Company | Management Team
Sirit management team
Norbert
Dawalibi - President and CEO
In addition to overall
corporate leadership, Norbert Dawalibi is
primarily responsible for strategic
planning, strategic initiatives (including
joint ventures, partnerships and
licensing), acquisitions, and financing.
Prior to joining Sirit in May of 2005, Norbert was
President and CEO of Psion Teklogix, a
$300 million company and global provider
of solutions for mobile computing,
wireless data collection and RFID. In
addition to his deep understanding of the
RFID technology and markets, Norbert is a
proven and skilled manager with a solid
background in sales and marketing
resulting from his 24 years at IBM where
he progressed through increasingly
executive roles in Canada and the U.S.,
including managing marketing for IBM
Systems in the Americas and leading sales
operations generating in excess of $1
billion in revenue.
Anastasia
Chodarcewicz, CA, CPA - Chief Financial
Officer
Prior to joining Sirit in February 2003, Anastasia spent 8 years at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in progressively senior roles specializing in Financial Due Diligence, Project Management and Audit Service Engagements for small private entities through multi-million dollar global enterprises in North America and Europe.
Bruce Roesner - Chief Technology Officer
and Vice President Engineering
After starting his career with industry leaders like Hughes Aircraft Company, Burroughs Corporation and Applied Micro Circuits, Bruce has been an entrepreneur and technologist in the domains of IC design and RFID. He was the founder of a number of technology companies including Instant Circuit Holdings, SCS Corporation and ClarIDy Solutions. He was instrumental in the development of low-cost RFID tags used in inventory tracking and control applications which won him “Most Innovative Product” and “Entrepreneurial Team of the Year” awards.
Bruce is the author of numerous publications and presentations on the subject of high technology electronics including RFID. He is also the holder of over 25 patents and earned a M.S.E.E. and Ph.D. in Solid State Electronics from Purdue University.
John
Freund - Vice President Sales
As Vice
President Sales, John Freund is responsible for
all of Sirit’s
Automatic Vehicle Identification (AVI)
and Radio Frequency Solutions (RFS) sales
efforts including Electronic Toll and
Traffic Management, Electronic Vehicle
Identification, Parking and Access
Control, Supply Chain and Cashless
Payments applications.
John joined Sirit in
September 2001 as Director of Customer
Operations and was appointed to the role
of Vice President in April 2002.
John comes to Sirit after
spending 6 years with Xerox Business
Services in a variety of progressive sales
and operational management positions.
Prior to Xerox, John spent 12 years with
Hallmark Cards managing within the Graphic
Arts Division.
Wolf
Bielas - President Latin America
Wolf has a degree in Computer Systems Engineering from the Monterrey Institute of Technology in Mexico and has completed an Executive Leadership Program from the MIT Young Entrepreneurs' Organization. His areas of expertise include manufacturing, software development and implementation, customer service, sales and marketing.
Paul
Chappelle - Vice President Manufacturing
Paul joined the Company in
1998 and assisted in the start-up of the
Carrollton, Texas operations. From July
1998 to June 2008, he was responsible
for the management of the manufacturing
processes, inventory and quality control
for all Sirit products. During this time,
Paul also graduated Summa Cum Laude from
the American Intercontinental University
with a Bachelors degree in Business
Administration. In June 2008, Paul was
appointed to the role of Vice President
Manufacturing.
Prior to joining Sirit in 1998, Paul spent
6 years at Texas Instruments as a
Production Control Specialist. In this
capacity, he was involved in sustaining the
manufacturing activities for existing
products and assisting in bringing
external contract manufacturers on-line
for new products.