The ZigBee Alliance announced Larry Taylor as director of European standards development and the head of its new European office located in Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Taylor, who has more than 20 years of experience with International Standards, will lead a team responsible for expanding the Alliance s efforts in addressing the European Union (EU) s specific needs in energy management standards and Smart Grid activities. The European HQ will also focus on supporting its growing European-based membership and expanding its growing role in EU implementations of ZigBee Smart Energy in wireless advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) and home area networks (HAN).
More than 150 Alliance members, or 40 percent of the Alliance s membership, have European operations focused on ZigBee-related projects. The European HQ will help foster new partnerships with energy-related EU organizations while bolstering efforts with existing collaborations with the European Smart Metering Industry Group (ESMIG) and the Device Language Message Specification (DLMS) User Association. The European HQ will expedite ZigBee s growing emergence as the leading choice for wireless EU Smart Grid projects and promote greater adoption of other innovative ZigBee standards offering solutions for consumer electronics, home automation, health care and telecom.
ZigBee is committed to playing an active role in EU Smart Grid standardization efforts by sharing our expertise with ZigBee Smart Energy implementations already underway around the world, said Bob Heile, chairman of the ZigBee Alliance. Our new European HQ is a testament to placing Europe as a priority so we can continue helping our strong and growing European membership base continue to benefit from ZigBee.
Taylor, who has more than 20 years of experience with International Standards, will lead a team responsible for expanding the Alliance s efforts in addressing the European Union (EU) s specific needs in energy management standards and Smart Grid activities. The European HQ will also focus on supporting its growing European-based membership and expanding its growing role in EU implementations of ZigBee Smart Energy in wireless advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) and home area networks (HAN).
More than 150 Alliance members, or 40 percent of the Alliance s membership, have European operations focused on ZigBee-related projects. The European HQ will help foster new partnerships with energy-related EU organizations while bolstering efforts with existing collaborations with the European Smart Metering Industry Group (ESMIG) and the Device Language Message Specification (DLMS) User Association. The European HQ will expedite ZigBee s growing emergence as the leading choice for wireless EU Smart Grid projects and promote greater adoption of other innovative ZigBee standards offering solutions for consumer electronics, home automation, health care and telecom.
ZigBee is committed to playing an active role in EU Smart Grid standardization efforts by sharing our expertise with ZigBee Smart Energy implementations already underway around the world, said Bob Heile, chairman of the ZigBee Alliance. Our new European HQ is a testament to placing Europe as a priority so we can continue helping our strong and growing European membership base continue to benefit from ZigBee.
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