Dr. Harry Ruda Lead Scientist.
Dr. Harry Ruda received the B.Sc. degree in materials physics with honors from Imperial College, London University, England, in 1979, and the Ph.D. degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, in 1982.





Steven Van Fleet, advisor
Steven Van Fleet had worked as a Program Director for the Silent Commerce/Smart Packaging Initiative at International Paper Company. From January 1999 to November 1999, he was Program Director for Process and Product Uniformity and from March 1996 to December 1998 he was the Director for Control Systems Development at International Paper in Cincinnati, Ohio. He is also presently on the Board of Overseers for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Auto ID Center.


Larry Blue, advisor
Mr. Larry Blue is presently Chief Executive Officer for Hi-G-Tek, an active RFID company specializing in sensors and seals for the transportation market. Prior to that, Mr. Blue was at Symbol Technologies as the Vice President and General Manager of the RFID Tag business unit. Under his leadership, RFID tag revenues more than doubled and Symbol was second in market share in the industry. Prior to the acquisition by Symbol, Mr. Blue was Vice President, Engineering for Matrics, Inc., a recognized leader in innovation in passive RFID systems. During this time, Larry was heavily involved in defining the EPC Gen 2 Passive UHF RFID standard and led the effort to define the solution for the Hong Kong International Airport - an early key customer win for Matrics. Prior to this position, Mr. Blue held a similar title at Zagros Networks, an early stage venture backed fables semiconductor company that developed a novel switch fabric chipset targeted for the telecommunications industry. Mr. Blue has over 25 years of industry experience in large and small companies, including IBM and Hughes, and his 20 years of technical management experience spans communications, semiconductors, networking and multimedia technologies. Larry holds an MSEE from Duke University, and lives in Maryland.