Alien Technology Corporation Names George W. Everhart Chief Executive Officer.MORGAN HILL, Calif. -- Alien Technology Alien Technology is a manufacturer of RFID technology. The company is headquartered in Morgan Hill, California, with an RFID tag manufacturing facility in Fargo, North Dakota, the Alien RFID Solutions Center, in the Dayton, Ohio area, and sales offices in the US, Europe and Asia. Corporation today announced that the company's Board of Directors has appointed George W. Everhart to the position of Chief Executive Office and a member of the company's Board of Directors. Everhart brings to Alien([R]) over 25 years of executive leadership experience with specific expertise in leading high growth phases of industry leading technology companies including 3Com Corporation, Fujitsu Personal Computer Corporation, and Apple Computer. "George has tremendous depth and breadth of knowledge and experience across the many facets involved in leading the transition of a technology company from an early stage market leader to a high volume business," said Duane Zitzner, Interim Chairman, Alien Board of Directors. "His expertise in managing rapid stages of growth in both large and small companies, and building worldwide organizations, are key as Alien continues to address the rapidly growing markets for RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) A data collection technology that uses electronic tags for storing data. The tag, also known as an "electronic label," "transponder" or "code plate," is made up of an RFID chip attached to an antenna. ." "As an RFID technology and market pioneer, Alien has a great foundation from which to build a successful high volume business," said Everhart. "I am delighted at the opportunity to join the Alien team as we grow the company and continue to lead in the development and adoption of RFID." Everhart has held CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and sales and marketing executive positions with both small startup companies in emerging markets, and large multinational companies, experiencing a rapid pace of growth. Everhart recently held CEO positions with early stage startup companies, SealedMedia and Onesecure, where he led successful company funding and expansion. Previously, Everhart was Sr.VP, Worldwide Sales & Service for 3COM Corporation, managing worldwide sales and a 1,000 person service organization. Prior, Everhart was President & CEO, Fujitsu Personal Computer Corporation, where he led the company's market entry and rapid growth in the PC business. Everhart also held a series of executive leadership positions with Apple Computer during the company's fast growth years, 1987-1996, including VP US Sales, VP & GM PC Business Division, and VP Business & Government Sales. Everhart's early career included marketing, sales, and business management positions with The Braegen Corporation and Memorex Corporation. About Alien Technology([R]) Alien Technology provides UHF (Ultra High Frequency) The range of electromagnetic frequencies from 300 MHz to 3 GHz. In the U.S., analog television has used UHF channels 52 to 69 in the 700 MHz band. Radio Frequency Identification See RFID. (RFID) products and services to customers in retail, consumer goods consumer goods Any tangible commodity purchased by households to satisfy their wants and needs. Consumer goods may be durable or nondurable. Durable goods (e.g., autos, furniture, and appliances) have a significant life span, often defined as three years or more, and , manufacturing, defense, transportation and logistics, pharmaceuticals and other industries. Organizations use Alien's RFID products and services to improve the effectiveness, efficiency and security of their supply chains, logistics and asset tracking operations. Alien's products include RFID tags, RFID readers and related training and professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. . Alien's patented Fluidic flu·id·ic adj. 1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a fluid. 2. Relating to or controlled by fluidics. Self Assembly (FSA FSA Financial Services Authority FSA Food Standards Agency (UK) FSA Farm Service Agency (USDA) FSA Financial Services Agency (Japan) (TM)) technology and related proprietary manufacturing processes are designed to enable the manufacture of high volume, low cost RFID tags. Alien was founded in l994. The company's facilities include: its corporate headquarters in Morgan Hill, CA; an RFID tag manufacturing facility in Fargo, ND; the Alien RFID Solutions Center, in the Dayton, Ohio Dayton is a city in southwestern Ohio, United States. It is the county seat and largest city of Montgomery County. As of the 2005 census estimate, the population of Dayton was 158,873. area, and sales offices in the US, Europe and Asia. Alien is a member of EPCGlobal. More information about Alien is available at www.alientechnology.com. Alien, Alien Technology, the Alien logo, NanoBlock, and FSA, are trademarks or registered trademarks of Alien Technology Corporation in the United States and other countries. Copyright 2007 Alien Technology Corporation. All rights reserved. |
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