How Wireless Mesh Networks are Enabling Sense and Respond Systems (Active RFID Summit 2007)

Norm Mottram is currently the VP of Business Development for Phase IV Engineering, Incorporated. With 20+ years experience in technology and business development, he is responsible for leveraging Phase IV's technology to enable asset tracking and monitoring, with a focus on next generation applications like Sense and Respond Systems.

 

In his early career, Norm trained as an engineer and worked in the defense contractor industry and for IBM. He moved into management and led the operations and development teams for two different companies in the medical device industry. As his career progressed, he joined the senior management of a test and processing equipment manufacturer initially in charge of technology and operations, then moving into business development. During this time Norm developed an interest in machine monitoring and machine-to-machine (M2M) communication. This interest in machine monitoring led Norm to co-found a start-up company focused on wireless mesh asset monitoring and tracking. This start-up designed and developed demonstration asset tracking and monitoring system for a Department of Defense contractor. In 2005, he joined Phase IV Engineering to continue this work and expand the scope of the technology.

 

Norm received his BSEE from the University of Glasgow (Scotland) and an MBA from the Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver.

Phase IV Engineering is a cutting-edge developer of Wireless Sensing and RF systems with unique and proprietary technology in the field of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and wireless sensing.

 

As a leading innovator and manufacturer of RF-enabled active and passive sensing and monitoring devices and systems, Phase IV has a broad suite of capabilities, from passive custom ASIC design, to Wireless Mesh Sensing Networks. Our current SensIC™ ASIC applications include monitoring pressure and temperature in aerospace tires, and animal temperature and ID.

 

Our exclusive Wireless Mesh Sensing Network, TANGO™, takes RFID to an exciting new level and provides the platform for asset monitoring and sense and respond system applications in highly demanding environments. These systems offer unique condition sensing capabilities to track and monitor high-value assets, capital equipment, perishable and dangerous goods in mobile and infrastructure-free environments.