Blue Vector Welcomes IBM Veteran Mike Gardner as New CEO

With Over 30 Years of Management and Leadership Experience, Mike is Poised to Lead the Company in Its Next Phase of Growth and Business Partnerships

Blue Vector, the leader in truly distributed edge processing for sensor networks, today announced the appointment of Mike Gardner as CEO. Mike brings extensive experience leading successful growth companies, strengthening their market strategies and developing strong business partnerships. As the demand for RFID and edge automation continues to grow, Mike will lead Blue Vector’s expansion and further development of strong partnerships with the industry.

“We are excited to see the new directions in which Mike will take our company, leveraging his experience leading companies during strong growth phases,” said Anurag Mendhekar, founder of Blue Vector Systems. “As more and more customers are emerging from the pilot stage to full deployments, especially in markets like pharmaceuticals, Blue Vector continues to expand – and this is familiar territory to Mike.”

Mike brings over 30 years’ experience in management and leadership to Blue Vector, with an impressive track record of successfully bringing to market industry leading solutions for demanding enterprise customers. Mike has experience in large and fast-growing companies, including a 15 year career at IBM where he led the single largest enterprise region in the Americas. Following IBM, Mike was recruited to join Hewlett Packard where he led its industry and software marketing programs.

Mike has also held positions at Advanced Computer Communication, an early stage wide area networking start-up which was later acquired by Ericsson, as well as Blue Pumpkin, a CRM software company which was acquired by Witness Systems.

“Blue Vector has grown as a leader in the industry, especially in the life sciences market, and I am eager to build on its success,” said Mike. “We will continue introducing new products, expanding customer deployments, and developing our channels. I look forward to continue building the company and making this technology an essential part of our customers’ business processes and success.”

About Blue Vector Systems

Blue Vector is the trusted choice of industry leaders who are revolutionizing their operations by extending the reach of their current business processes to the edge of their operations. An offshoot of groundbreaking research into highly distributed military sensor networks, Blue Vector’s technology puts RFID, barcode, temperature, GPS and motion sensors to work for leading businesses who need to control remote inventory, improve their shipping accuracy, monitor the movement of assets, or track the progress of individual items throughout their supply chain. The company is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. For more information, please visit www.bluevector.com.

Contacts

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