Kenneth D. Porad Honored with the Don Percival Award

Kenneth D. Porad Honored with the Don Percival Award AIM INC - 11/13/2002
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The award was established to honor Don Percival, an early founder and pioneer in the development of barcode scanning. Since 1982, this award has been presented to an individual or organization from the user community in recognition of outstanding contributions to the application of AIDC technologies. “Ken Porad has demonstrated his commitment and dedication to the advancement of AIDC technologies at the Boeing Company. He recognizes the value of AIDC technology to the aerospace industry and as such, has been a leader in the continuing development of industry standards,” said Larry Roberts, CEO of AIM, Inc. Kenneth Porad is the Boeing Program Manager for the Permanent Bar Code Identification Program and is responsible for planning, organizing and controlling the implementation of Permanent Bar Codes on Parts within the Boeing Commercial Airlines Group. He is also the Boeing engineering representative to the Air Transport Association’s task force, which developed the aerospace industry standard for permanent bar codes contained in SPEC 2000. During the past two years, Mr. Porad and his team have trained over 500 aerospace industry suppliers in implementing permanent bar code on parts identification. He was recently elected Chairman of AIM’s new, global User Council. Mr. Porad joined the Boeing Company in April 1980 and has held increasingly responsible positions within engineering and management in both the defense and commercial airline business units. - more - His formal education includes a Bachelor of Science degree earned at Southern Illinois University and a Master of Science degree from the University of Southern California. Kenneth D. Porad joins an impressive list of both individuals and organizations that have previously won this award: 1982 Mike Noll U.S. Department of Defense 1983 Bill Maginnis Hunt-Wesson Foods 1984 Eric Brodhein New York Blood Bank 1985 Uniform Code Council Ad Hoc Committee 1986 Alan Gilligan AT&T Bell Laboratories 1987 VICS Organization Retail Automation 1988 Jack Loeffler Automotive Industry Action Group 1989 Karen Longe American Hospital Association 1990 Bob McQuade Bell Communications Research 1991 Gary Ahlquist Eastman Kodak Company 1992 David Carlson Kmart Corporation 1993 No Award 1994 United Parcel Service Accepted by Lynn Newport 1995 St. Alexius Medical Center Accepted by Frank Kilzer 1996 Connie Vinck Federal Aviation Administration 1997 Jon Andresen United Airlines 1998 Dr. James F. Fales Ohio University 1999 Dr. Thomas F. Young HQ U.S. Army, Europe 2000 Alan L. 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