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David Politis

Aug 24, 2017

PositiveID announced today that its subsidiary, ExcitePCR, has appointed David Politis as its chief marketing & sales officer. With more than 30 years of experience, Politis has worked with a wide range of companies of varying sizes in both the technology and life science industries, most of which have been pre- or post-IPO firms. For the past 16 months, Politis provided a variety of marketing services to companies on a consulting basis via his firm, The David Politis Company. Prior to that, he served as chief marketing officer for Xi3 Corporation and Multivoice from 2010 to early 2016.

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