RFTrax

RFTrax is a wholly owned subsidiary [ [http://houston.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2005/04/11/daily46.html?jst=b_ln_hl Houston Business Journal, April 14, 2005] ] of Fairfield Industries specializing in mobile asset management. RFTrax is headquartered with its parent in Sugar Land, TX outside of Houston. The company is a leading supplier of telemetry asset tracking and protection technologies to the rail industry [ [http://rftrax.com/info.asp?id=17 Railway Age, May 2007] ] designing and manufacturing their products in Houston. Their Asset Management Platform [ [http://www.specialtypub.com/m2m/article.asp?article_id=6516 M2M Magazine, February 18, 2008] ] [ [http://rftrax.com/info.asp?id=50 Railway Age, April 2008] ] or "AMP" provides owners and operators real time data regarding the location, speed, and direction of rail cars using GPS data communicated via the GSM cellular system. Optionally, accelerometer equipped units report high impact events protecting valuable and hazardous rail cargo. Special locomotive units report vital operating characteristics improving efficiency and safety.
In June 2008 RFTrax introduced the iSight GPS product line of inexpensive vehicle tracking devices targeted to consumers and small commercial fleet operators.

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RFTrax was founded in 2001 by Fred Barrett and Lynn Neff as a hardware/software technology company focused on Supply Chain visibility and high-value asset management and tracking. Barrett led the company’s technology initiatives, positioning the products for inclusion in US Department of Homeland Security’s “Operation Safe Commerce” container security initiatives, and other international supply chain pilots, while Neff lead sales, marketing and partner alliances. Barrett and Neff co-developed and received a patent for “inter-modal telemetry and monitoring solution” which is now in use by major corporations (U.S. Patent #7135976). RFTrax was acquired in 2005 by Fairfield Industries, Sugar Land, TX. Barrett and Neff continued to lead product development and marketing efforts through the completion of their contracts in April, 2007.

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* [http://www.rftrax.com/ company site]

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