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
PALO ALTO, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
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.

Vantage Communications for Blue Vector Systems
Catriona Harris, 407-767-0452 ext. 222 (Press)
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