Corporate Information

Patrick J. Byrne joined the company as President and Chief Executive Officer and was also elected to the company's Board of Directors in July, 2007. Pat is a 24-year veteran of Hewlett Packard and Agilent Technologies where he held increasingly responsible positions in Research, Engineering, Marketing and General Management. He was most recently Senior VP of Agilent Technologies, Inc. and President of Agilent's Electronic Measurement Group, and prior to that he was VP and General Manager of Agilent’s Wireless Business Unit.

Pat received his BS degree in electrical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, and his MS degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University. He currently serves on the Board of Samuel Ginn College of Engineering at Auburn University.

Robert J. Driessnack joined the company as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in January, 2009. Bob has over 25 years’ experience with public and private businesses, including global electronics manufacturing.

Most recently, Bob held the position of Vice President and Controller at HNI Corporation. Before joining HNI in 2004, Bob was a Division Chief Financial Officer for NCR Corporation. During his 15-year tenure at NCR, he served in numerous financial positions, including Corporate Controller, Regional Controller and Chief Financial Officer for various international divisions.

Bob received a BA in Accounting from Michigan State University, and is also a Certified Public Accountant.

Arvin Danielson has responsibilities for technology direction, standards development, new IP development, and bar code scanning engine and decode development.

Arvin joined the company in 1975 and has held several engineering and technical management positions in R&D. In the early 1990s, he was responsible for establishing the Asia Pacific business as the managing director of Asia Pacific. He is inventor or co-inventor on 65 current patents and has been directly involved in the innovation of many technological firsts including linear imaging, portable printing, smart battery, pen-based portable computing, wireless PAN, and MEMS laser scanning. He was awarded the Ron Mahany Innovation of the Year award twice for his contribution to Intermec technology.

Arvin graduated from North Dakota State College of Science in 1969 with a BS degree in electronic engineering. He has completed undergraduate studies in business at the University of Maryland.

Dennis Faerber joined Intermec in February 2008 to provide leadership and oversight of the company's global manufacturing and outsourcing as well as channel and supply chain management. He brings broad operational experience to Intermec, particularly in the areas of supply chain transformation, process development, technical operations, manufacturing systems, quality operations, materials management, and engineering.

Most recently, Dennis held the position of corporate VP of Global Supply Chains for Applied Materials. Before Applied Materials, he served as KLA-Tencor’s group VP and Chief Quality Officer. Prior to that, Dennis was Chief Operating Officer at Advanced Energy and VP and General Manager of U.S. operations for Agilent's EPSG business. Prior to Agilent, he held various management positions throughout a 24-year career with Hewlett-Packard.

Dennis received a BS degree in mechanical engineering from The University of Missouri at Rolla.

Janis Harwell joined Intermec in 2004. Previously, she was VP, General Counsel and Secretary of Renessen LLC, a joint venture of Monsanto Company and Cargill, Inc.; Associate General Counsel of Monsanto Company; Deputy General Counsel of Pacific Telesis Group, the holding company of Pacific Bell; Partner in the Palo Alto law firm of Holtzmann, Wise & Shepard; and Partner in the San Francisco law firm of Thelen, Marrin, Johnson & Bridges.

Janis received her BA degree from Yale University, her MBA degree from the University of Chicago Business School, and her JD degree from the University of Chicago Law School. She is admitted to practice law in California, Illinois and Washington, and is admitted to practice before a number of federal courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court.

Jeanne Lyon joined Intermec in 2008 to provide overall leadership as the company’s Vice President of Human Resource. Jeanne is responsible for the creation and delivery of strategic human resources initiatives which are key to the attainment of Intermec's global business goals.

Most recently, Jeanne served as SVP of Roche’s Palo Alto Research and Development Center. Prior to Roche, Jeanne directed the HR function at KLA-Tencor and previously was at Cisco Systems in Human Resources.

Jeanne completed her Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and Biology from Montclair State University.

James P. McDonnell joined the company as Senior Vice President of Global Sales in January, 2010. Jim is a 26-year veteran of Hewlett-Packard where he has held leadership roles across several HP divisions.

Most recently, Jim held the position of Vice President of Global Sales-Enterprise Storage and Servers Group, and was responsible for the sales of enterprise products for HP worldwide. Prior to that, he was Vice President of the Solution Partners Organization, leading commercial channels sales for HP’s commercial products.

Jim received his Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineeringfrom Villanova University.

Earl Thompson has responsibility for the Mobile Solutions Business Unit, comprising of Mobile Computers, Data Capture, Printers and Media product lines. Earl manages the day-to-day operations and drives the strategic direction of these important businesses.

Earl is an accomplished executive with 25 years of domestic and international business experience in operations, P&L oversight, marketing, product development, business development, and strategic planning.

Prior to joining Intermec in 2007, he was VP and General Manager of the Wireless Division at Agilent Technologies, Inc. where he had also served as the General Manager of Agilent's Wireless Business Unit Operation in Beijing, China and as the Wireless Inbound & Strategy Manager for the Wireless Business Unit. Earl also held a variety of management positions (both U.S. and foreign-based) for Hewlett-Packard Company.

Earl received his BS degree in electrical engineering from Washington State University and his MBA degree from Gonzaga University.