PositiveID Corporation (formerly VeriChip Corp.)

PositiveID Corporation (formerly VeriChip)

-1690 South Congress Avenue, Suite 200; Delray Beach, Florida 33445 Ph: 561-805-8000 Fax: 561-805-8001

-MicroFluidic Systems 47790 Westinghouse Drive; Fremont, CA 94539 Ph: 510-354-0400 Fax: 510-354-0404

* http://www.positiveidcorp.com/index.html

Ha’tip to Mike @ http://www.oraclebroadcasting.com/archives.php?who=mikeanddave, for reporting on this (17 Nov., 2011).

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http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505123_162-42848437/hey-remember-when-newt-gingrich-was-sponsored-by-a-human-chip-implant-company/

Hey, Remember When Newt Gingrich Was Sponsored By a Human Chip-Implant Company? By Jim Edwards

Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich once spoke at an Alzheimer’s conference sponsored by PositiveID (PSID), the human microchip implant company that came under fire for injecting 200 Alzheimer’s patients with wireless chips in Florida without properly obtaining their consent.

The issue of whether Americans should receive subcutaneous wireless RFID chip implants that can link to their electronic medical records emerged again in Wisconsin this week, where former governor and Bush Administration secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson is considering a run for Senate. Thompson was a former board member of VeriChip, the company that renamed itself PositiveID, and once appeared on CNBC with PositiveID CEO Scott Silverman to advocate that everyone receive a chip from birth: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiLixwNkur8&feature=player_embedded [<"Tommy Thompson taking the Verichip."]

Naturally, conservatives and privacy advocates were appalled. Thompson has not yet announced whether he will run. Gingrich, obviously, is already campaigning for the White House in 2012. His campaign faltered recently when he criticized the House GOP Medicare reform plan as an example of “right-wing social engineering.” Many conservatives similarly believe that implanted health record microchips are a gross invasion of privacy.

Gingrich was the June 4 keynote speaker at the 2010, Alzheimer’s Educational Conference in West Palm Beach, Fla. The conference was “presented by PositiveID,” and CEO Silverman was one of two “conference co-chairs.” A PositiveID press release touted Silverman’s role in bringing Gingrich to the conference:

“In this role, Mr. Silverman and PositiveID partnered with the Center for Health Transformation to bring Former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and Founder, Center for Health Transformation, Newt Gingrich as the keynote speaker.”

The conference occurred a little more than three months after the James Randi Educational Foundation — which debunks pseudoscience — reported that PositiveID had performed a “study” on 200 Alzheimer’s patients in a Florida nursing home without the ethical supervision of an institutional review board. An IRB panel — made up of experts and laypersons — must sign off on all medical experiments on humans. The patients were unable to consent to the experiment themselves, so PositiveID obtained consent forms from their guardians, the Randi Foundation reported. The company should have obtained consent from both the patients and their guardians, the foundation stated.

Gingrich was at the conference, in part, to promote his “National Alzheimer’s Strategic Plan.” The plan doesn’t say anything specific about chips and Alzheimer’s patients, but it does call for a massive new investment in digital health records (which PositiveID believes could be linked to its VeriChip/VeriMed/Health Link microchip product):

“This value case should integrate systems to enhance the interoperability of electronic health records across traditional healthcare providers and with community agencies that provide key services to individuals and their caregivers.

“As noted by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, interoperable, standards based electronic health information systems and health records are a critical infrastructure for delivering such care. However, it is essential that this infrastructure be designed to effectively address the challenges that health professionals encounter when providing care to patients with dementia.”

Thompson left the board of VeriChip in 2007 and apparently did not get a chip himself. (No worries: we’ve got the scumbag tagged and tracked, as you may see below.)

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Scott Silverman – CEO VeriChip

Scott Silverman: Executive Profile & Biography – BusinessWeek - Age 46. Director, PositiveID Corporation. Silverman served as the Chief Executive Officer of PositiveID Corporation from August 27, 2009 to August 2011. Silverman served as the Chief Executive Officer of Digital Angel Corporation (also known as Applied Digital Solutions Inc.) from March 2003 to December 6, 2006 and served as its Acting President since April 2005. Silverman served as Chief Executive Officer of VeriChip Corporation, a subsidiary of Applied Digital Solutions Inc. and holding of Xmark Corporation from December 5, 2006 to July 18, 2008 and from April 2003 to June 2004. He served as Acting President of VeriChip Corporation March 2007 to May 4, 2007. From March 2002 to March 2003, Silverman served as President of Applied Digital. He served as Vice President of Digital Angel Corp. since December 1, 2003 and its Special Advisor to the Board of Directors from August 2001 to March 2002. From September 1999 to March 2002, he operated his own private investment-banking firm and from October 1996 to September 1999, Silverman served in various capacities for Applied Digital including positions related to business development, corporate development and legal affairs. From July 1995 to September 1996, he served as President of ATI Communications Inc., one of Applied Digital’s subsidiaries. He began his career and served as Attorney specializing in commercial litigation and communications law at Cooper Perskie in Atlantic City, New Jersey and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He has been Chairman of Steel Vault Corporation (Formerly IFTH Acquisition Corp.) since January 3, 2006. Silverman served as an Executive Chairman of VeriChip Corporation from March 2003 to July 18, 2008 and Chairman since November 12, 2008. He served as Chairman of Medical Advisory Systems, Inc. Silverman served as Chairman of Digital Angel Corp. from March 2003 to July 2007. He served as Chairman of the Board of Applied Digital Solutions Inc. from March 2003 to July 3, 2007. He served as an Executive Chairman of PositiveID Corporation since November 12, 2008. He served as Vice Chairman of Gulfstream International Group Inc. from September 8, 2010 to October 26, 2010. He served as Vice Chairman of Digital Angel Corp. since December 1, 2003. He serves as a Director of PositiveID Corporation since November 12, 2008. He has been Director of Steel Vault Corporation since January 3, 2006 and previously served as its Director since January 2001. He served as a Director of Medical Advisory Systems, Inc. since July 2003. He served as Director of Digital Angel Corporation from February 2002 to July 2007 and VeriChip-Holding co. until July 2008. He served as an Executive Member of Board of Directors of VeriChip Corporation from February 2002 to July 2008. He is an Attorney licensed to practice in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Other Affiliations: Digital Angel Corporation; Steel Vault Corporation; Medical Advisory Systems, Inc.; Digital Angel Corp., Prior to Merger with Applied Digital Solutions, Inc.; University of Pennsylvania; Villanova University School of Law; Xmark Corporation; Gulfstream International Group Inc.

-FL>http://www.whitepages.com/name/Scott-Silverman/FL

-At large, for now>http://www.whitepages.com/name/Scott-Silverman/

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Board of Directors

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William J. Caragol, Chairman

<-? http://southflorida.blockshopper.com/news/story/199412-Technology_company_president_spends_1M_in_Boca | Caragol was appointed CEO of PositiveID in August 2011, has served as the president and CFO of PositiveID since its inception and was previously president and CFO of VeriChip Corporation. Caragol also served as Steel Vault Corporation’s CEO, president and a member of its board of directors. From July 2005 to August 2006, he served as the chief financial officer of Government Telecommunications, Inc., a company under common control with PositiveID at the time. From December 2003 to June 2005, Caragol was the vice president of business development and chief financial officer of Millivision Technologies, a technology company focused on security applications. Prior to his role at Millivision Technologies, Caragol was a consulting partner with East Wind Partners LLP, a technology and telecommunications consulting company, in Washington, D.C, and spent eight years at Deloitte and Touche. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountant. The Board of Directors nominated Mr. Caragol as a director because of his past experience as a senior executive of other companies in the technology industry.

-William J Caragol Jr 6357 NW 33rd Ave; Boca Raton, FL 33496-3380 (561) 994-1501 [65+ / Carrie G Caragol]

-Blue Moon Energy Partners, Principal 6357 NW 33rd Ave; Boca Raton, FL 33496-3380 (561) 994-1501

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Ned L. Siegel

<–wife Stephanie. | Siegel has served as a member of our Board of Directors since February 2011. He has served as President of the Siegel Group, Inc. since September 1997, and Managing Member of the Siegel Consulting Group, LLC since November 2009, which provide real estate development and realty management services. From October 2007 until January 2009, he served as United States Ambassador to the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. From September 2006 until January 2007, he served as Senior Advisor to the United States Mission for the 61st Session of the United Nations General Assembly. From January 2003 until October 2007, Siegel was a member of the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation. From 2003 until 2007, he served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Caswell-Massey Company, Ltd., a world-wide quality bath and body, home fragrance and gifts company. Siegel was appointed Vice Chairman of Alternative Fuels Americas, Inc. in January of 2011. Siegel was nominated to the Board of Directors due to his past experience with government appointments and services and his managerial experience. | http://www.linkedin.com/pub/ambassador-ned-l-siegel/7/846/661 - Chairman at The Siegel Consulting Group, LLC; President at The Siegel Group, Inc.; Chairman & Principal at NLS Communities, Inc./Paramount Residential, LLC. Past: United States Ambassador to the Commonwealth of The Bahamas at U.S. Department of State Nassau, The Bahamas; Member – Board of Directors at Overseas Private Investment Corporation; Senior Advisor to the U.S. Mission and as the United States Representative at United Nations; Member – Board of Directors at Enterprise Florida, Inc.; Board Member and Shareholder at Marietta Corporation; Board of Managers at Cenetec Ventures, LLC; Vice Chairman at SGS Communities, Inc.; President at The Weingarten-Siegel Group, Inc. Boca Raton, Florida (West Palm Beach, Florida Area). | B. 1952. US Ambassador to the Bahamas (2007-); Americans for Truth in Politics; Bush-Cheney ’04; Cantor for Congress; Every Republican is Crucial PAC; Friends of George Allen; Friends of Giuliani Exploratory Committee; Friends of Joe Lieberman; Friends of Katherine Harris; Friends of Mark Foley; Friends of Senator D’Amato 1998 Committee; George W. Bush for President; John McCain 2008; Republican Jewish Coalition Florida Chair; Restore America PAC; Romney for President; Rudy Giuliani Presidential Committee; Santorum 2006; Solutions America PAC; Steele for Maryland; Straight Talk America; Tom Delay Congressional Committee; Florida 2000 Recount; Bush Pioneer 2000; Bush Pioneer 2004 Ranger. Wife: Stephanie Siegel (m. circa 1975, two sons, one daughter); Son: Justin; Son: Joshua; Daughter: Jillian.

-Ned “E” Siegel 3656 Princeton Pl; Boca Raton, FL 33496-2710 (561) 994-0333 [60-64 / Stephanie M Siegel, Joshua M Siegel, Jillian L Siegel]

-Stealth Realty Investors, Principal 5000 T Rex Ave, Ste 100; Boca Raton, FL 33431-4492 (917) 692-0550

-Covelli Design Assocs, Principal 5000 T Rex Ave, Ste 100; Boca Raton, FL 33431-4492 (561) 910-0330

-http://www.whitepages.com/dir/a-z/siegel/ned-l

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Michael “Lipshitz” Krawitz

<Krawitz and Julio Ferreira.<–Film star Tanner Cohen. Steve Rauthaus’ Gay South Florida>http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2008/05/gallery-closing.html | Krawitz has served as a member of our Board of Directors since November 2008. He currently serves as chief executive officer of PEAR, LLC, a provider of green retrofitting and renewable energy. From January 2010 until February 2011, he served as chief executive officer of Florida Sunshine Investments I, Inc. He previously served as the chief executive officer and president of Digital Angel Corporation from December 2006 to December 2007, executive vice president from March 2003 until December 2006, and as a member of its Board of Directors from July 2007 until December 2007. Krawitz served as a member on the Board of Directors of Steel Vault from July 23, 2008 until November 11, 2009. Krawitz was nominated to the Board of Directors due to his past experience as a chief executive officer of Digital Angel, our former parent company, as well as his experience as an attorney. | http://www.linkedin.com/pub/michael-krawitz/10/95a/118 - CEO at PEAR – Pollin Energy and Retrofits; Member, Board of Directors at Positive ID Corporation. Past: CEO at Florida Sunshine Investments; Owner at Business Mediation Group; CEO at Applied Digital; Corporate Attorney at Fried Frank. Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area.

-Michael Krawitz 400 S Pointe Dr, Apt 2204; Miami Beach, FL 33139-7361 (305) 538-8446

-?>Michael Krawitz 844 Village Gardens Dr; Sarasota, FL 34234-4037 (941) 358-5103

-Verichip Corporation, Director 1690 S Congress Ave; Delray Beach, FL 33445-6385 (561) 805-8008

-?>Brightline Compliance, Board of Directors 1015 18th St NW, Ste 204; Washington, DC 20036-5217 (202) 639-9500

-http://www.whitepages.com/name/Michael-Krawitz/

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Barry M. Edelstein

Edelstein has served as a member of our Board of Directors since January 2008. Edelstein serves as managing partner of Structured Growth Capital, Inc, a boutique investment banking firm. Edelstein served as acting president and chief executive officer of Destron Fearing Corporation (formerly known as Digital Angel Corporation), or Destron Fearing, from August 2007 until December 2007. Edelstein has served as the chairman of ScentSational Technologies, LLC since 2002. Edelstein was nominated to the Board of Directors because of his past experience as a president and chief executive officer, as well as his years of oversight and senior management experience. | http://www.linkedin.com/in/barryedelstein - “Investment Banking.” Managing Partner at Structured Growth Capital, Inc. / SGC Natural Resources; Director at PositiveID Corporation (PSID.OB); Chairman at ScentSational Technologies, LLC; Director at Athur Ashe Youth Tennis & Education. Past: President & CEO at Digital Angel Corporation; Director at Digital Angel Corporation; VP Sales & Sales Operations at Comcast Business Communications; VP Sales & Marketing at Comcast Telecommunications, LLC; Founder & President at GlobalCom Telecommunications. Greater Philadelphia Area.

-Barry M Edelstein 1100 Green Valley Rd; Bryn Mawr, PA 19010-1914 (610) 527-5889 [45-49 / Brooke M Millman]

-ScentSational Technologies, Principal 1100 Green Valley Rd; Bryn Mawr, PA 19010-1914 (610) 527-5889

-http://www.whitepages.com/dir/a-z/edelstein/barry-m

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Jeffrey S. Cobb
Cobb has served as a member of our Board of Directors since March 2007. Cobb is the chief operating officer of IT Resource Solutions.net, Inc. Prior to April 2004, Cobb was the executive vice president and chief operating officer of SCB Computer Technology Inc. Cobb served as a member on the Board of Directors of Steel Vault from March 2004 through July 22, 2008. Cobb was nominated to the Board of Directors because of his management and business development experience in technology companies. | http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jeff-cobb/9/604/180 - Director at Positive ID Corp.; COO at iT Resource Solutions.net,inc. Past: COO at SCB Computer Technology, Inc; Product Development at Cybex; Member Services at Eastern States Bankcard. Orlando, Florida Area.

-FL>http://www.whitepages.com/dir/fl/cobb/jeffrey-s

-http://www.whitepages.com/dir/a-z/cobb/jeffrey-s

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Board of Advisors

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M. Allen Northrup, Ph.D., Chief Technology Advisor to MicroFluidic Systems

Northrup (jewish) founded Microfluidic Systems Inc (MFSI) in Berkeley, CA and is Chief Technology Advisor. Most recently, Northrup was a Founder, Chief Technical Officer, and Vice President of Research at Cepheid, in Sunnyvale, CA. Cepheid (CPHD) was taken Public in April 2000. He has over 20 years of instrumentation development experience. Northrup’s technical interests center on the application of microfabrication and related technologies to the development of environmental, medical, and biotechnological devices and instruments – specifically to take advantage of the increases of efficacy and decreases in costs these technologies can offer. Northrup was the first to demonstrate the micro-PCR process in a silicon micro-machined chip and has worked closely with many companies in the biomedical industry over the past several years to prove its advantages and to move it toward commercialization. | http://www.linkedin.com/pub/m-allen-northrup-phd/3b/b05/25b - CEO at Microfluidic Systems. Past: Co-founder, CTO, VP Research at Cepheid; Microengineering and Biomedical Sciences at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. San Francisco Bay Area. | Managing Member - M. Allen Northrup, LLC, located in Orinda, CA.

-Allen M Northrup 6 Oriole Rd; Orinda, CA 94563-1729 (925) 258-3530 [Milton A Northrup, Jean Beckendorf-Northrup]

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Pietro Galassetti, MD, PhD

Galassetti is Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Pharmacology at the University of California, Irvine (“UCI”), where he also serves as the Director of the Bionutrition/Metabolism Core at the Institute for Clinical and Translational Science, and as Associate Director of the Pediatric Exercise Research Center. In his role as scientific advisor to PositiveID, Galassetti will contribute his expertise on breath analysis to the development of PositiveID’s Easy Check(tm) non-invasive breath glucose detection device. Galassetti has focused on developing a novel technology to measure non-invasively a broad range of metabolic variables through exhaled breath analysis, in collaboration with the UCI department of chemistry. A number of previously unstudied gases present in human breath at extremely low concentrations correlated with several key metabolic indicators, including plasma glucose, insulin, lipids, ketones and inflammatory markers, promise the near-future evolution of these measurements into clinically applicable devices. The recipient of several scientific national awards, Galassetti is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Applied Physiology, acts as a reviewer for about 20 scientific journals, and as a grant reviewer for the NIH, the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation and several international scientific foundations.

-Pietro R Galassetti 16 Fuertes; Irvine, CA 92617-4092 (949) 509-1408 [45-49 / Sach M Galassetti]

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Yuval Rabin - Son of former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin

http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/14651/yuval-rabin-was-his-father-too-tough-an-act-to-follow/ | Yuval Rabin is Managing Partner at Oris Investments and brings on board deep business experience with governments, state and federal processes, and an extensive network and contacts around the globe, including Africa, Arab countries, and Eastern European countries. Rabin lives in Israel, where the Company is currently developing its Easy Check(tm) non-invasive breath glucose detection device. Rabin, son of the late Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, was previously a Managing Partner at the Washington, D.C.-based Rabin, Sheves, Lipkin-Shahak, and Birger (“RSLB”), and was one of the first non-Americans to lobby the U.S. administration on behalf of foreign countries. Prior to RSLB, Rabin held senior executive positions serving companies including AARP, The Principal Group, Ericsson, Airbus Industries, Nokia and Samsung among others. Rabin has also led initiatives for manufacturing and service companies, utilities and governments in the U.S., Israel, Europe and the Far East. Rabin is a veteran of the Israel Defense Forces, having achieved the rank of major during his eight years of service. Wife, Tal, and daughter, Omer.

-http://www.whitepages.com/name/Yuval-Rabin/

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Management Team

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William J. Caragol, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
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Bryan Happ, Chief Financial Officer
Bryan Happ has served as the Chief Financial Officer of PositiveID since August 2011. Prior to joining PositiveID, Happ was the Chief Financial Officer of Green Bullion Financial Services LLC, an ecommerce consumer services company. From May 2008 to October 2009, Happ served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of NationsHealth, Inc., a healthcare services company, and from August 2005 to May 2008 served as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of NationsHealth. From January 1991 to July 2005, Happ held various positions in the Assurance and Advisory Business Services practice of Ernst & Young LLP, most recently as a Senior Manager. He is a Certified Public Accountant. | West Palm Beach, Florida Area.

-3 FL>http://www.whitepages.com/name/Bryan-Happ/FL

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Allison Tomek, Senior Vice President, Investor Relations and Corporate Communications

<-? (Facebook & Myspace.) | Tomek joined PositiveID in January 2007 and has served as Senior Vice President, Investor Relations and Corporate Communications since January 2009. Tomek was previously Vice President of Investor Relations and Corporate Communications at Applied Digital Solutions, Inc. and Digital Angel Corporation, a majority-owned subsidiary. Prior to joining the Applied Digital family of companies, Tomek was Director of Investor Relations and Corporate Communications of Andrx Corporation, a pharmaceutical manufacturer and distributor.

-Allison F Tomek 8059 NW 126th Ter; Parkland, FL 33076-4928 [30-34 / Kenneth R Tomek]

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“Hon.” Newt Gingrich, Former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives