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ODIN technologies, Inc.
Type	Private
Founded	2002
Headquarters	Dulles, Virginia
Key people	Patrick J. Sweeney II, CEO Bret Kinsella, COO James Zinn, CFO
Industry	RFID
Products	Consulting services and software
Website	http://www.odintechnologies.com/

ODIN technologies is a leading RFID (Radio-Frequency IDentification) services and software company based in Dulles, VA. According to a recent study conducted by RFIDUpdate, ODIN is second only to IBM as a thought leader in RFID technology according to the survey. ODIN is ranked as the #1 RFID-Specific Service Provider by MoreRFID, a widely recognized electronic trade publication. ODIN technologies Ranked #1 RFID-Specific Service Provider. ODIN claims over 200 paid RFID projects on five continents. Publicly articles have appeared that show ODIN working with Airbus, The US Department of Defense, Colgate Palmolive, John Deere, Shaw Industries, Johnson & Johnson Video on YouTube and many others.

ODIN's RFID testing laboratory is the only lab in the industry which compares RFID equipment head-to-head and produces reports called RFID Benchmarks by bringing their expertise in the physics of RFID to bear; ODIN does not make RFID tags, RFID readers or RFID Printers or other off-the shelf RFID equipment. See RFID Times: ODIN Technologies RFID Benchmark Report.

ODIN won a $14.6M contract from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), which represents the largest passive RFID deployment contract that has been granted to date. ODIN Wins $7m RFID Contract from DoD. The DoD renewed that contract again in 2007. ODIN's focus on the Government space has won them business with the DLA, the United States MArine Corps, The Navy, as both a prime and sub-contractor. ODIN is a women-owned small business.

The company was founded in 2002 when Patrick Sweeney teamed up with the author of the EPC Protocol and formere director of MIT's Auto-ID lab, Dr. Daniel Engels, to focus on the physics of RFID. From those early days focusing on the physics, they have led the largest deployments in the RFID space world-wide. The knowledge they gleaned from that deployment expereince allowed them to create an autoamtic deploymnet and system management software. Notable RFID comapnies who have purchased this software include Motorola/Symbol and Intermec.

In March of 2008 RFID Journal announced that Airbus was awarded the Best RFID Deployment of the Year. This win bested more than 100 netrants for the award; and added to the extensive awards that came as a result of ODIN technologies integration methodlogy, expereince and tools. In 2006 ODIN was the only company to receive the Department of Commerce's Excellence in Innovation Award.

ODIN technologies has operations in Virginia USA, Tokyo Japan, and Budapest Hungary. ODIN serves clients on five continents and has expanded rapidly with the recent emergence of the RFID industry. The company is privately held by employees with no venture capital investment.