/The Company

Architects of the
Connected World.

Born from the University of Cambridge Auto-ID Labs, we are engineers and researchers working to give physical objects reliable digital identities.

Leadership & Directors

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Dr. Alex C. Y. Wong

CEO & Co-Founder

Led RedBite from Cambridge University research into commercial connected asset systems.

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Jens Ebering

Chairman

Board chairman with decades of industrial leadership experience.

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Prof. Duncan McFarlane

Co-Founder

Head of Distributed Information & Automation Lab at Cambridge. Research lead in industrial automation.

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Charlotte Ellarby

Associate Director

Runs operations and partnerships across industrial sectors.

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Dr Meng-Han, Kuok

Director & Co-Founder

Works on digital health and biotechnology through the Camtech group of companies.

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Dr. Da Xing

Director & Co-Founder

PhD in Physics. RF physics and enterprise architecture, from hardware through to cloud.

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Tan Kah Chai

Director

CTO of Wilmar International. Brings large-scale operations experience to corporate strategy.

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Alan Thorne

Co-Founder

Automation control systems and intelligent manufacturing at Cambridge University.

Advisory Board

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Kuok Khoon Hong

Advisor

Chairman and CEO of Wilmar International. Deep experience in global agribusiness supply chains.

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Robin Koh

Advisor

Supply chain work from the MIT Auto-ID Center, with executive roles at Coca-Cola, Deloitte, and HP.

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Björn Sossong

Advisor

Business strategy, sensor systems, and industrial automation across European markets.

The Team

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Alan Yong

Engineering

Web architect and application developer across multiple product lines.

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Andrey Kolchin

Engineering

Cloud infrastructure and distributed systems for high-volume asset events.

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Artem Efremov

Engineering

Mobile apps for itemit and industrial scanning.

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Anne Broom

Operations

Customer hardware shipments, stock control, RMA, and day-to-day logistics.

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Christine Goh

Operations

Operations, content management, and rollout of company initiatives.

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Cong Yuan

Engineering

Full-stack development: web applications, UI, and backend logic.

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George Hategan

Engineering

Hardware sensors, firmware, protocols, and cloud integration for IoT deployments.

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Jessica Smith

Operations

Customer satisfaction, sales operations, finance, and internal workflows.

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Joe Smith

Operations

Customer success, growth initiatives, and CRM management.

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Kanstantsin Halets

Engineering

QA, testing, and software quality standards.

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Morgan Lee

Engineering

Full-stack development with work in crypto, AI, and Web3 protocols.

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Stephanie Aurelio

Engineering

Design systems, UI/UX, website work, and creative operations.

Our Cambridge DNA

We write code, but we also work with the physics of information. Our work sits between messy physical environments and structured digital records.

AUTHORITY

We Write the Rules

We helped write the protocols. From the Auto-ID Center to today, we authored global standards (EPC Gen2) that billions of devices use.

Cambridge LegacyAuto-ID CenterBirthplace of the IoT
PHYSICS

We See the Invisible

Our team works with RF physics to read tags in difficult conditions. Where others see static objects, we see data waiting to be captured.

Cambridge LegacyJames Clerk MaxwellUnified Electromagnetism
IDENTITY

We Value Uniqueness

We care about item identity. Every asset has a history, and we build systems that record it accurately.

Cambridge LegacyCrick & WatsonStructure of DNA
RESILIENCE

We Engineer Survival

We design for real-world conditions. Our networks self-heal, scale under load, and keep running where simpler setups fail.

Cambridge LegacyCharles DarwinNatural Selection
AGENCY

We Automate Action

Telemetry alone is not enough. We build agents that act on data, turning readings into supply chain responses.

Cambridge LegacyIsaac NewtonLaws of Motion
TRUST

We Protect Truth

Physical history should be hard to tamper with. Our DePIN architectures record events so they can be audited later.

Cambridge LegacyAlan TuringCryptography & Logic

Our Evolution

1999

The Spark

The Auto-ID Center is founded at Cambridge University. In these labs, the 'Internet of Things' took shape, moving from passive barcodes to networked item identities.

2006

The Standard

EPC Gen2 is ratified as the global standard. RedBite spins out to commercialise the protocol and build the software stack behind large-scale item tracking.

2016

The Platform

itemit launches, lowering the cost of enterprise tracking by using everyday smartphones instead of proprietary hardware.

2024

The Network

umin.ai and our DePIN ecosystem launch, connecting physical assets to on-chain records and agent-driven workflows.