Alien Technology Announces Election of C. Scott Hartz to Board of Directors

MORGAN HILL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 20, 2004--Alien Technology(R) today announced the election of C. Scott Hartz to the company's Board of Directors. In his 32-year career in management consulting with Price Waterhouse, and later PwC, Hartz became recognized as a pioneer in leading transformational business solutions for Fortune 500 global enterprises.

"We are extremely pleased that Scott has joined our board," said Tom Baruch, Chairman of the Board, Alien Technology. "He brings a wealth of experience and industry knowledge to help guide Alien Technology in its growth phase."

“We are extremely pleased that Scott has joined our board”

"I have long been aware of the major transformational opportunities enabled by RFID and Alien Technology's leadership role in the market," said Scott Hartz. "I am very excited to become a member of the Alien board providing both guidance and corporate governance to the company."

Mr. Hartz is a managing director of Spire Capital Group LLC, where he focuses on the commercialization of early-stage technologies from universities, government and private research institutions. From 1995 to 2002, while Global CEO of PwC Consulting, Hartz led the company's growth to a $6.0 billion enterprise with a global leadership position serving multi-national companies in corporate transformation, e-business and e-markets, supply chain services, CRM, and enterprise resource planning. In 1999 and 2000, he was named one of Consulting Magazine's top-10 most influential consultants. In 2002, PwC Consulting was acquired by IBM.

Hartz serves on the Board of Directors of Siebel Systems and Erie Indemnity Company. He also serves on The Wharton School Graduate Board and Lehigh University Business School Advisory Board. Mr. Hartz holds a B.S. degree in Economics from Lehigh University and an MBA degree from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

About Alien Technology

Alien Technology Corporation is a leading provider of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) products for global customers in government, retail, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, transportation, and other industries. Using its patented manufacturing process, Fluidic Self Assembly (FSA(R)), Alien(R) manufactures EPC tags in very high-volumes and at low cost. The company also provides RFID readers for a variety of applications including supply chain management, logistics, and anti-counterfeiting, to improve inventory management and reduce operating costs. Alien is an active member of EPCglobal. More information about Alien Technology Corporation can be found on the Company's website at www.alientechnology.com.

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