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Published on: 7/14/2004
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The 2005 Richard R. Dilling award was presented at the AIM annual meeting to Tom Brady, vice president, AIDC of the Uniform Code Council (GS1-US).
The Richard R. Dilling Award is the AIDC industry's highest award.It is presented annually to an individual for outstanding career-long contributions to the advancement of AIDC technologies in different industries.
Brady possesses nearly 40 years of experience in the field of automatic identification data capture and is one of the industry's most respected technology experts.Mr. Brady's career in the AIDC area began at NCR Corporation in 1961, where he was involved in the development of the first scanners that would launch a broad scale AIDC technical revolution.His expertise was used in the design, development and marketing of transaction processing systems for retail and industrial applications.In his thirty-year career at NCR, he held a series of senior level executive positions that utilized his extensive R&D and product management experience.
Mr. Brady joined the Uniform Code Council in 1991 and his in-depth AIDC experience has been instrumental in the UCC's development of the next generation of supply chain applications for AIDC technology.He played a key role in the migration of UCC technical specifications to ISO/IEC SC31, the development of the General EAN.UCC Specifications, development of RSS and Composite Symbologies, EAN.UCC symbol conformance methodology adoption and implementation, and the development of digital bar code printing specifications and guidelines.Currently, he leads UCC's collaborative initiative with the Joint Industry Coupon Committee to reengineer the USA coupon system and is involved in ongoing EPCglobal development activities.Mr. Brady provides vision and direction for AIDC technology issues for point-of-sale, logistics, location, and asset identification for a diverse range of industries.
Over his career, Mr. Brady has served on numerous national and international technology committees to ensure that the interests of EAN.UCC users are kept at the forefront of technical delivery.Currently, Mr. Brady serves as Global Symbology Committee Chair and EAN.UCC's Technical Steering Team member.
Mr. Brady earned a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering from the University of Toledo.