4th Annual Conference & Exhibition • Oct. 2-4, 2007 . Donald E. Stephens Convention Center . Chicago, IL    

Speakers

EPC Connection 2007 will attract the highest quality speakers, including end-users with hands-on experience and an array of EPC experts. Please scroll down to view all the speakers, or click on the links below to view speakers in individual conference tracks and pre-conference seminars. Speaker bios and photos, where available, can be viewed by clicking on an individual's name.

SpeakerCompanySession
Adcock, Chris
President
EPCglobal Inc

October 3, 2007 - 9:30 am

October 4, 2007 - 8:30 am


Allard, James
Co,Founder, President, CEO, Director
Blue C Sushi

October 3, 2007 - 11:50 am

October 2, 2007 - 5:45 pm


Bacheldor, Beth
Senior Editor
RFID Journal

October 4, 2007 - 12:20 pm
Distribution/Logistics


Bone, Ron
Senior VP, Distribution Support
McKesson

October 3, 2007 - 11:00 am
Supply Chain/Inventory Management

October 2, 2007 - 9:45 am
RFID Academic Convocation


Brown, Brian
Senior Manager, Logistics & Analytics
Cephalon

October 4, 2007 - 12:20 pm
Manufacturing


Bullen, George
Principal Engineer, Western Region.
Northrup Grumman

October 3, 2007 - 3:00 pm
Supply Chain/Inventory Management

October 4, 2007 - 11:30 am
Manufacturing


Burke, Myron
Strategy Manager, Store Innovations & Operations
Wal-Mart Stores

October 3, 2007 - 8:15 am


Burmester, Mike
Department of Computer Science
Florida State University

October 2, 2007 - 3:15 pm
RFID Academic Convocation


Burns, Pat
VP, Marketing & Licensing
Savi Technology, Inc.

October 4, 2007 - 12:20 pm
Distribution/Logistics


Celeste, Bob
Director, Action Groups
EPCglobal North America

October 4, 2007 - 2:30 pm
Supply Chain/Inventory Management


Chanez, Patrick
Supervisor of Product Tracking and Security Development
Phillip Morris Int'l
Phillip Morris Int'l

October 2, 2007 - 11:00 am
RFID Academic Convocation


Chang, Paul
Worldwide Manager for Sensor and Actuators Strategy Development
IBM

October 3, 2007 - 11:50 am


Chenneveau, Didier
VP, General Manager of Americas Operations
Hewlett-Packard Company

October 4, 2007 - 8:45 am


Clancy, Gary
Managing Director
Container Technology

October 3, 2007 - 3:00 pm
Manufacturing


Cooper, Gregory
VP, Sales Operations
Dean Foods

October 4, 2007 - 11:30 am
Supply Chain/Inventory Management


Cougher, Bradley
Senior Consultant, Office of the Undersecretary
DOD

October 4, 2007 - 8:45 am


Deavours, Daniel
Director of Research
RFID Alliance Lab

October 3, 2007 - 3:00 pm
Manufacturing


Dogra, Yashpaul
VP, Marketing & Strategy
Insync Software Inc.

October 4, 2007 - 12:20 pm
Distribution/Logistics


Doherty, Lee
Vice President Customer Business & Customer Executive
Rolls Royce

October 3, 2007 - 3:50 pm
Supply Chain/Inventory Management


Everhart, George
CEO
Alien Technology

October 3, 2007 - 9:00 am


Farley, B. Dwain
CEO
Domino Integrated Solutions Group

October 2, 2007 - 4:15 pm
RFID in Packaging


Fields, Carla
IT Team Leader
Kimberly-Clark

October 3, 2007 - 3:00 pm
IT/Infrastructure


Floerkemeier, Dr. Christian
Co-Founder, Accada Project
Auto-ID Labs at MIT

October 3, 2007 - 3:50 pm
IT/Infrastructure


Fradet, Erwan
Supervisor of Product Tracking and Security Development
Phillip Morris Int'l
Phillip Morris Int'l

October 2, 2007 - 11:00 am
RFID Academic Convocation


Freeman, Paul
Director, EPC/RFID Program
Best Buy

October 3, 2007 - 8:15 am


Frew, Dean
President & CEO
Xterprise

October 3, 2007 - 11:50 am


Georgeovitch, Steve
Supply Chain Manager
Boeing

October 3, 2007 - 3:00 pm
Supply Chain/Inventory Management


Gliemann, Andy
Director North America Logistics
Technicolor

October 4, 2007 - 11:30 am
Distribution/Logistics

October 3, 2007 - 8:15 am


Goyal, Kirit
Senior Principal Consultant
GenPact, Inc.
GenPact, Inc.

October 2, 2007 - 3:15 pm
RFID Academic Convocation


Hand, Leslie
Director, Global RFID Strategy
Ahold

October 3, 2007 - 11:00 am
Supply Chain/Inventory Management


Haram, Khaled
Senior VP, CIO
Handleman Company

October 3, 2007 - 8:15 am


Hardgrave, Bill
Director, RFID Research Center
University of Arkansas

October 2, 2007 - 9:45 am
RFID Academic Convocation


Hardy, Steve
RFID Capabilities Manager
Intel

October 3, 2007 - 11:50 am


Hawrylak, Peter J.
RFID Center of Excellence
University of Pittsburgh

October 2, 2007 - 3:15 pm
RFID Academic Convocation


Herold, Virginia
Executive Officer
California Board of Pharmacy

October 4, 2007 - 2:30 pm
Supply Chain/Inventory Management


Hogan, Bernie
Senior VP & CTO
GS1 US

October 2, 2007 - 11:00 am
RFID Academic Convocation


Hollis, Tony
Director, Innovation & Technology Management
Exel

October 4, 2007 - 2:30 pm
Distribution/Logistics


Hutchinson, Sue
Director of Product Management
EPCglobal North America

October 2, 2007 - 1:15 pm
EPC Essentials


Kallop, Rick
RFID Business Development Manager
Lexmark

October 2, 2007 - 1:15 pm
RFID in Packaging


Kandris, Tom
CEO
American River-Package One

October 2, 2007 - 3:15 pm
RFID in Packaging


Keogh, John
Director, RFID & Supply Chain Solutions
Hewlett-Packard Company

October 3, 2007 - 11:50 am


Khandelwal, Vivek
Director of Marketing
Pufco, Inc.
Pufco, Inc.

October 2, 2007 - 3:15 pm
RFID Academic Convocation


Killingsworth, Ph.D., William
Executive Director, Forum for Supply Chain Innovation
Auto-ID Labs at MIT

October 2, 2007 - 3:15 pm
RFID Academic Convocation


Klabjan, Diego
Ph.D., Associate Professor
Northwestern University
Northwestern University

October 2, 2007 - 1:30 pm
RFID Academic Convocation


Kumar, Anush
Senior Product Manager
Microsoft

October 3, 2007 - 11:50 am


Langford, Simon
Manager, Global RFID Strategy Planning
Wal-Mart Stores

October 2, 2007 - 9:45 am
RFID Academic Convocation


Lanza, Frank
Worldwide Director
Hewlett-Packard Company

October 2, 2007 - 5:45 pm


Laufenberg, Monica
Senior Director, CIO
Maersk Logistics

October 4, 2007 - 9:30 am


Liard, Michael
Research Director, RFID & Contactless
ABI Research

October 3, 2007 - 11:00 am
Supply Chain/Inventory Management


Lipton, Michael
Director RFID Solution Management for the HLS Industry
SAP

October 2, 2007 - 12:00 pm
RFID Academic Convocation


Lloyd, Chip
COO
GS1 US

October 3, 2007 - 9:30 am

October 2, 2007 - 5:30 pm

October 3, 2007 - 8:00 am


Mason, Greg
General Manager
Jungheinrich Lift Truck Corp.

October 3, 2007 - 11:00 am
Distribution/Logistics


Matthews, Edwin
Director Information Technology, Americas
Wilson Sporting Goods

October 4, 2007 - 11:30 am
IT/Infrastructure


Miles, Stephen
Research Scientist
Auto-ID Labs at MIT

October 2, 2007 - 9:30 am
RFID Academic Convocation


Moran, Mark
IT Project Manager
Deere & Company

October 4, 2007 - 2:30 pm
Manufacturing


Motta, Rossana
Department of Computer Science
Florida State University

October 2, 2007 - 3:15 pm
RFID Academic Convocation


Nakra, Jahangir
RFID Lead
Procter & Gamble

October 3, 2007 - 11:00 am
Manufacturing


Nathanson, Andrew
Practice Director, AIDC/RFID Technologies & Retail Automation
Venture Development Corp.

October 4, 2007 - 11:30 am
Supply Chain/Inventory Management


Nielsen, Jim
Manager, IS Infrastructure Planning
Shaw Industries

October 3, 2007 - 3:50 pm
Distribution/Logistics


Nurse, Judi
Supervising Inspector
California Board of Pharmacy

October 4, 2007 - 2:30 pm
Supply Chain/Inventory Management


O'Connor, Mary Catherine
Senior Editor
RFID Journal

October 4, 2007 - 2:30 pm
IT/Infrastructure


Paine, Richard
Wireless Application Group
Boeing

October 2, 2007 - 3:15 pm
RFID Academic Convocation


Pei, Paul

Northwestern University
Northwestern University

October 2, 2007 - 1:30 pm
RFID Academic Convocation


Pelle, KC
Executive VP
Megatrux

October 3, 2007 - 3:00 pm
Distribution/Logistics


Porad, Kenneth
Associate Technical Fellow
Boeing

October 4, 2007 - 8:45 am


Rardin, Ron
Director, Center for Innovation in Healthcare Logistics
University of Arkansas

October 2, 2007 - 1:30 pm
RFID Academic Convocation


Reed, Mike
GM
Intel

October 2, 2007 - 5:45 pm


Rizzi, Antonio
Director, RFID Lab
University of Parma

October 2, 2007 - 1:30 pm
RFID Academic Convocation


Roberti, Mark
Founder and Editor
RFID Journal

October 4, 2007 - 8:30 am

October 3, 2007 - 9:30 am

October 3, 2007 - 8:15 am

October 2, 2007 - 5:30 pm

October 3, 2007 - 8:00 am

October 4, 2007 - 8:45 am

October 2, 2007 - 9:30 am
RFID Academic Convocation

October 3, 2007 - 3:00 pm
Supply Chain/Inventory Management

October 2, 2007 - 5:45 pm


Rose, Mike
VP, RFID/EPCglobal Value Chain
Johnson & Johnson

October 2, 2007 - 9:45 am
RFID Academic Convocation


Rush, Toby
President
Rush Tracking Systems

October 3, 2007 - 3:50 pm
Manufacturing


Sarpakaya, Gokhan
Logistics Department
Siemens

October 2, 2007 - 3:15 pm
RFID Academic Convocation


Sawhney, Puneet
Global Program Manager
CHEP

October 3, 2007 - 11:50 am


Schulte, Brian
Director of Data & Information Management
Altria Corporate Services Inc.
Altria Corporate Services Inc.

October 2, 2007 - 11:00 am
RFID Academic Convocation


Seaner, John
VP, Industry Development
EPCglobal North America

October 3, 2007 - 9:30 am


Sertl, Elizabeth
Manager, E-Business Solutions
Anheuser-Busch

October 4, 2007 - 11:30 am
Supply Chain/Inventory Management


Smeck, Alisann
Director of Knowledge Management & Adoption Tools
EPCglobal North America

October 2, 2007 - 2:00 pm
EPC Essentials


Smith, Art
President & CEO
EPCglobal Canada

October 3, 2007 - 9:30 am


Soberano, Norman
Supply Chain Consultant, Global Engineering
Coca Cola Company

October 3, 2007 - 11:00 am
Manufacturing


Sommer, Thomas J.
DG Information Society and Media Microsystems
European Commission
European Commission

October 2, 2007 - 11:00 am
RFID Academic Convocation


Southall, Michele
Director of Community Development
EPCglobal North America

October 3, 2007 - 11:00 am
Manufacturing


Staver, Peggy
Director, Product Trade Integrity
Pfizer Pharmaceuticals
Pfizer Pharmaceuticals

October 3, 2007 - 11:00 am
Supply Chain/Inventory Management


Terwilliger, John
VP, Market Development
GS1 US

October 2, 2007 - 1:15 pm
EPC Essentials


Therrien, Phil
RFID Implementation Manager
Kimberly-Clark

October 3, 2007 - 3:00 pm
IT/Infrastructure

October 4, 2007 - 12:20 pm
Supply Chain/Inventory Management


Thibault, Robert
Director of External Affairs
GS1 US

October 2, 2007 - 3:15 pm
EPC Essentials


Traub, Ken
Consultant, Standards Strategy
EPCglobal Inc

October 4, 2007 - 12:20 pm
IT/Infrastructure


Turner, Kevin
COO
Microsoft

October 2, 2007 - 5:45 pm


Ufford, Robert
VP Business Develoment, US
IPICO

October 2, 2007 - 2:00 pm
RFID in Packaging


Ulrich, Richard
Solutions Architect
Wal-Mart Stores

October 3, 2007 - 11:00 am
Manufacturing


Vega, Victor
Director, Technical Marketing
Alien Technology

October 3, 2007 - 11:50 am


Walton, Carolyn
VP of Information Technology
Wal-Mart Stores

October 4, 2007 - 8:45 am


Whitney, Gay
Standards Director
EPCglobal Inc

October 3, 2007 - 11:00 am
IT/Infrastructure

October 2, 2007 - 4:15 pm
EPC Essentials


Williams, Ph.D., John R.
Associate Professor; Director
Auto-ID Labs at MIT

October 2, 2007 - 12:00 pm
RFID Academic Convocation

October 2, 2007 - 3:15 pm
RFID Academic Convocation


Winkler, Steve
Industry Standards Architect
SAP

October 2, 2007 - 1:30 pm
RFID Academic Convocation


Zenk, Heather
Director, integrated Solutions
Amerisource Bergen Corp

October 3, 2007 - 11:00 am
Supply Chain/Inventory Management


Zuwala, David
Senior Analyst, Manufacturing Systems IT
Dow Corning

October 3, 2007 - 11:00 am
Manufacturing




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