INSTRUCTORS

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.

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.

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.