RAIN Alliance elects new board members

RAIN Alliance has elected five industry leaders to its board of directors, each serving two-year terms until March 2028, as the RFID standards body continues to expand its membership and influence across industries.

The newly elected members are Gwen Volpe of Fresenius Kabi, Jos Kunnen of Times-7 Research Limited, Le Liu of Qualcomm, Michael Fein of Zebra Technologies and Tristan Finet of Decathlon. They join four incumbent board members, Abby Wu of Xindeco IoT, James Goodland of NXP Semiconductors, Juho Partanen of Impinj and Pierre Muller of EM Microelectronic, who continue through March 2027.

'The strength of the RAIN Alliance comes from the deep collaboration among our membership, with world-leading companies across countless industries sharing the mission to create a smarter, more sustainable world using RAIN technology,' said Aileen Ryan, president and CEO of RAIN Alliance. 'This elected board brings together some of the world's preeminent solution providers, system integrators, chip manufacturers and end users.'

The new board members bring expertise spanning pharmaceutical RFID ecosystems, IoT standardization, retail traceability and printed antenna technology. Finet oversees one of the most advanced retail traceability systems in operation at Decathlon, tracking raw materials, components and finished products across the supply chain, while Fein holds ten patents in RFID and printed technology from his career at Zebra Technologies.

Ryan noted that RAIN RFID has become critical infrastructure across multiple industries, with RAIN-enabled smartphones entering the market, Digital Product Passport requirements advancing globally and enterprise deployments continuing to grow in scale.