---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-24-036082"
form_type: "8-K/A"
ticker: "DSS"
cik: "0000771999"
company_name: "DSS, INC."
filed_at: "2024-09-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T05:21:40.632028+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# DSS CEO Frank Heuszel steps down; COO Jason Grady named Interim CEO effective Aug 23, 2024

## Summary
- CEO Frank Heuszel resigns effective Aug 23, 2024; remains on American Medical REIT board.
- Jason Grady, former COO, appointed Interim CEO effective the same date.
- Grady also serves as President of Premier Packaging and other DSS subsidiary roles.
- Resignation not due to any disagreement with DSS operations, policies, or practices.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-24-036082
- form_type: 8-K/A
- ticker: DSS
- cik: 0000771999
- company_name: DSS, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-09-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/771999/000149315224036082/0001493152-24-036082-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/771999/000149315224036082/form8-ka.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Frank D. Heuszel resigned as Chief Executive Officer at DSS, INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - 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
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/771999/000149315224036082/0001493152-24-036082-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jason Grady was appointed as Interim Chief Executive Officer at DSS, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - 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/771999/000149315224036082/0001493152-24-036082-index.htm

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