People to know

By Staff -- Modern Materials Handling, 4/1/2006

People to know

APICS, the Association for Operations Management, has announced its 2006 board of directors. The posts include Nicholas M. Testa, president; Joseph F. Shadlawski, president-elect; Robert J. Vokurka, secretary/treasurer; Janet Steiner Soukup, vice president, customers; Ronald K. Althaus, vice president, chapter development; and Mary Moravec, vice president, education… Apriso Corporation has appointed three software industry veterans to new positions: Mark Gonia has been hired as vice president of field operations, Americas; Yves Vergnolle has been promoted to vice president and managing director of EMEA operations; Chris Chung has been named vice president of field operations for the Asia-Pacific region… Baracoda has hired Bill Duncan to lead North American channel sales… RUAN has added David Pocock as vice president, national sales.

Alien Technology announces a partnership with Hewlett Packard to deliver Alien Gen2 RFID readers and tags globally to HP Services customers… Roex Inc. and Pro-X Pharmaceuticals has engaged ODIN Technologies to deploy RFID to enable greater supply chain efficiency and quality control in its manufacturing processes… Active RFID Systems, Inc. and Broadcom, Inc. are collaborating in the development and sales of a WiFi-enabled RFID tag that will be used to track assets directly in a WiFi Network Enterprise System… Anderson Power Products announces the franchise of Systems Material Handling as Master Distributor serving the material handling and motive power markets.