NFC Forum

NFC Forum Board of Directors

Mohamed Awad, Broadcom

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Philippe Martineau, Inside Contactless

Philippe Martineau is responsible for developing INSIDE's worldwide emerging NFC business line in various market segments such as mobile telecommunication and the consumer market. His task is to position INSIDE within this strategic market. Previously, Philippe spent 17 years in the smart card industry working for Gemplus in France, moving from technical to management positions. As Director of Marketing, he was based in the US for three years, working to develop the North American GSM market. Back in France, he managed the Product Line of the Telecom Business Unit and later became Vice President 'Strategy'. He has been involved in GSM standardization since 1989 and has developed strong knowledge and connections in this industry. He has extensive knowledge of the operators’ ecosystem and the embedded software world for mobile phones, and has a vast international network in the Telecom Industry.

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James Anderson, MasterCard Worldwide

James Anderson leads Mobile Product Development for MasterCard, based in Purchase, NY. James has spent his career at the intersection of mobile, payment, and Internet technologies in the functional areas of Product Development and Business Development.

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Miller Abel, Microsoft

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Minoru Shimizu, NEC Corporation

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Mikko Saarisalo , Nokia

Mikko Saarisalo is a Senior Technology Manager in Near Field Communication (NFC) within Nokia and is responsible for NFC Technology Management, Standardization and Industry Collaboration. He has been part of Nokia NFC development since the very beginning. Mikko has over two decades of experience in the ICT industry in a wide spectrum of technical and market-oriented positions and assignments. He studied Software Engineering and Industrial Economy at Tampere University of Technology, graduating with an MSC in SW Engineering in 1995.

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Norio Nakamura, NTT DoCoMo

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Martin Bührlen, NXP Semiconductors

Martin Bührlen is Senior Manager Marketing Programs, Market Sector Smart Cards, at NXP Semiconductors and serves as Secretary and Treasurer of the NFC Forum. With more than 15 years of experience in the semiconductors industry, he has held several engineering, marketing and communications positions for identification technologies such as smart cards, RFID and NFC.

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Kenichi Ishibashi, Renesas Technology

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Dae Seok Kim, Samsung Electronics

Dae Seok Kim is the head of mobile application standards department which focuses on terminal side applications and core technologies within Samsung telecommunication network business unit. He has more than 20 years experience for research and project management in various telecommunications areas of wire-line/wireless switching systems such as TDX/WCDMA/WiMAX since he joined in Samsung Electronics. He is also responsible for mobile application related industry standards and fora activities including OMA, WPAN, Broadcasting, etc.

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Yo Tabayashi, Sony

Yo Tabayashi works for the Global Standards and Industry Relations Department in the FeliCa Business Division of Sony Corporation. He has more than 6 years experience in Sony FeliCa Contactless technology from market planning to strategic alliance activities, and also has over 10 years experience in the smart card industry. Yo joined the NFC Forum activities in 2006 in San Diego, and has held key NFC strategy roles in Sony.

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Laurent Sourgen, STMicroelectronics

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Dave Wentker, Visa, Inc.

Dave Wentker is Head of Proximity Payments at Visa Inc. Dave has more than 20 years of experience in development and commercialization of innovative technology products and services. He first joined Visa in 1996 and has held a variety of leadership positions in new products, global strategy, and business development. Before joining Visa, Dave worked at MDL Information Systems in marketing and development. Dave holds a Bachelor's degree in Chemistry from Carleton College.