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TOPIC: Radio frequency identification (RFID) technology is expected to gain popularity as big companies such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc. plan to use the technology in place of the bar code system for inventory control, according to an article by The Business Journals. RFID is a developing technology that has been around for almost 10 years. Experts believe large companies will benefit from RFID more than smaller companies because they have the money to invest in research and development. IDC, a technology market research firm, estimates spending on RFID will increase from $91.5 million in 2003 to $1.3 billion in 2008.

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Bryan Larkin, senior director of technology strategies for The Kodiak Group, creates and assesses strategic service offerings, , develops and manages third party relationships, and provides guidance for corporate direction. He leads consultative selling initiatives directly with client executives, and retains responsibility for architecting comprehensive technology-oriented business solutions directly for these clients. The work product includes tactical and strategic applications of business process integration/automation, and development of solutions for industries and their members. Before joining Kodiak, Larkin was responsible for all business-to-business integration and technical relationships with over 400 suppliers, and all delivery logistics for Value America Inc., the early leader in the 'dotcom', inventory-less retail sector. In his role as Director of E-Commerce, he started both the Electronic Commerce and Logistics divisions and maintained direct supervisory responsibility. He also managed the selection and integration, and migration from one to the other, of two separate EDI/EAI solutions with internal back-office systems including SAP, Siebel and proprietary systems. The second EAI solution was the subject of extensive article in, and award from, EAI Journal in 2000. He also provided Information Technology direction, and implementation support, at Comdial, MJ Systems, and Tymnet. 413-499-5232 [e-mail] PR Contact: Edward Bride 413-442-7718 [e-mail]

Scott Medford, vice president of global business development for Intermec Technologies Corp., is an integral member of the Intermec RFID team, with responsibility for Intermec's global alliances and business development functions. Intermec has teamed with many longtime Intermec alliance partners, from IBM to Microsoft to Oracle, in the emerging field of RFID. Medford joined Intermec in 2001 and previously served as its director of North American retail solutions, responsible for market development and sales management. Prior to joining Intermec, Medford served as vice president of business development at SyVox Corp., where he managed global strategic and product marketing, marketing communications and sales. Medford also held sales and management positions with Norand Corp. from 1991-1997, where he successfully grew sales revenues, participated on standards committees, and participated in product development. 425-356-1747 [e-mail]

David Wasielewski, senior ecommerce consultant for The Kodiak Group, is an experienced supply-chain management professional with expertise in procurement, distribution, production planning, forecasting and order fulfillment, in both domestic and international environments. He spent over 15 years working in logistics management for various CPG and healthcare organizations (H.J. Heinz, BumbleBee Seafoods, Safeskin Corp), where he led projects ranging from ERP implementations to supply-chain reengineering. Since then he has been a lead consultant in a variety of B2B eCommerce planning and implementation projects, He has been engaged in UCCnet implementation activities since time of UCCnet's inception in early 2000. He was contracted by UCCnet to lead scores of industry work group sessions to produce business and functional requirements documentation for the UCCnet program. He was the principal author of Best Practices documentation for the foundational service offering. Mr. Wasielewski continues to be actively involved with the UCCnet Guidelines Committee, Price Task Group, and Private Label Task Group, the Global Standards Management Process, and other standards development committees. With experience both in the standards committees and implementation, he has valuable perspectives on the realities of managing process and technology change for item data synchronization. He has managed numerous successful UCCnet implementations, for retailers, suppliers, and private label manufacturers, in an array of software environments. David Wasielewski's years in supply chain management, consulting, and standards body participation provides insights about the convergence of eCommerce processes and technologies for supply chain efficiencies. Specific areas of expertise include supply chain planning, UCCnet implementation, data synchronization, and GTIN consulting 413-499-5232 [e-mail] PR Contact: Edward Bride 413-442-7718 [e-mail]

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