John is a 25+ year veteran of the security card and reader industry with expertise in technology licensing, building successful partnerships, product management, manufacturing, marketing and sales. While working with HID® Corporation, John held many positions including Director of Technology Integration, building global partnerships for 13.56mHz contactless technologies and Proximity technologies. After departing HID, John was founding Chairman, CEO and President of XceedID® Corporation, building the company into a highly successful card and reader company, including a comprehensive technology partnership with GE Security for the GE Transition Series Readers, and LENEL for the LENEL OpenCard Readers. John eventually led the successful sale of XceedID to Ingersoll-Rand, now Allegion® and sold under the SCHLAGE® and AptiQ® brands.
With a desire for further innovation, and to build another world class global card and reader business with industry leading delivery methods, John co-founded 3millID® Corporation. Soon after forming 3millID, John worked with UTC Fire&Security and LENEL-S2 to form a technology partnership with 3millID for the BlueDiamond family of multi-technology OSDP readers. As of June 2024 Honeywell acquired the LENEL-S2 business to combine the two largest security OEM’s, forming a security industry juggernaut. The 3millID and Honeywell LENEL-S2 multi-year technology collaboration is ongoing, developing next generation product offerings and leading the industry toward secure DESFire EV2/EV3 credentials, NFC “phone as a badge” technology, and secure Mobile Credentials. John holds a B.S in Building Construction from the University of Florida in Gainesville.