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.
Most recently, 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
As Chief Financial Officer, Anastasia Chodarcewicz is responsible for all aspects of Finance and Budgeting, Mergers and Acquisitions, Investor Relations, Human Resources, IT as well as all regulatory reporting for Sirit.
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, AVI Solutions
John Freund is Vice President responsible for Sirit’s Automatic Vehicle Identification (AVI) group including the Electronic Toll and Traffic Management and Parking and Access Control business lines.
John joined Sirit in September of 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.
Tony Sabetti - Vice President, RF Solutions
Tony Sabetti is the Vice President of RF Solutions for Sirit Inc. He is responsible for Sirit’s business in several vertical markets, including the emerging supply chain and NFC applications. In this role, Tony is responsible for leading the business development, sales and marketing efforts for Sirit’s broad line of RFID readers and modules.
Most recently, Tony was director of UHF Retail Supply Chain solutions for Texas Instruments RFid Systems, were he lead the development and launch of TI’s UHF EPC-compliant products. Tony has more than 18 years experience in the RFID industry in the areas of marketing, product development and global manufacturing operations, and is active in several RFID industry associations, including EPCglobal, Inc. Tony earned a B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Rhode Island and an MBA in management from Bryant College.
Wolf Bielas - CEO, RSI ID Technologies, Inc.
Wolf Bielas is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of RSI ID Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of automated identification and tracking solutions. Prior to RSI’s emergence in November 1991, Wolf was President of Computer Outlet Incorporated for four years.
Wolf has a degree in Computer Systems Engineering from the Monterrey Institute of Technology in Mexico, and has completed Executive Training Programs at MIT Sloan School of Management. 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 had been 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 sustaining the manufacturing activities for existing products and assisting in bringing external contract manufacturers on-line for new products.
