Raj Bridgelall appointed VP-Engineering of AXCESS International Inc

Friday, 06 October 2006, 19:30 IST
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Bangalore: AXCESS International Inc. announced Raj Bridgelall as Vice President of Engineering. Providers of Dual-Active(TM) Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) solutions and Real Time Location Systems (RTLS), Bridgelall will utilize his vast experience and innovations in the barcode and passive RFID industries to expand the capabilities of AXCESS' high performance Dual-Active RFID technology platform. AXCESS specializes in "active" RFID, where power sources such as batteries are embedded into personnel cards, plus asset and vehicle tags providing corporations and government enhanced visibility, productivity, and security. The active RFID marketplace is expected to be the fastest growing RFID segment by 2010, comprising one-half of the expected $3 billion market according to the market forecast consensus. Fueling the growth in part are new technology options now becoming available which will enable the more flexible and reliable active RFID tags and readers to evolve to very low cost, small form factor devices. "Active RFID technology is the future for providing unlimited visibility of enterprise assets of all kinds with capabilities for automating management, security, sensing, and data storage," commented Bridgelall. "The technology will revolutionize the current world of wireless communication between people into the wireless communication between things." Prior to AXCESS, Bridgelall was Vice President of Research and Development at Alien Technology, responsible for advanced product development related to the company's future wireless systems, enterprise networking platforms, and architectural extensions to the electronic product code (EPC) standards. Bridgelall was also Chief Technologist for RFID at Symbol Technologies, where he held a series of positions in engineering and R&D over a 14-year period. Bridgelall has been holding over 54 patents, with more than 40 in process. He has published numerous papers and won numerous awards for his pioneering work in RF technology.
Source: IANS