Robert Hylton Madge (born 2 April 1952) is a British entrepreneur and technologist.
Career
In the 1980s, he founded and was chairman of
Madge Networks
Madge Networks NV was a networking technology company founded by Robert Madge, and is best known for its work with Token Ring. It was a global leader and pioneer of high-speed networking solutions in the mid-1990s, and also made significant con ...
, a pioneer of high speed networking technology.
Once he was the President of
IDTrack,
a European Association for identification and traceability of goods based on technologies such as
RFID
Radio-frequency identification (RFID) uses electromagnetic fields to automatically identify and track tags attached to objects. An RFID system consists of a tiny radio transponder, a radio receiver and transmitter. When triggered by an electromag ...
. He was also the founder of
Olzet, a provider of services associated with the implementation of
RFID
Radio-frequency identification (RFID) uses electromagnetic fields to automatically identify and track tags attached to objects. An RFID system consists of a tiny radio transponder, a radio receiver and transmitter. When triggered by an electromag ...
solutions in the food industry.
He was President of the
European Association for Secure Identification.
References
1952 births
Living people
British technology company founders
People in information technology
Radio-frequency identification
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