Mission Statement

LRNI is a consulting, engineering, and implementation team focused on using advanced ACTIVE Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technologies and Real Time Location Systems (RTLS) to provide and create innovative solutions for our customers.

About LRNI

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LRNI Officers and Staff

Louis H. Thompson - President and Chairman

Louis H. Thompson, Founder, President, Co-Inventor and CEO of LRNI. Beginning early in 2002 Mr. Thompson has passionately worked with Active RFID technologies and has patent pending antenna technology that accomplishes consistent reads in close proximity. Mr. Thompson has been instrumental in the development of solutions in the healthcare industry, manufacturing industry and law-enforcement.

Mr. Thompson has twenty-four years in management, all physical logistic functions associated with heavy equipment operation, manufacturing and transportation.  During this period, Mr. Thompson was a wood fuel energy resources consultant and dealer for nine pulp and paper entities in the southeast.

Mr. Thompson graduated from Georgia Southern University with a Bachelor of Science in Biology and has an Associate Degree in Electronics.

William J. Schwarz - CEO

Bill Schwarz is an internationally recognized expert in the design and implementation of organizational growth strategies. His innovative work in building learning organizations, change, leadership and quality has made him a sought after and popular keynote speaker. He serves as a consultant and advisor to many Fortune 500 companies. He also serves on the board of several rapid-growth organizations.

After a distinguished 30-year career, including successfully running his own businesses, founding and directing two Executive MBA programs in Organizational Leadership and Change, building an interactive satellite television network for business and working with CEOs to transform their own organizations, Bill formed the CEO Alliance and Established The Center for Inspired Performance. www.inspiredperformance.org

Bill joined LRNi as CEO the beginning of 2009 and is focused on design and execution of growth strategies to ensure LRNi’s optimum rate of growth and performance.

Les Thompson - Chief Technical Officer

Mr. Thompson has been a member of the LRNI team since January 2004. Since that time, he has dedicated his efforts towards the simplification of RFID in implementation and understanding. LRNI's software products reflect this idea of simplification in new software tools used to easily design and deploy RFID installs; as well as, in the "RfIP" framework and Monarch web application which harness the power of LRNI's RfIP Device and patented antenna technology. Mr. Thompson is also a coauthor of RFID Applied.

Thomas C. Meredith - Vice President

Mr. Meredith is an Engineer by education and a Businessman by avocation. Tom was employed by Oxford Industries, Inc. a Fortune 500 Atlanta Georgia Apparel company as V.P. of Manufacturing. He is an Auburn University graduate in Industrial Engineering (BSIE) and has managed apparel plants and contractors in the United States and Central America. With the movement of apparel manufacturing to the Far East Tom left Oxford to pursue other interests and opportunities.

Tom has managed a large wire drawing manufacturing plant for Amercord, Inc. - a supplier of wire tire cord and bead wire to the US tire industry until its closure. Tom continues to pursue entrepreneurial business opportunities of which Active RFID is an area of particular interest.

Sheree M. Hagan - Cheif Information Officer

Sheree M. Hagan is a Partner/Co-Inventor at LRNI since 2002.  Sheree focuses on the assessment, design, development, testing and implementation of Active RFID systems in healthcare, logistics and manufacturing facilities.

Prior to her current position at LRNI, Sheree was employed by Telamon Corporation based out of Raleigh, NC for twenty years with Jobs Training Partnership Act (JTPA) funded by U.S. Department of Labor.  Sheree has a legal background as Legal Assistant for the law office of Cheney and Cheney and also held the title of Insurance Specialist for Meadows Regional Medical Center in Vidalia, GA.

Thomas Gray Meredith - Consulting Partner

Gray Meredith is an honor graduate of the United States Naval Academy with a degree in Ocean Engineering.  Following graduation, Gray became a Logistics Officer in the United States Marine Corps and in his first assignment worked as a Logistics Officer for 2d Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion.  Gray then transferred to Marine Corps Systems Command and worked as the project officer for a logistics program used by the Marines for force deployment, planning, and execution.  In this position, Gray coordinated the efforts of both government employees and contractors in order to design, build, and field the program on time and on budget.

Gray left the Marine Corps with the rank of Captain.  Following his time in the Marine Corps, Gray worked as a process engineer for a chemical manufacturing plant.  As a process engineer, Gray was responsible for the plant’s process control and IT systems.  He consults with LRNI as needed on projects pertaining to Government contracts, logistics and IT systems.