written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . december 2008 learn how and when to remove this template message odin technologies inc. type private industry rfid founded 2002 headquarters san diego california westford ma dublin irl budapest hun toulouse fra key people patrick j. sweeney ii founder polina braunstein ceo products packaged rfid software and solutions for aviation government financial services and healthcare industries consulting services and software slogan trusted rfid experts website http www.odinrfid.com odin provides rfid radio frequency identification software and solutions for the aerospace government healthcare financial services and social media markets . odin s world headquarters is located in san diego ca . odin was acquired by quake global in december 2012 and continues to focus on healthcare and asset tracking . odin won a 14.6 m 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 . 1 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 woman owned small business . in march 2008 rfid journal announced that airbus was awarded the best rfid implementation of the year . 2 in 2006 odin was the only company to receive the department of commerce s excellence in innovation award . 3 the company has received over 25 awards in the rfid industry . the company was founded in 2002 when serial entrepreneur and author of rfid for dummies patrick j. sweeney ii teamed up with the inventor of the epc protocol and former 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 worldwide . notable rfid companies who have purchased this software include motorola symbol and intermec . contents 1 rfid & health care 2 rfid & social media 3 acquisition activity 4 further reading 5 see also 6 references 7 external links rfid & health care edit in 2010 mayo clinic announced a joint deal with odin to commercialize specimen tracking with rfid . 4 rfid & social media edit odin was the first rfid company to completely integrate rfid & facebook with a system called easyconnect which allow users to automatically like and check in on their facebook page through the use of an rfid tag . this is based on the system deployed by vail resorts at hundreds of locations across its five mountain resorts in 2010 video 5 . the system was used at the dew tour as well as trade shows 6 events and marketing activities . information week calls the combination of rfid & social media putting facebook on auto pilot . 7 odin has operations in ashburn virginia usa boston ma dublin ireland toulouse fr and budapest hungary . odin serves clients on five continents and 50 countries . the company is privately held by employees with no venture capital investment . acquisition activity edit in december 2010 odin announced the acquisition of reva systems . 8 terms of the deal were not publicly disclosed . reva raised around 35 million in venture funding from charles river ventures northbridge partners and cisco . 9 odin was purchased by quake global in 2012 for an undisclosed sum and continues to focus on healthcare and asset tracking . 10 further reading edit 1 . rfid for dummies by odin ceo patrick j. sweeney ii published by john wiley & sons 2 . comptia rfid study guide by odin ceo patrick j. sweeney ii published by john wiley & sons see also edit rfid iec 18000 3 information technology symbol technologies rcd technology intermec omni id references edit odin wins 7m rfid contract from dod . mark roberti 17 march 2008 . in recognition of excellence . rfid journal . retrieved 10 may 2011 . http www.technology.gov speeches rc 061011.htm http www.odinrfid.com news 159 odin introduces easyspecimen rfid based lab tracking solution press release http www.youtube.com watch v 3mwxcxunljg http www.expoweb.com article rfid show gets hyper social attendees http www.informationweek.com thebrainyard news social crm 229500152 rfid can put social media on autopilot claire swedberg 13 december 2010 . odin acquires reva systems . rfid journal . retrieved 10 may 2011 . scott kirsner 9 december 2010 . odin technologies virginia company focused on rfid deployments acquires reva systems for undisclosed sum . boston.com . retrieved 10 may 2011 . http www.rfidjournal.com articles view 10317 1 . airbus taps odin for rfid roll out rfid update p. 2 . dod wants your rfid shipments five steps to compliance rfid solutions online by scott decker and bret kinsella odin technologies 3 . pharma s flirtation with rfid will there be a second date rfid solutions online by bret kinsella odin technologies 4 . the 5 elements of a successful rfid implementation by bret kinsella odin technologies 5 . odin benchmarks globe trotting tags rfid journal 6 . odin benchmarks rfid readers rfid journal 7 . fcc grants odin experimental license rfid journal 8 . uhf vs hf for pharma rfid and the winner is ... pharmaceutical commerce 9 . united states department of commerce awards odin technologies the first excellence in innovation award 10 . odin technologies aims to be the chief of rfid the washington post 11 . ni c of japan teams with odin technologies for scientific rfid testing test and measurement world 12 . odin technologies establishes rfid joint venture in europe odin budapest secureid news 13 . nine odin technologies engineers earn comptia rfid certification 14 . financial services technology consortium hires odin technologies to set numbering and performance standard external links edit odin rfid retrieved from 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