Ygal Bendavid is the director of the IoT Lab and a professor in the Analytics, Operations & IT (AOTI)/School of Management (ESG) at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM). Dr. Bendavid is a founder of RFID Academia. He holds M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in industrial engineering from the École Polytechnique de Montréal. As a specialist in RFID for supply chain management, he is a frequent presenter at RFID Journal LIVE! conferences.