Craig Alan Repec is GS1’s subject matter expert for event-based visibility standards such as EPCIS and its companion standard, the Core Business Vocabulary (CBV), as well as the EPC “Gen2” UHF RFID protocol, and Editor of GS1’s EPC Tag Data Standard (TDS). Prior to joining GS1 Global Office in 2011, Craig had similar responsibilities at GS1 Germany, supporting implementations of EPCIS and EPC/RFID, while at the same time actively shaping the ongoing development of these open supply chain standards. Craig is a member of both the GS1 AIDC and GS1 Healthcare teams, and his experience is rounded out by work in software and consulting companies in the United States and Germany over the past twenty years.