who are we?

It all begins with an idea.

Maybe you want to launch a new brand.

Maybe you want to scale your existing operations.

Or maybe you just want to optimize what you’ve already built.

We approach clients with a solid understanding of what a highly regulated space will look and feel like.

Meet the Team

  • Founder

    Thomas holds a B.S. in Chemistry from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona and an M.S. in Materials Science & Process Engineering from California State University, Northridge. Over the past two decades, he has built a career leading multidisciplinary engineering teams and bringing complex technologies from concept to scaled manufacturing in highly regulated industries.

    He has authored and won multiple federally funded BAA and SBIR/STTR proposals, serving as both Principal Investigator and project manager with more than $100M in P&L responsibility supporting stakeholders across the Department of Defense, Department of Energy, NASA, and commercial partners in the private sector. His work has spanned aerospace and defense, advanced materials, bio-pharmaceutical, and medical device industries, with a focus on research, process development, manufacturing scale-up, and operational excellence.

    Thomas has led and supported large capital projects from early feasibility and front-end engineering through design, construction, commissioning, and operational readiness. His experience includes aligning cross-functional teams, managing complex stakeholder environments, and translating technical strategy into executable project roadmaps for high-growth organizations.

    Throughout his career, he has overseen validation, implementation, and training programs across GMP, ISO, and AS-accredited laboratory and production environments, helping organizations transition from early-stage innovation to reliable, repeatable operations. He has built and scaled manufacturing teams, implemented lean operating systems, and helped founders and executives align technical execution with long-term business strategy.

    Thomas lives in Chattanooga, Tennessee with his wife and two sons, where he continues to support initiatives that foster STEM education, leadership development, and community resilience.

  • Corey’s foray into the cannabis industry began over 20 years ago with the sole intent of growing a better-quality product than what was available in dispensaries at that time. Realizing the increasing number of potential benefits of this plant, that goal quickly evolved into a core philosophy of wanting to improve as many lives through cannabis as possible.

    Upon completing his bachelor’s degree in Biomedical engineering at the University of Southern California, Corey garnered invaluable API and regulatory experience shepherding drug and device clinical trials through FDA approval. During this time, Corey’s passion for cannabis grew from hobbyist to full time to cannabis operations in 2008, growing premium indoor flower for CA dispensaries for the next 8 years. A natural progression, Corey moved into the design of controlled environment agriculture facilities and management of myriad laboratory systems.

    His extensive extraction/production and management experience paved the way for him to introduce the first solventless ice hash extraction/rosin setup used in the state of Nevada in 2017. He aided in the design, improvement, and implementation of production processes across multiple extraction capabilities at the largest cannabis lab in the state of Nevada. Corey successfully managed 20 employees across multiple extraction laboratories and methods in a high-volume production environment. Together, his teams of extractors processed up to 1 metric ton of biomass per week into distillate, boutique concentrates, and terpenes via ethanol, hydrocarbon, CO2, and ice water extractions. The ethanol process alone saw up to 600lbs of biomass being turned into 20-30 liters of distillate daily.

    Corey relocated to Florida in November of 2021 as the Sr. Lab Operations Manager for GrowHealthy’s central manufacturing facility. He has oversight of the CO2 extraction lab’s production of RSO, cannabis terpenes, distillate vapes, syringes, tinctures, and topicals, as well as the solventless Rosin and Rosin cart production under the MPX (Melting Point Extracts) brand. By driving a positive culture focused on collaboration, problem-solving, and operating with a sense of “urgency without emergency,” his teams are able to meet weekly production goals consistently and safely. This allows for accurate long-term production planning and forecasting. During his time at GrowHealthy, Corey has led the implementation of industry-leading techniques and strategic equipment acquisitions, improving safety, quality, reliability, and throughput across multiple departments.

  • Aaron’s career with cannabis began in 2012 when he moved from his hometown of Salt Lake City, Utah to Tehachapi, CA due to the lack of medical laws protecting patients and the possible chance of criminal actions if caught. His constant pursuit for helping others is how he landed in the subspecialty of extraction within the cannabis industry. He feels that extracts are a more useable form of cannabis when compared to flower and has the potential for more treatments as the future progresses.

    Over the last 10 years Aaron’s passion for cannabis and strong networking abilities has allowed him to work directly for and in collaboration with some of the largest and most reputable names in this industry. This has led to his advanced knowledge of extraction, purification, and isomerization of these compounds while maintaining the utmost safety standards for employees and patients alike. With his background in practical engineering and chemistry, he can operate and diagnose any issues for both chemical and mechanical separating operations while avoiding all possible hazards that can be present when using a wide range of combustible solvents and gasses. But where he really shines is in interpersonal relationships between employees, clients, and investors. Keeping in constant contact with all who are involved and making sure that he is always a resource for them if needed. Aaron instills confidence to all those around him while being a natural leader, he is never afraid to take charge and will always be the first to admit when he should have done something different while being open minded to new ideas from anyone regardless of their involvement in the project.

    Aaron’s experience and successful trends can be seen from the companies he has worked with and how others will speak on his behalf while being a part of many industry firsts like helping gain traction to the popularity in Delta-9 isomers and use of inline column chromatography for color remediation (CRC) in solvent extractions. With his constant drive to learn more, help others, and the experience he carries will allow pressure to be taken off his superiors and simplify workflow for everyone.

  • Wade Ammon is a multi faceted producer, designer and engineer currently contracted with cannabis manufacturing labs in the Sacramento, CA area. His last six years have been spent designing, managing construction and then directing the operations of three cannabis processing facilities. Laboratory Process design has been a natural transition due to the extensive experience and success in production and design for Digital Visual Effects, Animation, Graphic Design as well as the structure, flexibility and empathy required in linguistics.

    Wade is driven by a wide angle perspective on life due to extensive professional and educational time in Western Europe combined with a rural upbringing in Northern California. This perspective has yielded an authenticity, ability to adapt, and commitment that is invaluable for any proven leader and producer like Wade. Over the years, his talents have translated to a scope of work ranging from small public restrooms in his home town to multimillion dollar structures in Europe and the U.S. - not to mention many hours of high budget digital special effects and animation. But, it’s not just the brain chemistry reward of the final product that drives him, he has a true passion for finding the most efficient and beautiful solution to any given challenge or barrier. When he’s not occupied with his professional work, Wade loves time in the outdoors with family including tennis, swimming and hiking. Personal time for him includes meditation, linguistics, and personal wellness.

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