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David Armstrong
Director

The early part of David's career was spent at Quantel where he established the company's Military Electronics Division. Thereafter he was Technical Director of Kontron Instruments Ltd, part of a major international medical group. David joined BTG (the world leader in IP management) in 1990 and initially concentrated on developing BTG's position in nanotechnology, MEMS and semiconductors. In 1994 he was appointed Director of BTG's Electronics and Communications Division and in 1999 became Director of Strategy, Alliances and Marketing. In 2000 David led BTG's RFID new venture investments and in July 2002 he assumed responsibility for all of BTG's technology acquisition activities. In 2005 David left BTG to set up RFIP Ltd with Chris Turner. David has a degree in Electronics from University of Southampton and an MBA from Henley Management College. He is a Chartered Engineer and Physicist. darmstrong@rfip.eu

Chris Turner
Chief Technical Officer

Chris is an Incorporated Engineer registered with the UK Engineering Council. He holds an engineering diploma in Radio and Electronics engineering and has 30 years experience in radio communications and RFID product development and system engineering. Prior to his involvement with RFID as technical director of BiStar, Chris headed up Motorola's development organisation in South Africa. Since 1998, he has been an active participant in the development of the key RFID international standards and holds 8 US and 5 European patents in the field of RFID with another 14 pending in the USA and Europe. Chris who is chairman of Eurotag is a regular speaker at International conferences and events and is the technology columnist for the Eurotag organisation. He has published more than 30 papers in the field of Radio Communication and RFID technology.
cturner@rfip.eu

Ian Pattison
Director of Training

Ian is active in the development and implementation of RFID-based solutions. He has an MBA from Lancaster University. He has 25 years experience in business process improvement, systems engineering and programme management. His work in the automotive, consumer products, defence and pharmaceutical industry sectors includes: · Forecasting, replenishment and product management systems · Customer service and supply chain systems across Europe · High volume order processing systems supported by EDI · High volume warehouse automation systems · Improvement of inter-company supply chain processes · Supplier-driven efficient replenishment systems using Vendor Managed Inventory · Organisational change around channels to market and supply chain His publications include books on selecting distributions systems and a reference guide to EDI.
ipattison@rfip.eu

Sabine Griffiths

Sabine has an MA in languages from Munich University. She did a part of her degree at the University in Florence, Italy. She is fluent in German, English, Italian and French. Alongside her studies she worked for several years in the Sales Department of Cirrus Logic, a US semiconductor company with offices throughout Europe. After graduating she spent her early career performing various PR and administration roles at conferences and exhibitions with international companies, organizing meetings and interpreting. After relocating to the UK she worked for the Engineering and Sales Directors at Golden River Traffic a leading specialist company for highway data systems in the UK. Sabine is responsible for the RFID Shop and general administration.
sgriffiths@rfip.eu

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