Featured Speaker(s)

George Reynolds is a high technology executive that has been consulting with clients in the retail apparel, information technology, healthcare, automotive, and machinery industries implementing RFID, and helping start-up companies drive break-through technologies to positions of wireless, security and RFID industry leadership.

Prior to this role, George served as VP of global sales and marketing for Avery Dennison RFID Company, increasing target market share from less than 5% to over 35% in six quarters Revenues increased twenty-fold in two years from $300,000 to $6.5 million. Before joining Avery, George created and ran the RFID division for Tyco Fire & Security. His partnerships in this space have included Intel, Microsoft, Oracle, EDS, Sun Microsystems, and Motorola.

As Tyco's VP of electronic article surveillance, he conducted the successful global integration of Sensormatic's $600 million anti-shoplifting product line into ADT sales channels, increasing revenue 24% in his first two quarters in the role. He also served as the Tags SBU GM, where he grew revenue 15% to $139 million, with 2% better margin, even as other EAS sales shrunk 4%.

In engineering VP roles at Sensormatic, George initiated multiple design and business process re-engineering efforts in EAS, CCTV, and Access Control technologies. Quality improved by a factor of ten times as measured by factory defects, out-of-box failures, and warranty calls, new product releases tripled on an annual basis, and development cycle times were cut in half. Prior to this he held engineering roles at Motorola, Chrysler, and NCR.

George holds one US patent with two applications pending in antenna design and microelectronic assembly processes. He received his BS degree with honors from Clemson University. George and his wife Alison live in Clemson, and have a son and a daughter.

www.linkedin.com/in/reynoldsgeorge