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 LenelS2, to form a technology partnership with 3millID for the BlueDiamond family of multi-technology OSDP readers. In 2024, Honeywell purchased LenelS2 from Carrier and Honeywell ultimately launched their own version of the BlueDiamond product line. 3millID Continues to support the ongoing Honeywell LenelS2 BlueDiamond NFC Mobile technology partnership.
John holds a B.S in Building Construction from the University of Florida in Gainesville.
To further accelerate growth, John led the sale of 3millID Corporation to ASSA Abloy via HID Global, culminating in January 2025. 3millID continues to operate as an independent company with the backing of the ASSA Abloy Group.