Hal Grodzins is the owner, Chairman and CEO of Aratay Inc. dba Sabia.  Prior to acquiring Sabia in May, 2023, Mr. Grodzins was President and Chief Operating Officer and a Director of Sabia, Incorporated, a global leader in the manufacturing and marketing of Prompt Gamma Neutron Activation Analysis (PGNAA) technology.  A longtime instrumentation business executive, Mr. Grodzins has decades of experience in all aspects of running instrumentation businesses, including executive management; financial management; mergers and acquisitions; strategic planning; technology development; global business development; and intellectual property, regulatory, operations and sales management.

Prior to joining Sabia in 2020, Mr. Grodzins was Cofounder, Chairman, President and CEO of Viken Detection Corporation, a pioneer in x-ray imaging devices for homeland security and analytical instruments for environmental testing.  Previously Hal was President and CEO of the tech start-up Vibrant Technologies; former Executive Consultant to the CEO of the Rigaku Group of Companies and founder of the Rigaku subsidiary, Rigaku Analytical Devices, Inc.; the former Vice President of Research and Development of the instrumentation division of Thermo Fisher Scientific; the former Vice President and General Manager of Thermo Scientific Niton Analyzers; the former Chairman, President and CEO of Niton Corporation, the company that invented handheld x-ray instrumentation; and the former Managing Director of Niton Europe GmbH and Niton Asia Ltd.  Prior to joining the instrumentation industry in 1996, Mr. Grodzins worked as a bond trader and broker at a boutique Wall Street firm, Stoever Glass & Co, and founded and ran a successful radon testing laboratory.

Mr. Grodzins is a Director of the Cornerstones of Science Foundation; the former Chairman of the Fulcrum Foundation; and a former director of several other private companies and non-profit organizations.  He is the inventor and co–inventor of patents in x-ray fluorescence and optical emission spectroscopy; winner of the 2003 R&D 100 Award as principal designer of Niton’s XLt Series XRF analyzers; and winner of national awards for sales achievement and product presentation.  Mr. Grodzins resides with his wife, Cathy, in Maitland, Florida and Arlington, Massachusetts, USA.