It's exciting that these three worthy winners will be acknowledged at
RFID Journal LIVE!, but I think it will be a particular treat for attendees to hear about what these leaders have accomplished. I have no doubt many people in the audience will find these applications relevant, in some way, to their companies' operations. Even Dow's Sentricon application—a novel, niche application—might encourage others to think about RFID in new ways that benefit their business.
There were nearly 50 submissions, many of which were worthy of praise. Some came up a little short because they were pilots, or because they had not been live long enough to have proven benefits. But I thank all those who submitted and hope you will enter again next year.
I would also like to thank the five judges who joined me in evaluating all the submissions. They brought their experience in
RFID, their intelligence and their integrity to the voting, which makes these awards meaningful and the award program a success. The judges are:
• Stephen N. David, former CIO and chief business-to-business officer,
The Procter & Gamble Company
• Bill Hardgrave, director of the
RFID Research Center at the University of Arkansas
• Gordon S. Holder, retired vice admiral for the
U.S. Navy and a principal at
Booz Allen Hamilton
• Chris Hook, wireless and
sensor solutions practice lead at
Deloitte Consulting
• Fred Riggins, assistant professor at the
Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota
I hope you will join us at
RFID Journal LIVE! for the awards presentations—and for a conference program that will educate you about how and where RFID is delivering real business value today, and how to implement systems cost-effectively. Or just come walk the 86,000-square-foot exhibition hall and see the latest RFID solutions from the leading technology providers.
Mark Roberti is the founder and editor of RFID Journal.
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