EVIO Inc (EVIO)

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EVIO Management at Glance

A state-of-the-art life science company that provides accredited analytical testing services and scientific research to the regulated cannabis industry, EVIO provides state-mandated ancillary services that ensure the safety and quality of the nation's cannabis supply.

Company co-founder and CEO William Waldrop, MBA formed the public company in 2014, and in 2015 led the acquisition of the company's first analytical laboratory facility in Bend, Oregon. With a bachelor in Science and a MBA in Finance, Waldrop has grown the company to five labs, and is the driving force behind the nationwide rollout of EVIO Labs. Waldrop was previously chairman of the board and CEO of Newport Entertainment Group and president and COO of College Partnership, a publicly traded company that provided student services. A senior manager at AirTouch Cellular, he led the team that built out a 44-store distribution channel generating over $100 million in annual revenues in just four years. As vice president of operations for Leading Edge Broadband he oversaw the design and roll-out of a global telecommunications sales and outreach network. Waldrop has also provided advisory services to several public company.

Lori Glauser, MS, MBA, co-founder and chief operations officer is responsible for the strategic growth and day to day operations of EVIO Labs. Glauser was instrumental in growing EVIO from a startup advisory firm to five fully functioning labs within the first two years of operation, and now on track to open 18 labs by the end of 2018. Glauser also leads the Advisory Services division and has provided services for dozens of startup companies now licensed to operate in the cannabis industry. She brings 25 years of experience in engineering, management consulting, and startups and possesses exceptional acuity in business planning and operations, business process design, financial forecasting, risk, customer experience, and regulatory and policy. Previously, Glauser was a management consultant focusing on the energy industry with leading firms including Ernst & Young, IBM, Financial Times Group, and SNL Financial. She also launched two bay-area tech startups. Lori has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of New Hampshire and an MBA from University of Alabama.

Anthony Smith, PhD, chief science officer of EVIO Labs received his Ph.D. from Oregon State University in Molecular & Cellular Biology with an emphasis on biochemistry, metabolism and nutrition. Before entering the cannabis industry, Dr. Smith worked in natural products and biomedical research while serving as a leading international authority on aging, lipoic acid and vascular disease. He brings over 15 years of natural product research, quality assurance, product development, GMP manufacturing, FDA & regulatory experience and analytical chemistry expertise to EVIO Labs. Dr. Smith was recently appointed to the Oregon governor's Task Force on Researching the Medicinal and Public Health Properties of Cannabis and serves on the scientific advisory board for the Ashland, Oregon based non-profit medical and horticultural research group, the Health Research Institute.

EVIO President Henry Grimmett has nearly 50 years of experience in cannabis cultivation and has worked extensively with pesticides and herbicides studying their efficacy and environmental effects. With and academic background it botany, he studied plant biochemistry and plant physiology with David Rayle and Steve Johnson at San Diego State University, conducting pioneering research on IA (auxin) and other growth hormones in plants. Grimmett co-founded GreenHaus Analytical Labs and brings extensive experience with regulatory compliance and accreditation protocols.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.eviolabs.com