[May 20, 2004] Dicki Lulay Resigns as President of EPCglobal US Michael Meranda Named Successor LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. --(Business Wire)-- May 20, 2004 -- The Uniform Code Council, leaders in the development and implementation of standards-based, global supply chain solutions, announced today that Dicki Lulay has resigned as President of its subsidiary, EPCglobal US effective May 31, 2004 and has accepted a position in another organization. Michael Meranda currently serving as Vice President of Strategic Planning and Development of EPCglobal US was named as the successor. The Uniform Code Council, a not-for-profit organization, is the originator and administrator of the Universal Product Code or UPC, introduced thirty years ago utilizing barcodes on products flowing through the global supply chain. EPCglobal US is an affiliate of EPCglobal, Inc., a joint venture of the Uniform Code Council and EAN International. The organization is entrusted by industry to implement and expand the electronic product code (EPC) utilizing radio frequency identification (RFID) technology. Ms. Lulay joined EPCglobal US in April of 2003 and led the organization through its first year. Under her leadership, the organization established multi-industry action groups to provide input to the standards development process, forged an innovative intellectual property agreement with subscribers to ensure royalty free standards and directed the expansion of a growing subscriber community. Commenting on Ms. Lulay's tenure at the helm of EPCglobal US, Mike Di Yeso, President and Chief Operating Officer of the Uniform Code Council and acting President of EPCglobal, Inc. stated, "We appreciate Dicki's contributions to the mission of EPCglobal US. We now have an impressive list of early adopters implementing our standards and we have come a long way toward realizing the commercialization of this technology. We wish her continued success." Mike Meranda joined EPCglobal US in October of 2003 from RosettaNet, another subsidiary of the Uniform Code Council. He has been instrumental in expanding the EPC community across key industries where RFID and EPC technologies have significant near term benefits such as healthcare and high technology. He has introduced numerous programs that help prospective implementers relate this new technology to their unique needs and has been an important contributor to the expansion and growth of EPCglobal US. Regarding Mike Meranda, Di Yeso added, "We are fortunate to have an executive of Mike Meranda's quality to assume leadership of the many critical initiatives underway in EPCglobal. We are confident he will serve the subscriber community and the organization with vision and vigor as we face the challenges and opportunities of this exciting new world of EPC." About the Uniform Code Council The Uniform Code Council, Inc. (UCC) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the development and implementation of standards-based, global supply chain solutions. Under its auspices, the UCC operates three subsidiaries, UCCnet, RosettaNet, and EPCglobal US and it co-manages the global EAN-UCC System with EAN International. The UCC also manages the United Nations Standard Products and Services Code (UNSPSC(R)) for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The newly formed EPCglobal, Inc. is a joint venture of the Uniform Code Council and EAN International. UCC-based solutions, including business processes, XML standards, EDI transaction sets, and the bar code identification standards of the EAN-UCC System are currently used by more than one million member companies worldwide. For more information about the Uniform Code Council, please visit: www.uc-council.org. About EPCglobal EPCglobal US is an affiliate of EPCglobal, Inc. serving subscribers in the United States to help foster the adoption of the EPC Network and related technology. EPCglobal, Inc., a joint venture between EAN International and the Uniform Code Council (UCC), is a not-for-profit organization entrusted to drive the global, multi-industry adoption and implementation of the EPC Network(TM). EPCglobal leverages the nearly thirty-year heritage of EAN International and the UCC in successfully partnering with industry. The neutral, consensus-based, standards organization aims to make organizations more effective by enabling true visibility of information about items in the supply chain by developing and managing standards for the EPC Network. For more information on EPCglobal visit www.EPCglobalinc.org or www.EPCglobalUS.org Michael Meranda President, EPCglobal US Michael Meranda is the President of EPCglobal US. EPCglobal US is an affiliate of EPCglobal, Inc., an organization that serves subscribers in the United States and fosters the adoption of the Electronic Product Code and EPCglobal Network and related technology. Mr. Meranda brings more than 16 years of experience in strategic marketing and product development to EPCglobal US. In this position, Mr. Meranda will oversee and manage all aspects of the organization's commercialization strategy for the EPC, a breakthrough supply chain technology that was conceived and developed at the Auto-ID Center. These activities include global standards development, promoting multi-industry adoption of EPC technology, implementation support and industry education Prior to joining EPCglobal US in 2003 as the Vice President of Strategic Planning and Development, Mr. Meranda was employed by RosettaNet as Vice President, Industry Development. In this role, he led RosettaNet's Solution Provider Managing Board and the strategic and industry development for the non-profit consortium of more than 400 of the world's leading Information Technology (IT), Electronic Components (EC), Semiconductor Manufacturing (SM) and Solution Provider (SP) companies. Mr. Meranda obtained his Masters of Business Administration from the University of San Francisco and his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Purdue University. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]