Manfred Scholz is the founder, president and principal consultant of SCHOLZ CONSULTING PARTNERS LLC where he provides consulting services in the biotechnology and diagnostic industries. Previously he was CEO at Prolias LLC, President and Chief Operating Officer at Stem Cell Preservation Technologies, Vice President for Business Development at IQuum, Senior Director for Business Development at Large Scale Biology Corporation, Senior Consultant at Boston Biomedical Consultants, and held various system development and global marketing positions at Dade Behring. Prior, he held research positions at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School and Max Planck Institute for Biophysics. He researched and published in the fields of oncology, infectious diseases and in vivo imaging technologies. He received his Ph.D. in physics from Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt, Germany and his M.B.A. from Babson College, Wellesley, Massachusetts.