Patrick J. Sweeney II

Patrick is ODIN's founder and provides strategic leadership and management. He is a proven entrepreneur and technology visionary. He is the author of two industry-leading books - RFID for Dummies and the CompTIA RFID+ Study Guide and is well-recognized as the RFID industry thought leader. His combination of technical expertise and go-to-market success have enabled him to constantly be ahead of the market. He holds several RFID patents. He has been interviewed in CIO Magazine, The Washington Post, Fortune Magazine and ABC News, among others. He is a talented spokesman and frequent speaker at industry conferences and seminars. His combination of technical and business background help him form the strategy to lead the direction of the RFID industry; his involvement in many governing bodies and standards committees effectively transfers those ideas into policy. In the late 90’s he founded ServerVault, a secure managed hosting company, and led the company as CEO, through fourteen quarters of consecutive sales growth. At ServerVault, he recruited world-class talent, developed novel technologies and earned loyal customer relationships. He successfully sold ServerVault in 2001, the company was sold again in 2009 for a 5x return to its investors.

Patrick graduated from the Darden Graduate School of Business at the University of Virginia, where he sat on the Alumni Board for five years. He received his Bachelor of Science from the University of New Hampshire. He is the only North American member of Trinity College, Dublin’s Advisory Board. He is also on the board of Peace Players International, helping use sports to bring children in areas of conflict together. His past unique past experiences from building data centers to firearms instruction (CQB/CQC) have helped shape some of the unique solutions ODIN deploys today like asset tracking and weapons tracking (DoD clearances required). Patrick is a champion rower, having won the Royal Canadian Henley Regatta, the Norwegian World Cup and numerous World Cup and international events. He finished second in the 1996 Olympic trials in the single scull. He is also an instrument-rated airplane pilot who flies his own Beechraft regularly. Patrick believes in building companies based on innovation, integrity and a focus on client satisfaction. He is a member of Young President's Organization (YPO) and sits on the membership committee in his chapter. He and wife Christen live in northern Virginia and have three children.

Ronan Wisdom

Ronan Wisdom leads ODIN’s operations and solution delivery. He originally joined ODIN in our Dublin office where he was responsible for the company’s European operations for 18 months before relocating to ODIN's headquarters in Ashburn, VA. Ronan joined ODIN with over twenty years experience in software product development, having led projects for large multinational organizations and government agencies from identification of customer’s needs through design, development and delivery of innovative quality-driven software. He is focused on building great places to work, generating shareholder value and exceeding customers’ expectations through excellence. Ronan spent much of his years in software development pioneering the presentation of unstructured data into meaningful intelligence. His focus has been on building interfaces that are intuitive, encompassing and value-driven. The challenge of presenting vast volumes of data in short actionable mediums is where his companies have differentiated themselves. Prior to joining ODIN Ronan served as Chief Executive Officer for Nathean Technologies, a leading developer of business intelligence software. Nathean was a company that started with an initial idea and after several iterations became an enterprise class provider of business intelligence with impressive scalability capabilities that allowed Nathean to win consistently in price competitive tender competitions against the likes of Business Objects and others. Ronan is a graduate of the Dublin Institute of Technology.

Pattabhiraman Krishna

Dr. Krishna joins the leadership team of ODIN through the acquisition of Reva Systems where he was a founding team member. He is currently responsible for technical architecture, solution vison and design and execution. During his tenure at Reva, he acted as the chief architect, subject matter expert, and made key contributions to the development of Reva’s award-winning products. As the head of solutions and technology group, he aligned Reva’s technology and product strategy with the needs and requirements of global customers planning to deploy RFID and RTLS solutions. He led the solution engineering team and managed solutions development teams in China and US. He is the editor of Low Level Reader Protocol (LLRP), a global standard for interfacing with RFID readers. He brings over 15 years of experience in the computer networking field having led architecture and design teams at both emerging and established companies including Coriolis Networks and Digital Equipment Corporation. He has published over 20 papers, given several talks and taught courses, and holds 15 patents, with several more pending. Krishna’s achievements include the GS1/EPCglobal’s Software Action Group Person of the Year award in 2007 for his significant contributions to worldwide RFID standards development. Dr. Krishna holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Texas A&M University and a Bachelor of Technology (Honors) from National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India.

Scott Decker

Mr. Decker has over 25 years of experience in distribution, supply chain, asset management and operations management. He has the distinction of leading the United States Department of Defense's largest passive RFID roll-out which included evaluation, design, procurement, testing and go-live for 71 facilities in less than 130 days. Mr. Decker has experience across the government, health care and manufacturing sectors for companies such as American Power Conversion, Bell Sports and many others including the United States Navy, Marine Corps, Army, and Air Force. Prior to his work at ODIN, Mr. Decker spent over two decades in logistics and distribution operations management including leading all distribution operations for GTSI where he led a successful effort to become one of the very first RFID compliant Department of Defense suppliers. His deep background and experience have contributed to his expertise in process design, technology adoption and project implementation and has been instrumental in his leadership of ODIN's delivery teams. Mr. Decker is a graduate of James Madison University.

Michael Ludwig

Mike Ludwig is responsible for corporate financial planning and reporting, investor relations, human resources and the accounting functions at ODIN. Included in these functions is the day to day financial management as well as the long term planning for the Company. Before joining ODIN, as an associate with Riverhouse11900 LLC, Mike helped to create the Family Office for Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder, which oversaw the operation of several entities and performed investment due diligence on over $650 million of small to middle market private investments as a senior analyst with American Capital Strategies. Mr. Ludwig provided audit services as a senior staff member with Ernst & Young for several years. Mike holds a degree in Accounting & Finance from the University of Maryland at College Park.

Dr. Daniel Engels

Daniel was at MIT’s Auto-ID Center from the beginning, as the Director of Research at the Auto-ID Labs, working with groups like the DoD and ISO, and is a creator of the protocol. Daniel is an exclusive consultant to ODIN technologies in the Federal Sector and also works with ODIN technologies on commercial clients. He divides his time as Director of the newly formed Texas RFID Center and Associate Professor at the University of Texas at Arlington, and working on ODIN technologies projects.

Daniel led the very first pilot projects for the Auto-ID Center, which involved Wal-Mart, P&G, Gillette, and several other companies. He was with them constantly as they faced many of the challenges other companies deploying RFID face today. He has been sharing a level of knowledge and experience with the ODIN technologies team that is unmatched in the industry, helping our strategy planning be years ahead of our competitors. He received his PhD from MIT, Masters Degree from Berkeley and Bachelors from State University of New York; all in electrical engineering with a focus on distributed systems architecture. He has more than a dozen patents currently pending.