFID sensor tags (passive and battery-powered)- Development of Bluetooth Low Energy Transponders: Product Construction and Manufacturing and Testing Technology- Application Engineering and Customer Application Support- Development of Production Processes and Test & Measurement Modules- Software Development for IoT Products (Encoding Programs, Demo Software, Demo Apps, SDKs, Crypto-Handling, Sensor Tag Software)- Giving Talks at various RFID and Printed Electronics Industry Events- Production Support on Software and Technology-Related Topics (Singapore Product Engineering)- Bring-Up of new Production Processes and Technologies in the Singapore Mass Production SiteSelect accomplishments:- Bring-Up of Bluetooth Low Energy based "Wiliot Battery-Free IoT Pixels" in Singapore Mass Production Site: High accuracy chip placement, offline-test program bring-up, increase of yield from ~30% to >95% within two weeks, establishment of quality control tests (measurement chamber tests) and resonance frequency tests- Development of Battery-Free and Battery-Powered Bluetooth Low Energy Tags (Wiliot), as well as further Innovation Tags based on BLE- Bring-up of Identiv UHF Standard Portfolio- Bring-up of Identiv UHF Specialty Portfolio (UHF on-metal labels, sensor tags (on-metal & regular), rugged/hard tags, silicone tags)- Technical Leadership on Trace-ID/Identiv Partnership- Transponder-Side Integration of Tags into Bitse.IO Platform- Management of several Large and Complex International Projects with Top US Tech and Consumer Brands

Santa Ana, Ca, Us

- Design of HF and UHF RFID transponders- RF Simulation of complex and custom-shaped RFID transponders- Development of RFID sensor tags (passive and battery-powered)- Project management of complex international projects with strong customer interaction- Application engineering and customer application support- Development of production processes and test & measurement modules for manufacturing and testing of next generation RFID transponders- Android and iOS demo application programming in Java and Swift- Custom test program coding in various programming languages: C#, VB.NET, C++, VB6- Giving talks at various RFID and Printed Electronics industry eventsSelect accomplishments:- Development of flexible battery powered NFC temperature datalogger tag "uTrust Sense Temperature Tracker" (RFID Journal Live 2017 Best New Product Award Winner), and associated production processes: chip attachment, battery attachment, firmware flashing, OQC and reliability testing- Development of Eco-Friendly UHF and NFC transponder product line- Integration of electrochromic display elements into "uTrust Sense Temperature Tracker" NFC datalogger- Development of passive NFC temperature & humidity sensor tag- Development of Identiv's Ultra Tiny NFC Tag product line (D6mm, 6x6mm, 3.5x13mm, 4x11mm)- Management of several large and complex international projects with top US tech and consumer brands, leading to significant transponder turnover increase

Santa Ana, Ca, Us

Santa Ana, Ca, Us

Oberschleissheim, De

- Design engineering and product development of RFID and NFC labels- Project management- Technology screening of RFID- and related wireless technology- Design, construction and programming of RFID/NFC demonstrators- Patent screening of RFID/NFC-related patents in English, French and Japanese- Printed electronics for RFID applications- Lab automation programming with LabView 7 and 8.1Select Accomplishments:- Design and MasterCard certification of industry's first flexible Contactless Payment Sticker- Design of industry's first flexible roll-to-roll produced UHF on-metal tag "DistaFerr SL"- Design of Schreiner's tamperproof "UHF Windshield Label"