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Alien Technology Corporation
Names George W. Everhart Chief Executive Officer
Morgan Hill, Calif.
January 9, 2007
Alien Technology Corporation today announced that
the company’s Board of Directors has appointed George W. Everhart
to the position of Chief Executive Office and a member of the company’s
Board of Directors. Everhart brings to Alien® over 25 years
of executive leadership experience with specific expertise in leading
high growth phases of industry leading technology companies including
3Com Corporation, Fujitsu Personal Computer Corporation, and Apple
Computer.
“George has tremendous depth and breadth of knowledge and
experience across the many facets involved in leading the transition
of a technology company from an early stage market leader to a high
volume business” said Duane Zitzner, Interim Chairman, Alien
Board of Directors. “His expertise in managing rapid stages
of growth in both large and small companies, and building worldwide
organizations, are key as Alien continues to address the rapidly
growing markets for RFID.”
“As an RFID technology and market pioneer, Alien has a great
foundation from which to build a successful high volume business,” said
Everhart. “I am delighted at the opportunity to join the Alien
team as we grow the company and continue to lead in the development
and adoption of RFID.”
Everhart has held CEO and sales and marketing
executive positions with both small startup companies in emerging
markets, and large
multinational companies, experiencing a rapid pace of growth.
Everhart recently held CEO positions with early stage startup companies,
SealedMedia and Onesecure, where he led successful company funding
and expansion. Previously, Everhart was Sr.VP, Worldwide Sales & Service
for 3COM Corporation, managing worldwide sales and a 1,000 person
service organization. Prior, Everhart was President & CEO, Fujitsu
Personal Computer Corporation, where he led the company’s
market entry and rapid growth in the PC business. Everhart also
held a series of executive leadership positions with Apple Computer
during the company’s fast growth years, 1987-1996, including
VP US Sales, VP & GM PC Business Division, and VP Business & Government
Sales. Everhart’s early career included marketing, sales,
and business management positions with The Braegen Corporation
and Memorex Corporation.
About Alien Technology®
Alien Technology
provides UHF Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) products and
services to customers
in retail, consumer goods, manufacturing,
defense, transportation and logistics, pharmaceuticals and other
industries. Organizations use Alien's RFID products and services
to improve the effectiveness, efficiency and security of their
supply chains, logistics and asset tracking operations. Alien's
products
include RFID tags, RFID readers and related training and professional
services. Alien's patented Fluidic Self Assembly (FSATM) technology
and related proprietary manufacturing processes are designed to
enable the manufacture of high volume, low cost RFID tags.
Alien was
founded in l994. The company's facilities include: its corporate
headquarters in Morgan Hill, CA; an RFID tag manufacturing
facility in Fargo, ND; the Alien RFID Solutions Center, in the
Dayton, Ohio area, and sales offices in the US, Europe and Asia.
Alien is
a member of EPCGlobal. More information about Alien is available
at www.alientechnology.com.
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