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Leadership Team
Christiaan Engstrom, MBA
CEO
- Former Founder & CEO at Cell Culture Company
- Former COO at Medical Advanced Pain Specialists (MAPS)
- Multiple successful exits in healthcare technologies
Allison Hubel, Ph.D.
CSO & Founder
- World-leading cryopreservation expert
- Professor, Mechanical Engineering – University of Minnesota
- Director, Biopreservation Core Resource – University of Minnesota
- President, Society for Cryobiology
Jeff Williams, Ph.D.
COO
- Former President – Lucigen
- Former President & CEO – Platypus Technologies
- Multiple successful exits in biotech
Bryan Poltilove, MBA
Board Chairman
- Operating Partner – Broad Oak Capital Partners
- Former Cell & Gene Therapy General Manager – Thermo Fisher
- Multiple cell and gene therapy tool investments, acquisitions, and exits
Sandy Williams, Ph.D.
Strategy Advisor
- Founder & President – Access Biomedical Solutions
- Biomedical engineering and marketing consulting for medtech and biotech
- Former Biologics Business Unit Manager, Bose Corporation
Jason Maidment, MBA
Financial Advisor
- Fractional CFO – JAM Services
- Senior Director Finance – UnitedHealth Group
- General Manager – Hanratty & Associates
News
BlueCube Bio becomes Evia Bio™ and launches new IPSC cryopreservation solution to accelerate cell & gene therapies – BlueCube Bio officially announced a company name transition to Evia Bio™ – December 2021
Minnesota Supercomputing Institute – MSI PI Allison Hubel Named Director of Technological Leadership Institute – 5 Mar 2021
tech.mn – DEED Awards $450,000 in Launch Minnesota Innovation Grants to 17 Startups – 23 February 2021
MinneInno – Launch Minnesota announces innovation grants for 17 more startups – 23 February 2021
Twin Cities UMN – U of M’s Technological Leadership Institute names Professor Allison Hubel new director – 17 February 2021
University of Minnesota – UMN Technological Leadership Institute names Professor Allison Hubel new director – 16 February 2021
Minne Inno – The 21 Minnesota startups to watch in 2021 – 17 December 2020
Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal – What’s the most promising startup of 2020 – 8 December 2020
University of Minnesota – U Conference Gives Boost to Women Entrepreneurs – 20 November 2020
Women Leading Health Care – Here’s to Us – November 2020 – 18 November 2020
WeMentor Mondays – Expanding BlueCube Bio’s Ecosystem – 16 November 2020
Kare 11 Behind the Business – Preserving cells: Minnesota startup ‘BlueCube Bio’ develops new approach – 13 November 2020
WeMentor Mondays – The Inspiration Ecosystem: How Compassion, Curiosity, and Coaching Led to An Award-Winning Start-up – 9 November 2020
UMN College of Science and Engineering – Biopreservation company with BME ties wins high-profile startup competition – 9 October 2020
BlueCube Bio – Bulletin Q4 2020 Newsletter – 8 October 2020
Agenparl – BLUECUBE BIO WINS MN CUP GRAND PRIZE – 3 October 2020
Lifespan.io – BlueCube Bio wins MN Cup grand prize – 1 October 2020
UMN College of Science and Engineering – ME-Led Startups Win the 2020 MN Cup – October 2020
15 Minute News – BlueCube Bio wins MN Cup grand prize – 1 October 2020
Scienmag – BlueCube Bio Win MN Cup Grand Prize – 1 October 2020
EurekAlert! – BlueCube Bio wins MN Cup grand prize – 1 October 2020
Illadel Graff Supply – BlueCube Bio Won The Main Prize Of The MN Cup – 1 October 2020
UMN Research – UMN Startup BlueCube Bio Takes MN Cup Grand Prize – 24 September 2020
Twin Cities Business – MN Cup 2020: Women-led U of M Startup Earns Top Prize – 24 September 2020
Carlson School of Management – MN Cup Announcement – September 2020
News Break – Virtual Minnesota Cup’s big winner: BlueCube Bio – 23 September 2020
Star Tribune – Minnesota Cup winner pioneers new solution to preserve therapeutic cells – 23 September 2020
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