Last deal

$35M

Amount

Private Equity

Stage

09.10.2014

Date

3

all rounds

$454.87M

Total amount

date founded

Financing round

General

About Company
Alien Technology manufactures high-volume RFID tags for Fluidic Self Assembly manufacturing.

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founded date

01.01.1994

Number of employees

Company Type

For Profit

Last funding type

Private Equity

IPO status

Private

Description

The company's RFID tags are used in a variety of industries, including supply chain management, logistics operations, and anti-counterfeiting to improve inventory management and reduce operating costs. In addition to RFID products, Alien also offers professional and educational services to various industries through label converters, value-added resellers, and system integrators. The company's 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. Alien Technology Corporation is an active member of EPC Global and was founded in 1994, headquartered in San Jose, California.
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John Stephen Smith
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John Stephen Smith

Dr. Stephen Smith founded Alien Technology in December 1994 and served as the company’s CEO until early 1997. He served as a director and consultant to the company through 2004 and recently returned to his position as chief technology officer. As CTO, Dr. Smith leads Alien’s advanced engineering and R&D efforts.Dr. Smith is a professor of electrical engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, currently on leave. He also invented the Q protocol and was the primary driver of many other technical innovations that rest at the core of EPC Global’s Generation 2 UHF specification. He received his PhD, MS and BS degrees all in Applied Physics from the California Institute of Technology.

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Employee Profiles
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Andrea Alexander

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Terrel Pruett

Vice president, marketing and global reader products

Mike Hetrick

Vice president global sales and general manager tags and ic

Steve Wang

Steve Wang

Chief Technology Officer

Tj Crawforth

Field application engineer

Norman Nguyen

System administrator

Carol Meyers

Director of human resources and facilities

Stephen Crocker

Director, sales and channels emea and india

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