Outstanding Contributions, Distinguished Leadership, and Significant Service Awards

The RAIN Alliance introduced the Outstanding Contributions, Distinguished Leadership, and Significant Service Award Program in 2023 to honor members who have been instrumental in advancing the RAIN RFID industry through their passion, energy, and perseverance. Recipients of these awards are selected through nominations and approval by the RAIN Alliance Board and Workgroup leaders, with presentations taking place during member meetings.

Lifetime Achievement Award

Chris Diorio,  one of the founders of the Alliance, a dedicated Board member for many years, and an industry luminary
(presented at Oct 2023 Member Meeting, Wiesbaden, Germany)

Significant Service Award

Paul Muller, Board member and previously the workgroup leader for smart products
(presented at Oct 2023 Member Meeting, Wiesbaden, Germany)

Bertus Pretorious, for his excellent dedication to workgroups over many years with significant contributions in multiple domains including the Technical WG, Developers WG, Smart Mobility WG, and the establishment of the CIN
(presented at Oct 2023 Member Meeting, Wiesbaden, Germany)

Jim Springer, for his many years of dedication to the RAIN Alliance, bringing his trademark technical excellence to everything he touched but always in a way that was easy for others to understand and consume
(presented at June 2023 Member Meeting, Seattle, WA)

Philippe Lallement, for his visionary leadership of the Tyre Working Group and his role in educating the market on the whole-life benefits of deploying RAIN RFID in Tyres
(presented at June 2023 Member Meeting, Seattle, WA)

Distinguished Leadership Award

Megan Brewster, for her leadership of the Application Identity working group as they concluded their work items
(presented at June 2023 Member Meeting, Seattle, WA)

Outstanding Contribution Award

Claude Tetelin, for contributing to the delivery of the Tyres WG major milestones in 2022/23
(presented at Oct 2023 Member Meeting, Wiesbaden, Germany)

Chris Brown, for contributing to the delivery of the Tyres WG major milestones in 2022/23
(presented at Oct 2023 Member Meeting, Wiesbaden, Germany)

Michael Fein, for his incredible contribution to the Tag Encoding Best practices, setting the original vision for scope and tone, and significant content authorship
(presented at June 2023 Member Meeting, Seattle, WA)

Dustin Roller, for his vision and development of the web resolver prototype, including significant code authorship
(presented at June 2023 Member Meeting, Seattle, WA)