AIM Names Committee Chairs for 2016


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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |January 6, 2016  AIM, the leading industry association and global authority for innovation and technologies in barcode, RFID, RTLS, NFC, the Internet of Things and mobile computing, has announced new leadership for the association’s key committees in 2016.

George Wright, IV, Vice President – Consulting & Business Development at Product Identification & Processing Systems, Inc. (PIPS), headquartered in Port Chester, New York, will lead the Technical Symbology Committee (TSC), which is comprised of AIM members who are the world’s leading experts on Symbology design.  The committee actively works with companies around the world to ensure global technical specifications are available to the market. 

William Hoffman of the Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) in Southfield, Michigan, will assume the Chair position for AIM’s RFID Experts Group (REG).  The committee is responsible for addressing global standards and issues associated with radio frequency identification (RFID).  The REG is currently comprised of more than 40 organizations from the U.S., Europe and Asia.

Elizabeth Sinclair, Vertical Marketing Manager at Seagull Scientific, based in Bellevue, Washington, will chair the Track & Trace Committee (T&T).  The committee was created to develop, educate, promote and aid in the adoption of automatic identification strategies designed to support compliance of global regulations related to food industry product traceability.

Michael Liard, independent AIDC/AutoID industry analyst and consultant, has been selected to lead the Internet of Things Committee (IoT).  The committee, which helps to direct and influence one of the fastest growing areas of innovation in the AIDC industry, provides a forum to better understand and help shape IoT technologies that will bring better efficiency using automatic identification and mobility technology solutions.  

"AIM is so pleased to have such depth in the leadership of its committees,” said Mary Lou Bosco, AIM Chief Operating Officer.  "Each of these individuals brings not only industry experience and incredible knowledge, but also a passion and commitment to the growth and success of the AIDC industry globally.  We are fortunate to have each of them and know great strides will be made in 2016 during their terms.”


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