IPSO Alliance Adds New Members to Board of Directors

Elected Members Represent Bosch, Duke Energy, Fujitsu, Intel and National Instruments

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., May 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The IPSO Alliance, the leading organization defining the "Internet of Things," today announced that five new members have been elected to its board of directors. These members represent Bosch, Duke Energy, Fujitsu, Intel and National Instruments. The mission of the board is to actively promote and educate the networking, technology, consumer and government communities about the benefits and availability of Internet Protocol (IP) for smart networked devices.

"The IPSO Alliance is made up of some of the world's most innovative companies with the same goal in mind -- to develop and bring to market IP-networked smart objects," said Alliance chairman Geoff Mulligan. "I look forward to the significant contribution and experience these new elected members will bring to the board and the entire Alliance membership."

"Smart Grid applications will require new connected and interoperable devices," said David Mohler, chief technology officer, Duke Energy.  "The IPSO Alliance provides an important forum for both the development of new standards, and the testing necessary to make this new connected and interoperable world of smart devices a reality."

IPSO Alliance's new elected board members are:

Anton Pfefferseder, Bosch. Pfefferseder, a project director, has been with Bosch since 1997 and has held several R&D management positions for fire alarm systems in both Germany and China. Anton holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology from the Technical University of Munich.

Gary Stuebing, Duke Energy. As a strategic planning manager, Stuebing is responsible for leading the standards efforts for Smart Grid implementation at Duke Energy. He serves on several standard committees, including serving on the board of directors for the HomePlug Alliance.

Sung Lee, Fujitsu. Lee, a senior researcher, has been with Fujitsu Laboratories of America since 2001 and has been involved with various R&D projects, including connecting everyday objects to create an intelligent environment (Task Computing). She also represented Fujitsu as an alternate in the board of directors and in other committees for Trusted Computing Group. Sung holds a PhD in Computer Science from University of Maryland.

Steve Adams, Intel.  Adams, senior strategic planner, has been with Intel for 18 years and has held various positions within the embedded and networking business. Currently, Adams is involved in promoting technologies that drive connectedness in embedded markets. In addition, Adams has served on a number of boards for various special interest groups (SIGs).

James Smith, National Instruments. Smith, a senior corporate development manager, has been with National Instruments since 1996, and has been responsible for strategic definition of several hardware product offerings. Currently, Smith is managing the wireless strategy at National Instruments.

The incumbent board members are Roland Acra, Arch Rock; Magnus Pedersen, Atmel; Patrick Wetterwald, Cisco; Pete St. Pierre, Oracle; and Geoff Mulligan, Proto6, LLC.

About IPSO Alliance

The IPSO Alliance is the primary advocate for IP for smart objects for use in energy, consumer, healthcare and industrial applications. The Alliance, a non-profit organization whose members include leading technology, communications and energy companies, is providing the foundation for a network that will allow any sensor-enabled physical object to communicate to another as individuals do over the Internet. The IPSO Alliance membership is open to any organization supporting an IP-based approach to connecting smart objects. For more information, visit www.ipso-alliance.org.

SOURCE IPSO Alliance