– USA, WA – BioLife Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: BLFS), a leading supplier of class-defining bioproduction tools and services for the cell and gene therapy and broader biopharma markets, today announced the appointment of current President and COO Rod de Greef to its Board of Directors, after he will retire from the executive management, effective as of January 3, 2023.
Mike Rice, Chairman and CEO, said, “Our entire team and Board are extremely grateful to Rod for his contributions to the success of BioLife over the past two decades. He was instrumental in building and financing the business in our early years, and as a seasoned operator he later contributed greatly as we scaled up the business through organic growth and strategic acquisitions.”
About Roderick de Greef
Rod de Greef has served BioLife for 22 years as a board member and an executive officer since 2016. de Greef served as CFO from 2016 to 2021 and postponed his previously announced retirement in December 2021 to assume the COO role, focusing on key operational improvement initiatives related to the Company’s acquisition of Global Cooling, Inc.
Rod de Greef said, “Our entire operations team worked tirelessly alongside their colleagues in engineering and quality to improve the performance of our ULT freezer product line. I’m pleased to report the product line is now stable, with orders shipping from the current inventory and record-high overall product quality. Our supply chain team continues to successfully source critical components in this challenging global industrial climate and our global field service team is on track to complete the field upgrade of our pre-2022 installed base of ULT freezers.”
About BioLife Solutions
BioLife Solutions is a leading supplier of class-defining bioproduction tools and services for cell and gene therapy and broader biopharma markets. Our tools portfolio includes our proprietary CryoStor and HypoThermosol biopreservation media for shipping and storage, the ThawSTAR family of automated, water-free thawing products, evo cold chain management system, high-capacity cryogenic storage freezers, Stirling Ultracold mechanical freezers, SciSafe biologic storage services, and Sexton Biotechnologies cell processing tools.
For more information: https://www.biolifesolutions.com/
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