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:

• Bill Selmeier, CEO  Previously with IBM Store Systems Marketing in the Raleigh, NC Market Support Center
  
• Barry Franz   Member of the U.P.C. Symbol Selection Committee and previously with Procter & Gamble.
  
• George Laurer  Creator of the UPC Symbol Barcode and previously with IBM Store Systems Engineering
  
• 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.
• Tom Wilson,   McKinsey & Company Consultant to the Grocery Manufacturer and Supermarket industries for the purpose of creating the U.P.C. Barcde Symbol.
  

Other advisors include:

Fran Beck     Previously with RCA managing Supermarket development.

Lee Dixon  Previously with IBM Store Systems Engineering and the inventor of early IBM Scanners

Contact Information:

Address:      ID History Museum, PO Box 90894, Raleigh, NC 27675
Voice:           919-283-9020