Accelerating the Widespread Use of RFID Through Newly Developed & Simplified Converting

• Born and raised in the Chicago area. Currently living in Rockton, Illinois

• B.S. Electrical Engineering Degree from the Milwaukee School of Engineering in 1986.

• Career has consisted of various engineering and sales roles with manufacturers of automated processes since 1986.

• Served as engineer, product manager and sales executive for a paper machine builder throughout the 1990's for the North American market.

• Transitioned into the paper converting, stationery manufacturing,and label converting industries in 1999.

• Supplier member of TLMI (Tag and Label Manufacturers Institute) since 2004

• In recent years, author of numerous RFID related articles appearing in Label and Narrow Web, Packaging and Converting Intelligence, TLMI Newsletter, Labels and Labeling, packagePRINTING, and BFL&S (Business Forms, Labels and Systems) trade publications.

• bielomatik jagenberg, Inc. employee since 1999 and primary contact for bielomatik RFID equipment sales in the United States and Canada.

bielomatik, a pioneer in RFID technology, is considered the leader in field-proven high production UHF / HF converting and qualification machines. Lowest cost and highest quality per unit are the distinguishing features of bielomatik's solutions for the production of Smart Labels, Tags and Tickets. The building blocks of our line of machines are interchangeable modules, which accommodate changes required by customer demand and evolving technology. bielomatik in partnership with NXP, recently introduced the RF-LoopTag program. RF-LoopTag enables converters to produce their own UHF inlays reliably and economically in order to accelerate the widespread use of RFID.