29 Is The Government In On The Verichip? On the same night of October 30th, when Secretary Mineta was about to speak at the unveiling of the Verichip CEO Richard Sullivan took the podium welcoming attendees to "the futur! e." After introducing Mineta, the two shook hands as Sullivan announced: "I just want to say how delighted we are at Applied Digital Solutions to launch an exciting new partne..