---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-24-033440"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DSS"
cik: "0000771999"
company_name: "DSS, INC."
filed_at: "2024-08-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T08:21:28.087665+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CEO Frank Heuszel to step down; Jason Grady appointed interim CEO

## Summary
- Frank Heuszel resigns as CEO effective Aug 23, 2024; no disagreement with company on operations, policies, or practices.
- Board elects Jason Grady as interim CEO, effective Aug 23, 2024.
- Jason Grady has served as COO since 2019 and is President of Premier Packaging, a DSS subsidiary.
- Grady also holds President/COO roles at DSS Wealth Management (2022) and BioLife Science (2021).
- No family relationship with any director/officer; no arrangement with other persons for his appointment.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-24-033440
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DSS
- cik: 0000771999
- company_name: DSS, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-08-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/771999/000149315224033440/0001493152-24-033440-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/771999/000149315224033440/form8-k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-24-033440
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-24-033440.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-24-033440.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jason Grady was elected as Interim Chief Executive Officer at DSS, INC..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Interim Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Effective August 23, 2024, the Board of Directors of DSS, Inc. elected Mr. Jason Grady as the Company’s new Interim Chief Executive Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/771999/000149315224033440/0001493152-24-033440-index.htm
- Executive change
  Frank D. Heuszel departed as Chief Executive Officer at DSS, INC..
  - Action: stepped down
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Mr. Frank D. Heuszel, announced that effective on the close of business on August 23, 2024, he will step down as the Chief Executive Officer of DSS.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/771999/000149315224033440/0001493152-24-033440-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.