NFC Forum

2011-12 Officers

Chairman: Koichi Tagawa, Sony

Koichi Tagawa is the General Manager of Global Standards and Industry Relations Department that is in charge of technology standards and technology industry relations of the FeliCa Business. Since 2002, he has supported the popularization of NFC and FeliCa from the standardization point of view. He actively contributed to the establishment of the NFC Forum, holding the position of Vice-Chairman from the start of the Forum in 2004 until becoming Chairman in September 2008. He enthusiastically continues to contribute to the enhancement of the NFC ecosystem throughout the contactless application industry.

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Vice Chairman: James Anderson, MasterCard Worldwide

James Anderson is group head and senior vice president for Mobile Product Development Payments, based in Purchase, NY. In this role, he is responsible for developing all mobile payment products, including proximity payments, mobile web payments and mobile remote payments. In addition to leading MasterCard’s mobile product development, he also leads commercialization efforts and supports sales and business development activities around the world. 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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Secretary: Frank Dawidowsky, Sony

Frank Dawidowsky is Senior Engineer at the European Technology Center of Sony Corporation, located in Stuttgart, Germany. Frank has been active in the NFC Forum since its inception. He has more than 8 years of experience in standardization and has been an active contributor in a number of specification organizations and industry associations, including ETSI and the Wi-Fi Alliance.

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Treasurer: Martin Bührlen, NXP Semiconductors

Martin Bührlen is Technology Licensing Manager in Business Unit Identification at NXP Semiconductors and serves as Treasurer of the NFC Forum. With more than 20 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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Director: Debbie Arnold

Debbie Arnold has been involved in NFC since 2002 and was a founding member of the NFC Forum while at Visa. She has supported the marketing and strategic planning efforts of the Forum since 2006 and is now director of the organization. Previously Ms. Arnold was vice president for global consumer strategies at Visa International. While at Visa, she headed the global smart card migration effort and developed a new payment product, Visa Horizon, for emerging markets. Prior to joining Visa, she worked in various capacities in the telecommunications and financial services industries.