It is an honor and a pleasure to announce that I have joined GS1 as the Chief Technology Officer and President of Standards Development. I’ll be based near beautiful and intersting Princeton, New Jersey, and traveling frequently (as usual).
You may not recognize the name, but you will definitely recognize GS1′s products. GS1 is the international, neutral, non-profit organization that develops and manages the world’s barcodes (40 years old in 2013), RFID tag technology (e.g. electronic tags for vehicles, shipping containers, consumer goods, even running race chips) and other standards for the unambiguous identification of things (entities, assets, products, services) and sharing of data. All of this is critical for business, health, safety, sustainability and other life-critical activities around the world. Here is what I’ll be doing …