Kevin N. McGrath Appointed President & CEO of Digital Angel Corporation So. St. Paul, Minn./January 15, 2004/Satnews/ The Board of Directors of Digital Angel Corporation (AMEX:DOC) today announced that it has elected Kevin N. McGrath, 50, to the positions of President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, replacing outgoing CEO Van Chu, 57. McGrath was appointed to Digital Angel's Board of Directors on January 5, 2004.Prior to joining Digital Angel, McGrath spent 16 years at El Segundo, CA- based Hughes Electronics Corp., including seven years as Chairman of DirecTV Latin America, a Hughes subsidiary based in Fort Lauderdale, FL. McGrath was a Hughes Corporate Vice President and a member of its Management Committee, and was responsible for the start-up, development and operation of what has become the world's largest Latin American, direct-to-home pay television business, with 1.6 million subscribers in 28 countries and more than $600 million in annual revenues.
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