Frank D. Heuszel, 65, has served as a member of DSS’s Board of Directors since July 2018 during which time he served as chairman of the company’s Audit Committee until April 2019. On April 17, 2019, Mr. Heuszel was appointed by the DSS Board of Directors as the Chief Executive Officer of DSS (then known as Document Security Systems, Inc.) and its Interim Chief Financial Officer. In 2021, Mr. Heuszel assigned the Interim Chief Financial Officer to the current DSS CFO.

Heuszel has extensive expertise in a wide array of strategic, business, turnaround, and regulatory matters across several industries as a result of his executive management, educational, and operational experience. Prior to joining DSS, Mr. Heuszel had a very successful career in commercial banking and business turnaround management. For over 35 years, Heuszel served in many senior executive roles with major US and international banking organizations. As a banker Mr. Heuszel has served as General Counsel, Director of Special Assets, Credit Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Auditor. Mr. Heuszel has also operated a successful law practice which was focused on the regulation and operation of banks, management of bank litigation, corporate restructures, and merger and acquisitions. In addition to being an attorney and executive manager, Mr. Heuszel is a Certified Public Accountant (retired), and a Certified Internal Auditor. Mr. Heuszel is also a member of the Texas State Bar, the Houston Bar Association, Association of Corporate Counsel, Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants, and the State Bar of Texas Bankruptcy Section.

Jason T. Grady has served as Chief Operating Officer since July 2019. As Chief Operating Officer, Grady manages operations of 9 business lines and 25 subsidiaries, advising the direction of each of the company’s newly formed subsidiaries, and the research and development of emerging market opportunities across diverse business operations. Grady joined DSS in July 2010 and previously served as Vice President of Sales and Marketing prior to becoming President, Premier Packaging Corporation in August 2018, a position he still holds. Before joining DSS, Grady served as Director, Business Development at Berlin Packaging and Vice President of Marketing at Parlec Inc. Grady earned a bachelor’s degree and MBA from the Rochester Institute of Technology.

Todd D. Macko joined DSS in January 2019 and previously served as Vice President of Finance of Premier Packaging Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of DSS, and Interim Chief Financial Officer, DSS prior to his promotion to Chief Financial Officer in August 2021. As CFO, Macko leads finance across DSS and its divisions in all aspects of financial and strategic planning, capital budgeting, investor relations, competitive analysis, cost reduction analysis, and board of director’s support. Prior to DSS, Macko spent his career in public and corporate financial management, most recently serving as Corporate Controller for Baldwin Richardson Foods. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Rochester Institute of Technology.

Janine Avila joined RBC Life, Inc. as Vice President, North American Operations in October 2020. She brings over 30 years of experience in the direct sales industry as both an executive and a top income producer. Before joining RBC Life, Inc., Avila held roles with Direct Selling Resources, AMS Health Sciences, and Oxyfresh Worldwide. Previously, she served as a Trainer at the Direct Selling Association, the world’s most prestigious industry association, and was named one of the Top 50 Trainers in the World by Business for Home magazine. Her start in the industry began with Tupperware where she ultimately outsold more than half a million distributors. Avila’s story has been featured in Forward: The Network Marketing Movie, and referenced by publications that include Guerrilla Marketing by Jay Levinson and Think and Grow Rich for Women by Sharon Lechter.

Jeffrey Knisley has served as Vice President, Sales and Marketing at Premier Packaging since 2018 after initially joining Premier Packaging in 2009 as New Business Development Manager. Prior to joining Premier, Knisley held key sales roles at TimBar, Pratt Industries, and Fallon Neon. He is known for building long-term, productive relationships. Knisley earned his bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Rochester Institute of Technology.

Vincent Lum joined DSS in December 2017. He currently serves as President of DSS Digital Transformation, after initially joining DSS as President, DSS Secure, Asia Pacific. Prior to joining DSS, Lum served as CEO for Hong Kong-based companies HotApp International and Vitop, Ltd. He previously held key management roles at multinationals including Datacraft Asia, Johnson Controls, and Apple. Lum earned a bachelor's degree in Computer Communication and Engineering from the University of Essex.

Melissa Sims has served as Chief Executive Officer, Alset Title since September 2020. Sims has also enjoyed an illustrious legal career of more than two decades spanning a practice that includes real estate, municipal, mass tort, probate, and commercial litigation with Sanders Phillips Grossman, LLC, Wimbiscus Law Firm. In private practice, Sims argued a precedent-setting probate case before the Illinois Supreme Court. Recently, her groundbreaking local government preemption case was quoted as national precedent by the United States Supreme Court. Sims earned her bachelor’s degree from Illinois State University, attended Lewis University, and obtained her juris doctorate from Northern Illinois University, College of Law.

Mark Suseck is Chief Business Officer at Impact BioMedical. He divides his time between product development and launch, fundraising, and business growth and expansion strategies. His experience in large, diversified healthcare companies, private equity, and startups has ensured success in assessing business competencies and defining plans and measures for improvement. Suseck earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Rutgers University with minors in education and philosophy. He completed the Executive Management Program in Residence at the University of Michigan Business School. He earned a Six Sigma Black Belt and multiple digital marketing certifications.

John “JT” Thatch has served as a director of the Company since May 9, 2019 and as Lead Independent Director since December 9, 2019. Mr. Thatch, is an accomplished, energetic, entrepreneur minded Executive who has the vision and knowledge to create growth and shareholder value any organization. Mr. Thatch has successful started, owned and operated several sized businesses in various industries that include service companies, retail, wholesale, on-line learning, finance, real estate management and technology. Since March 2018, Mr. Thatch has served as the Chief Executive Officer and current Vice Chairman of Sharing Services Global Corporation, a publicly traded holding company focused in the direct selling and marketing industry. He is a minority member of Superior Wine & Spirits, a Florida-based company that imports, wholesales and distributes wine and liquor throughout the State of Florida since February of 2016. Mr. Thatch served as Chief Executive Officer of Universal Education Strategies, Inc. from January 2009 -January 2016, an organization the development and sales of educational products and services. From 2000 - 2005, he was the Chief Executive Officer of Onscreen Technologies, Inc., currently listed on NASDAQ as Orbital Energy Group “OEG”, a global leader in the development of cutting-edge thermal management technologies for integrated LED technologies, circuits, superconductors and solar energy solutions. Mr. Thatch was responsible for all aspects of the company including board and stockholder communications, public reporting and compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley, structuring and managing the firm’s financial operations, and expansion initiatives for all corporate products and services. Mr. Thatch’s public company financial and management experience in the strategic growth and development of various companies qualify him to Board serve on the Company’s Board of Directors and Chairman of the DSS Audit Committee.