Joseph J. Grillo

Joseph J. Grillo is Chief Executive Officer and on the Board of Directors of Digital Angel. Mr. Grillo, an RFID industry veteran, is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of the Global Technologies Division of Assa Abloy, AB, a publicly held global manufacturer in the security and lock industry. Prior to being named to head up Assa Abloy’s Global Tech Division, Mr. Grillo formed and promoted sales of the Identification Technology business unit, combining several RFID and smart card businesses into one unit servicing several vertical markets with security-based card, transponder and reader products. Mr. Grillo was a long-time executive and early founder of HID Global Corp., which he joined in 1993 as National Sales Manager. He later worked in several executive sales positions for HID. This led up to the sale of HID to current owner Assa Abloy in January 2001, upon which Mr. Grillo was named president of HID. From 1993 to 2000, he led HID sales organization in growing the company from $3 million to $92 million in annual sales. From 1981 to 1993, he held sales and management roles with major industry players including Security Specialists (acquired by TYCO), National Control Systems (acquired by ITI, now part of GE) and Kidde Automated Systems (eventually acquired by TYCO).