OUR TEAM - RFID EXPERTS

Mr. Bendavid is a researcher at the ePoly Center of Expertise in Electronic Commerce and at the Canadian Research Chair in Technology Project Management. He is as well as a co-founder and academic director of Academia RFID. He teaches at various institutions including the École Polytechnique de Montréal, the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) and the Université de Sherbrooke and has been invited as a guest speaker for international conferences on technology management and innovation. Mr. Bendavid holds a Master’s Degree and a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering (Management of Technology) and is CompTIA RFID+ certified.

Mr. Boeck is the founder and leader of the first Canadian chapter of RFID Tribe, a judge for the International RFID Journal Awards as well as a founder and academic director of Academia RFID. As a conference speaker and subject matter expert, Mr. Boeck has traveled worldwide to various industry events to speak about RFID technology (from supply chain to consumer applications).
Mr. Boeck is a professor of marketing at the Université de Sherbrooke, where he is responsible for the master’s program in e-commerce, and is CompTIA RFID+ and SAP Sales and Distribution Certified. As an educator, he’s taught at the HEC Montréal, the École des Sciences de la Gestion (UQAM) and at the École Polytechnique de Montréal.

With over 25 years developing a wide array of different software systems, Michel has experience ranging from SAP customization for fortune 500 companies to developing gaming software. Currently Michel leads the development of Ship2Save’s award-winning RFID software, OMS, and has extensive expertise of BizTalk RFID, C#, ASP.NET, Silverlight.
Michel is the Director of Software Development and part of the Technical Expertise and Software Team (TESTeam®)for Academia RFID Centre of Excellence.

Having received his degree in Business Administration, Marketing and Management from the University of Montreal’s HEC, Mathieu has worked for Liaison Can/U.S. in transport logistics, as an Event Coordinator for the Société de la Sclérose Latérale Amyotrophique du Québec (ALS Foundation, non-profit organization), and as an RFID analyst at Ship2Save.
Mathieu D’Amours is the Director of Administration for Academia RFID Centre of Excellence in Montreal.

Dr. Fosso-Wamba is an invited professor at the School of Information Systems & Technology (SISAT) of the University of Wollongong in Australia, co-chair of the " RFID and Supply Chain Management" Track for the ICIS Conference and the “RFID Applications and Supply Chain Management: Modeling and Simulation of its Business Impacts” track for the Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), as well as a founder and academic director of Academia RFID in Montreal.
Dr. Fosso-Wamba holds Master’s Degrees in Mathematics from the Université de Sherbrooke and e-Commerce from HEC Montréal and a Ph. D. in Industrial Engineering Management of Technology from the École Polytechnique de Montréal and is CompTIA RFID+ certified. As an educator, he’s taught at the École de gestion de l’Université d’Ottawa, at the Université de Sherbrooke and at the École Polytechnique de Montréal.

Having received his degree in Industrial Relations from the University of Montreal, as well as in Computer Engineering and with more than 20 years of experience, André has worked as a high-ranking executive for world class manufacturing companies in the fields of metallurgy (Noranda), aerospace (Rolls-Royce), consumer product goods (Johnson & Johnson) and engineering (SNC Lavalin). As a member of management teams, André has advised and guided various organizations in the areas of operations management, performance management and human resources.
André is the President for ProAction Management Group.

Having completed his Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science Option Information Systems from Concordia University, Eddie has worked on numerous RFID software development projects. Eddie is a certified Sun Java programmer and has experience managing the full life cycle of an RFID project, including conducting site surveys, identifying customer needs, analyzing pain points, developing custom RFID solutions and deploying and configuring a variety of RFID hardware including Alien, Impinj, Awid, Motorola, Psion TekLogix, Sato, Zebra, Printronix, Paxar and Aeroscout.
Eddie is the Director of Integration Services and part of the Technical Expertise and Software Team (TESTeam®) for Academia RFID Centre of Excellence.

Having graduated from McGill University in Mechanical Engineering and from ESADE (in Spain) with an MBA, Jebb has held product and project engineering positions at Kraft and General Electric, and is the President for Dominmarc/iCubic which specialises in marking devices, barcode labels, bar coding equipment and signage.
Jebb is the director of the engineering team for Academia RFID Centre of Excellence.

Having completed his studies at Concordia University in Management, Marketing and Financial Management, Anthony has worked extensively as a consultant in International Logistics (Liaison Can/U.S.), an Event and Festival Coordinator (Capital Events), Administrator and Executive Director (GB Productions, non-profit organization), an Educator with both the Lester B. Pearson and the English Montreal School Boards, as well as in the training and recruitment of Canada Customs Officials nationwide for the CCRA.
Anthony is the Director of Business Development for Academia RFID Centre of Excellence in Montreal and the co-chair of the GS1 Healthcare Sub-Committee.

After graduating from Concordia University with a BA Honors in Political Science with a specialization in International Relations, Mark entered the Information Technology Direct Sales industry. For the next 10 years, Mark held sales leadership roles in start-up divisions for Insight Direct (Nasdaq: NSIT), MicroWarehouse, Best Buy’s B2B division (NYSE: BBY), and Hypertec Group.
Mark is Executive Director of Business Development for Jigsaw Intelligent Solutions and the RFID Solutions Specialist for the Academia RFID Centre of Excellence.

Having completed his Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science Option Information Systems from Concordia University, Amninder has over eight years of experience building end-to-end systems using RFID technology for a variety of markets. Amninder is a subject matter expert in RFID technology including: mapping software, GPS, BizTalk RFID, Software Development, ERP integration, Software prototyping, middleware development and RFID hardware. He has experience configuring, installing and integrating Alien, Impinj, Awid, Motorola, Psion TekLogix, Sato, Zebra, Printronix, Paxar, Aeroscout and other RFID hardware systems. Amninder leverages his technical expertise to address customer paints with the right solutions.
Amninder is the Technical Director for Academia RFID Centre of Excellence's Technical Expertise and Software Team (TESTeam®).

Pankaj holds an undergraduate degree in Computer Engineering and has recently completed his Masters of Engineering in Entrepreneurship and Innovation (MEEI) at McMaster University. He is the founder of the McMaster RFID Applications Lab. Over the last few years he has led multidisciplinary projects for RFID Applications in multiple verticals including healthcare, retail, transportation and manufacturing. In addition to two startups he has previously worked at Deloitte as a Consultant and at IBM as a Software Developer. Pankaj is an active participant in national and global standards organizations such as Standards Council of Canada (SCC), EPC Global and International Standards Organization (ISO) and is a Certification Instructor and Content Expert for Academia RFID.

Dr. Kenneth R. Traub is an independent consultant specializing in software architecture and EPC/RFID standards. Ken holds several leadership roles within EPCglobal, the international standards organization for RFID. Within EPCglobal, Ken serves on the Architecture Review Committee that oversees all technical specifications, as well as being an active contributor and/or co-chair of six technical working groups; in particular, Ken is the lead editor of the EPCglobal ALE, EPCIS, Core Business Vocabulary, and Tag Data Standard specifications. Ken Traub was a founder and CTO of ConnecTerra, an early pioneer in RFID software that was acquired by BEA Systems in 2005. Prior to founding ConnecTerra, Ken has been a founder and technical advisor to four other high technology startups in the Boston area. Ken received his B.S., M.S. and PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.