Mission & Goals
The NFC Forum aims to bring the convenience of near-field technology to life. We empower organizations to deliver secure, tap-based interactions with an intuitive, reliable experience to users around the globe. Our member-led activities include the development of specifications and test cases, a certification program, and special interest groups that identify and evangelize contactless technology in an ever growing number of industries.
To realize this mission, the goals of the NFC Forum are to:
Develop and publicly publish a rolling three-year use case, liaison, technical, and certification release roadmap.
Educate enterprises, service providers, and developers on how to deploy NFC technology to deliver impactful solutions and grow their businesses.
Emphasize the feature of “user intent” through programs, messaging, marketing, and the rollout of a visual identifier to inform users where to tap for action.
Enable NFC technology to deliver a consistently positive user experience in all NFC product form factors.
Continue to promote the compliance program, develop specifications, test mechanisms, and tools that ensure consistent, secure, and interoperable use cases worldwide.
Deliver increased member value for membership growth and revenue.
Officers and Committee Chairs
While the end work products of the NFC Forum come from a network of dedicated volunteers from our member community, the key leadership of the Forum comes from the Board of Directors along with the Chairs of the Technical and Compliance Committees.
Preeti Ohri Khemani
Infineon Technologies
Chair
Michael Stark, Ph.D.
NXP Semiconductors
Vice Chair
Frank Dawidowsky
Sony
Secretary
Yo Tabayashi
Sony
Treasurer
Teuvo Järvelä
Huawei Technologies
Technical Committee Chair
Arnaud Schreiner
NXP Semiconductors
Compliance Committee Chair
Board of Directors
Alisher Alikhodjaev
Amir Khoshniyati
Identiv
Andrew Davidson
Qualcomm
Jean-Rémi Ruiz
STMicroelectronics
Dawei Zhang
Apple Inc.
Michael Stark, Ph.D.
NXP Semiconductors
Maurizio Skerlj
Infineon Technologies
Yo Tabayashi
Sony
Xiaofeng Zhang
Huawei Technologies Co, Ltd.
Working Group, and Task Force Leadership
Andreas Woerle
Infineon
Analog and Digital Working Group Co-Chair & TC EMVCo Alignment Task Force Chair
Arnaud Schreiner
NXP Semiconductors
Wireless Charging Testing Task Force Chair
Cristian Saracin
Continental Automotive GmbH
Automotive Working Group co-Chair
Dariusz Mastela
NXP Semiconductors
Automotive Working Group co-Chair
David Worthington
Visa
Mobility, Identity, & Transport Working Group Chair
Florian Nesshold
cilab GmbH
Wireless Charging Task Force
Jean-Rémi Ruiz
STMicroelectronics
RF Testing Task Force Chair
Klaus Roehrle
Sony
Devices and Applications Working Group Chair
Marc Lajon
NXP Semiconductors
Requirements & Policy Working Group Chair
Mohammed Ratni
Sony
Analog and Digital Working Group Co-Chair
Stefan Genser
Identiv Inc.
Healthcare Task Force Chair
Takahide Kadoyama
Fime
Japan Task Force Chair
Wolfgang Meindl
Renesas Electronics
Retail & Payment Working Group Chair
Zanghee Cho
NXP Semiconductors
Internet of Things Working Group Chair
Christian Roeck
Renesas Electronics
Testing Working Group Co-Chair
Raúl Ramos Pérez
Dekra Testing and Certification, S.A.U.
Testing Working Group Co-Chair
Staff
About the NFC Forum
Since 2004 the NFC Forum has championed contactless technologies and solutions for a wide range of industries. As a member-led organization, the Forum’s mission is to advance the use of Near Field Communication technology by developing specifications, ensuring interoperability among devices and services, and educating the market about NFC technology.