May 17-19, 2022

Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas

Select Criteria: Tracks = Keynotes

Tuesday, May 17, 4:45 PM - 5:00 PM

  • Room: Islander G
Speaker(s)
Mark Roberti
Principal
RFID Strategies

Mark Roberti is a journalist with 25 years of experience covering business and technology. He launched RFID Journal from a spare bedroom in his home in March 2002. Today, it is the leading source of news and analysis about radio frequency identification and its many business applications. More than 200,000...

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  • Keynotes

Tuesday, May 17, 5:00 PM - 5:45 PM

  • Room: Islander G
Walmart first went live with RFID in January 2005, but its real journey began in 2003 with a series of pilots at distribution centers. Dr. Bill Hardgrave, the University of Memphis's president and the founder of the RFID Lab/Research Center—which became the world’s leading center for examining the business value... ...read more...
Speaker(s)
Dr.  Bill Hardgrave
President
University of Memphis

Dr. Bill Hardgrave currently serves as President of the University of Memphis. He previously worked at Auburn University, serving as Senior Vice President / Provost and as Dean of the Harbert College of Business. In 2005, Hardgrave founded the RFID Lab/Research Center which became the world’s leading center for...

Matt Alexander
Senior Director II Operations Acceleration & Support
Walmart

Matt’s Walmart career began in 2001 and held several roles; Store Operations, Supply Chain, and Central Operations-where in 2018 was recognized as a top 50 inventor for Walmart with 6 US Patents and several pending approvals. Recently Matt lead Product work that drove item location and simplification of modulars....

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Tuesday, May 17, 5:45 PM - 6:30 PM

  • Room: Islander G
To commemorate the 20th year of RFID Journal LIVE, RFID Journal has invited a panel of past speakers from across a variety of industries to discuss how the technology has evolved throughout the years, how they view radio frequency identification and the Internet of Things today, and how their forward-thinking... ...read more...
Speaker(s)
Chad Simpson
Senior Vice President, Technology
City Furniture

Chad Simpson is Senior Vice President of Technology, headquartered in Tamarac, FL. As SVP of Technology, Mr. Simpson lead’s the Enterprise Technology “CITY Tech” department with responsibilities for Infrastructure, Support, Security, Software Engineering/Development, Data & Analytics, Enterprise Architecture, Modernization & Transformation efforts. Mr. Simpson started in the Technology industry...

Deirdre Schmidt
Operations Excellence Leader
BAE Systems

Dee is the Operational Excellence Leader working within the Electronic Systems. She has over 35 years of experience in Operations Leadership with concentrations in Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Project Management, Sales, Operations Planning, and lean process. At BAE Dee is the Program Manager for ES RFID initiatives, Leader & SME for...

Johan Stenstrom
Supply Chain Developer
Stadium

Johan joined Scandinavia’s leading sports retailer Stadium in 1995 and has worked the last 15 years as a supply chain developer. He likes to combine his interest in technology and innovation with his passion for optimizing lean supply chains. Johan was the Project leader for Stadium’s RFID investment, and is...

Mark Roberti
Principal
RFID Strategies

Mark Roberti is a journalist with 25 years of experience covering business and technology. He launched RFID Journal from a spare bedroom in his home in March 2002. Today, it is the leading source of news and analysis about radio frequency identification and its many business applications. More than 200,000...

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  • Keynotes

Tuesday, May 17, 6:30 PM - 8:15 PM

  • Room: South Pacific Ballroom
Join your colleagues for an informal gathering with drinks and hors d'oeuvres in the RFID Journal LIVE! exhibit hall. You will have the chance to learn about exciting technology solutions for your organization from leading vendors and industry experts....
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  • Keynotes
  • RFID /IoT in Warehouse and Inventory Management

Wednesday, May 18, 8:45 AM - 9:00 AM

  • Room: Islander G
Speaker(s)
Mark Roberti
Principal
RFID Strategies

Mark Roberti is a journalist with 25 years of experience covering business and technology. He launched RFID Journal from a spare bedroom in his home in March 2002. Today, it is the leading source of news and analysis about radio frequency identification and its many business applications. More than 200,000...

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  • Keynotes

Wednesday, May 18, 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM

  • Room: Islander G
Getting the right products to the right place at the right time is critical to the orthopedic loaner set replenishment process at Johnson & Johnson Supply Chain (JJSC).  Orthopedic products are delivered to customers in loaner sets for each individual surgery. A set contains hundreds of products because surgeons don’t know... ...read more...
Speaker(s)
Aleasha Burnell
Director of Quality Systems Applications
Johnson & Johnson Supply Chain (JJSC)

Aleasha Burnell is an engineering leader with broad multidisciplinary experiences in Quality, Operations, Distribution and R&D. Currently she serves as the Director of Quality Systems Applications for J&J Supply Chain. ...

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Wednesday, May 18, 9:45 AM - 10:30 AM

  • Room: Islander G
The digitization of retail is well underway, and RFID has played a key role in optimizing inventory, enabling omnichannel processes and improving the customer experience. One lesser-known benefit is that the technology improves shrink visibility. This is critical at a time when retailers are confronting rising theft and brand insecurity.... ...read more...
Speaker(s)
Joe Coll
VP, Asset Protection Operations & Strategy
Macy's

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Mark Roberti
Principal
RFID Strategies

Mark Roberti is a journalist with 25 years of experience covering business and technology. He launched RFID Journal from a spare bedroom in his home in March 2002. Today, it is the leading source of news and analysis about radio frequency identification and its many business applications. More than 200,000...

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  • Keynotes

Wednesday, May 18, 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM

  • Room: Islander G
BAE Systems, an international defense, aerospace, and security company, has developed a warehouse management system capable of providing real time storage space utilization metrics for the warehouse management team.  The project increases RFID functionality in factories, labs, stockrooms, and warehouse, as well as expanding RFID capabilities to include tracking of... ...read more...
Speaker(s)
Brandon Carroll
Operations Specialist
BAE Systems

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Daniel Fitzgerald
Principal Project Engineer
BAE Systems

Daniel “DJ” Fitzgerald is an Operations Specialist at BAE Systems, Inc. He started his career at BAE in November of 2021. DJ has been involved in the Operations field for six years. He has a Master’s in Business Administration and is veteran of the United States Marine Corps. ...

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Wednesday, May 18, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

  • Room: South Pacific Ballroom
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Thursday, May 19, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

  • Room: South Pacific Ballroom
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  • Keynotes