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San Jose, CA-based Alien Technology Appointed Steve Wang as Chief Technology Officer
Date of management change: October 15, 2015
San Jose, CA-based Alien Technology Appointed Steve Wang as Chief Technology Officer
Alien Technology Corporation engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of radio frequency identification (RFID) products. Its products include RFID ICs, tags and readers that operate in the UHF radio band for use in manufacturing lines, warehouses, distribution centers, and retail stores. In addition to RFID products, Alien offers professional and educational services to various industries, including retail, consumer goods, manufacturing, defense, transportation and logistics, and pharmaceuticals through label converters, value-added resellers, and system integrators in the United States and internationally. Alien Technology Corporation was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.
Steve Wang is Alien Technology’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO). In his role, Wang leads Alien’s engineering, operations and product management teams worldwide. Before joining Alien, Wang served as CTO and vice president of Global Research & Development for Checkpoint Systems (NYSE: CKP) where he led the development of RFID solutions for various cloud, retail and bank security applications. Along with holding more than 60 patents, Wang’s professional background includes working in executive engineering and R&D positions at New Wave Research, OpTun Inc. and Finisar (NASDAQ: FNSR). He also previously held technical and leadership positions at Hewlett Packard and Lasertron (Corning). Wang earned a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Technical University in Denmark as well as a Ph.D. in Semiconductor Physics and Devices and a Bachelor’s of Science in Physics from Jilin University in China.
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