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Cross Match selects new CEO

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Cross Match Technologies, a developer of biometric solutions, has selected the successor to current president and CEO James W. Ziglar to follow after his retirement in August.

The new president and CEO Cross Match selected is James Grau who has over twenty years experience in executive positions with a number of large multinational corporations.

While Grau is being brought aboard with the hope of utilizing his great experience with marketing, sales, and operational planning to increase company profits, he also has a background in technology.

Grau previously served as group president of microwave components and subsystems for Smiths Group PLC; a position in which he was responsible for applications of threat and contraband detection, medical device, energy and communication technologies. [end] 

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