The ID History museum
In the summer of 2006 several people who had participated in the growth of electronic retail checkout systems met in Raleigh, NC to investigate creating a knowledge store and presentation of how these systems came into existance. Over time a North Carolina Non-profit corporation was formed with a Board of Trustees. The current Trustees include:
Other advisors include:
- Bill Selmeier, CEO Previously with IBM Store Systems Marketing in the Raleigh, NC Market Support Center
- George Laurer, Creator of the U.P.C. Symbol Barcode and previously with IBM Store Systems Engineering
- Jim Sanderson, Previously with IBM Store Systems Marketing
- Barry Franz, Member of the U.P.C. Symbol Selection Committee and previously with Procter & Gamble.
- Henry Steele, Initially Managed IBM Projects to demonstrate the value of Grocery detail checkout information
and then was IBM Grocery Distribution Industry Consultant from 1984 untill 1991.
- Fran Beck, Previously with RCA
- Lee Dickson, Previously Scanner Designer with IBM Store Systems Engineering
Collections of artifacts are underway and they are being secured.
Please visit the museum at: www.idhistory.com.
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George J. Laurer
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