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Roger Palmer was born in England, and grew up in Canada. He has an electrical engineering degree from McMaster University (1969), and an MBA from the University of Washington (1988). He is a registered Professional Engineer in the province of British Columbia, and is a Life Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (the IEEE, based in New York). Roger has been messing around with electrons from about the age of 8. Since then, he has always been involved in the Hi-Tech field, and co-founded three successful electronic companies. From 1978 until 1994 he was involved in developing a variety of bar code products and technologies at Intermec in Everett, WA (as VP of Engineering, Marketing, and then Research). He left formal corporate life in 1994, and opened a one-man consulting company in Victoria (Palmer Technologies Inc.) providing product planning, technical evaluation, and strategic planning services to a variety of international clients. He also acted as a technical consultant and expert witness in many patent infringement lawsuits and contract disputes. Roger has designed several products under contract for use in performance monitoring and navigation aboard marine vessels. He holds three patents. He has also published the industry-standard text book on bar code technology. He received his first amateur radio license (as VE3FBN) in 1962. He has a Canadian Advanced class license (as VE7AP), and a U.S. Extra class license (as AA7AB). Roger's other interests include sailboat racing, cruising, computers, and aviation. Most summers are spent cruising the West Coast of North America on board his trawler. Roger and his wife Chris live in Oak Bay, which is a sea-side village next to Victoria, B.C.

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