Contact Details

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Position

Doctoral Student

Affiliation

Pankaj Sood

Research Interests

• Use of Automated Identification to improve business processes
• Value of information in multi party supply chains
• Pricing of industrial information
• Technology management
• Commercializing emerging technologies
• Innovative business models

Background

Pankaj Sood is currently reading for his PhD with the Institute for Manufacturing at the University of Cambridge. He also acts as a key advisor for the McMaster RFID Applications Lab and is an active participant in global standards organizations.

Prior to starting his PhD Pankaj led the setup of the first academic RFID Lab in Canada at McMaster University, McMaster RFID Applications Lab (MRAL). While at McMaster he was responsible for leading some of the key projects undertaken by MRAL and developing and maintaining collaborative partnerships with industry partners, key government organizations and other academic institutes. He has worked on and provided advice on RFID projects in multiple industries including Healthcare, Retail, Transportation and Manufacturing. Under his leadership MRAL had grown to provide services and develop projects as well as relationships across various regions including North America, Caribbean, South East Asia and the Middle East.

Pankaj was also instrumental in assisting with the setup of the Photovoltaic Innovation Network of Canada where he assisted in developing the structure for the network and was responsible for raising over $4.2 Million in commitments from various industry partners and provincial granting agencies.

His prior experience includes working for Research in Motion, IBM and Deloitte as well as starting two technology businesses. A passionate entrepreneur, he is actively involved in providing advice and mentorship to various technology startups in Canada and India.

Professional Affiliations

• Advisory Board Member, McMaster RFID Applications Lab (2006 - )
• Co – Chair, (Industry) Education Sub committee, EPC Global Canada (GS1 Canada) (2007 - )
• Strategic Advisory Council Member, EPC Global Canada (GS1 Canada) (2006 - )
• Committee Member, International Standards Organization (2007 - )

Publications

• Sood, Pankaj and Sadek, Tarek (2007) RFID – Applications based approach to Policy. TERRA INCOGNITA Privacy Horizons, 29th International Conference of Data Protection & Privacy Commissioners, Workbook 8 E

Partial List of Conference Presentations

• Sood, Pankaj (2009) RFID in Healthcare – Panel Discussion. RFID Journal Live! Healthcare
• Sood, Pankaj (2008) RFID Applications Overview. RFID in Government – Trinidad & Tobago
• Sood, Pankaj (2007) RFIDs and their Applications. Third international conference on wireless communication and sensor networks
• Sood, Pankaj (2007) RFIDs role in improving Healthcare Operations. RFID Journal Live! Canada
• Sood, Pankaj (2007) "Ubiquitous Computing" Dragon -Radio Frequency Identification (RFID). 29th International Conference of Data Protection & Privacy Commissioners
• Loutfy, Rafik and Pankaj Sood (2007) Craft of Connoisseurs -Entrepreneurship & Innovation Workshop. Megabucks 2007 – IIT Kanpur
• Sood, Pankaj (2007) A guide to RFID System Design and Software Selection. RFID Journal Live! North America
• Sood, Pankaj and Thornton, Craig (2006) RFID Applications in Healthcare. Second international conference on wireless communication and sensor networks
• Sood, Pankaj (2006) RFID Deployments within Supply Chains. Fourth annual international symposium on supply chain management