November 16, 2009

FREEWAVE TECHNOLOGIES’ EXPERT TO SPEAK AT FIFTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE IN SALT LAKE CITY

FreeWave’s Dan Steele discusses the advantages of implementing non-fee-based wireless networking and remote monitoring for pivot irrigation systems

WHO:        Dan Steele
    Business Development Executive
    FreeWave Technologies, Inc.
    (www.freewave.com)

Daniel G. Steele is a business development executive at FreeWave Technologies, Inc. Steele has more than 25 years experience selling SCADA networks for the water and waste water, oil and gas, electric utilities, railroad, traffic and process control instrumentation markets. Some of Dan’s previous work experience includes working as a system integrator for three years; branch manager for Water Works Equipment for five years; regional sales manager for Rockwell Automation for five years; regional area manager for Microwave Data Systems for eight years; and, senior VP of sales for Bluewave Antenna Systems for two years.
   
Founded in 1993, FreeWave Technologies is a world leader in the innovative design and manufacture of license-free spread spectrum and licensed band radios and wireless data solutions that are trusted for mission critical applications around the world. www.freewave.com.

WHAT:    “Pivot Irrigation: Wireless Networking and Remote Sensor Monitoring”

As technology is becoming more affordable to both private and corporate farms, the use of telemetry technologies not only is creating value to businesses but being utilized in new ways. The latest telemetry trend is “wireless instrumentation” or the ability to control or monitor analog and digital signals without the constraints of wire. These signals may be used to communicate to and from the pivot to the farm to check moisture and temperature sensors, chemical soil samples, wind speed for the best time to water, and the actual pivot location and pump power usage. This capability, together with Internet access, allows the entire pivot system to be viewed anytime via a smart telephone. Steele will review how to efficiently and affordably track data for?  pivot irrigation farms, as well as weigh the pros and cons of newer versus traditional systems of operation.

WHERE:    Sheraton City Centre Hotel
150 West 500 South
Salt Lake City, UT
84101

WHEN:    Dan Steele: Wednesday, Nov. 4, 3:30 p.m. -5 p.m. at concurrent session IIA- Applications of Technology II

CONTACT:    For more information on FreeWave, or to set up an interview with Mr. Steele, please contact Christin Jeffers at Catapult PR-IR (303) 581-7760, ext. 14 or cjeffers@catapultpr-ir.com