PRESS RELEASES
Alien Technology® Announces Changes to Executive and Board Leadership
September 14, 2006, Morgan Hill, CA — Alien Technology Corporation today announced that Dr. Stav Prodromou is stepping down as the company’s CEO to assume a new position in the company as Executive Advisor, Business Development and Government Affairs. The Alien Board of Directors has appointed Robert Eulau, Executive VP, CFO, to the role of Acting CEO, and will be conducting a search for the Alien CEO position. The Board of Directors has also elected Duane Zitzner to the position of Interim Chairman of the Board. Zitzner, a retired corporate officer of the Hewlett-Packard Company, joined the Alien Board in March 2006 as a Director.
“On behalf of the Board of Directors, I want to thank Stav for his considerable contributions over the last four years in building Alien to an industry leadership position in RFID,” said Duane Zitzner, Interim Chairman of the Board, Alien Technology Corporation. “Alien is well positioned for its next phase of development as a company in a market with exciting potential.”
About Alien Technology
Alien Technology provides UHF Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) products and services to customers in retail, consumer goods, manufacturing, defense, transportation and logistics, pharmaceuticals and other industries. Organizations use Alien's RFID products and services to improve the effectiveness, efficiency and security of their supply chains, logistics and asset tracking operations. Alien's products include RFID tags, RFID readers and related training and professional services. Alien's patented Fluidic Self Assembly (FSA) technology and related proprietary manufacturing processes are designed to enable the manufacture of high volume, low cost RFID tags.
Alien was founded in 1994. The company's facilities include: its corporate headquarters in Morgan Hill, CA; an RFID tag manufacturing facility in Fargo, ND; the Alien RFID Solutions Center, in the Dayton, Ohio area, and sales offices in the US, Europe and Asia. Alien is a member of EPCglobal. More information about Alien is available at www.alientechnology.com.
Alien, Alien Technology, the Alien logo, Squiggle and FSA, are trademarks or registered trademarks of Alien Technology Corporation in the United States and other countries. Copyright 2007 Alien Technology Corporation. All rights reserved.
