Global SAW RFID Solutions for Food Track and Traceability (Food Traceability 2006)

Paul Hartmann has over 30 years of experience in building and leading development teams and designing sophisticated electronic products that meet stringent cost and technical requirements. Prior to joining RF SAW, Hartmann spent 13 years as the founding Vice President of Engineering and CTO of Applied Digital Access (ADA) in San Diego. He built the technical team and established the architecture of a family of products that are widely used throughout the public telecommunications network. His direct technical contributions included fifteen patents and other major contributions to the intellectual property of the company. Before joining ADA, Hartmann served in a number of increasing responsible roles at Collins Radio/Rockwell International at Richardson, Texas. At Collins/Rockwell, he led the design team that developed the first successful digital microwave system developed in the United States. Hartmann recently served on the Board of Governors of the Communication Society of the IEEE. He has authored numerous technical papers and magazine articles in IEEE and trade publications. Hartmann graduated with a B.S.E.E. from the University of Texas at Austin and an M.S. in Management and Administrative Science from the University of Texas at Dallas.

RFSAW, Inc. produces Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) products that operate in the 2.45 GHz globally legal frequency band. RFSAW is exploiting a fundamentally new type of RFID system based on Surface Acoustic Wave ("SAW") devices, a reliable, low-cost, well established RF wireless technology. The Company has invented, patented and successfully developed this new system whose core element is the "Global SAW Tag". This new approach provides superior solutions for our target markets that include supply chain, asset management, health care, transportation security, food-chain safety, healthcare, military, and governmental applications. RFSAW's product family includes tags, readers, antennas, and applications software in a variety of configurations.

SAW-Based RFID (GST) with its long read range and other features is a prime candidate for meeting specific important performance requirements for item traceability in the food supply chain.