About Us
S³ Scientific Storage Solutions ™, LLC is a Seattle-based, independent stockroom facilitating the storage, transport and management of laboratory consumables. Through our cGMP compliant facility, we offer a range of local and national programs including secure ambient or cold storage, same or next morning delivery, 24/7 web-based inventory access, site-specific product management, and specialized supply chain solutions. S³ provides a convenient and reliable product network to university, government, and private research institutions, as well as biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies.
S³ seeks to create a paradigm shift in response to the global multi-billion dollar issue of annual waste and energy costs associated with supplying scientific consumables to research and medical institutions. This issue, combined with greater competition for research funding and the subsequent pressure to reduce costs, has created a need for our third-party solution. Partnership with S³ ensures a powerful infrastructure in the face of ever-changing supply chain networks, while providing total neutrality. At S³ we strive to provide invaluable services, increased product access, and cost savings to the research community, while creating a competitive advantage for our vendor partners. We manage your products so you are free to manage and grow your business.
Managment Team
Pete Kegel — Founder, General Manager.
A graduate of Marquette University with a degree in Finance & Marketing, Pete brings to S³ fifteen years of experience in manufacturing and distribution. He was born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and relocated to Washington to serve as a North American Sales and Marketing Manager for the forest industry. He has extensive expertise in lean manufacturing, supply chain management, vendor managed inventory and environmental regulations.
Chayna Davis Ph.D. — VP Marketing and Business Development, Public Relations.
Chayna received her doctorate in quantitative behavioral genetics from the University of Colorado at Boulder. During her training she worked in the Genotyping Laboratory at the Institute for Behavioral Genetics, and studied genetic and environmental risk factors associated with learning disabilities. Following completion of her degree she accepted an EU postdoctoral fellowship at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, in the Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics. While in Sweden she served as a member of the GenomEUtwin Research Consortium, providing statistical expertise and examining the ethical, legal, and social issues pertaining to the Consortium's research goals, including those surrounding data collection and storage across eight participating European countries and Australia. She then came to the University of Washington to work as a research associate at the Institute for Public Health Genetics, Department of Epidemiology. Her academic experiences have led to a number of publications in peer-reviewed, scientific journals, as well as participation in poster sessions and seminars at meetings of international, multi-disciplinary professional organizations. She has demonstrated extensive proficiency in a wide range of study designs and statistical methodologies, has collaborated with exceptional researchers from numerous disciplines, and coordinated the activities of data collectors, lab technicians, research scientists, and administrators to ensure project timeliness and integrity.
Jodie Neukrich M.S. — Laboratory Director, Quality Control Manager.
Jodie received her B.A. from Dartmouth College in 2005 with a concentration in Genetics, Cellular and Developmental Biology. During her time at Dartmouth she studied abroad twice, spending a term in Toulous, France, studying French language, literature, and art at Le Miral Universite. She also spent a term in Auckland, New Zealand, studying Anthropology at the University of Auckland. She received her M.S. from the University of Washington in 2008 in Pathobiology with a focus on bacterial infectious disease. Jodie has also been an active volunteer, co-directing a mentor program for children and teens living with chronic illnesses while at Dartmouth, and directing a local non-profit swing dance troupe in Seattle.
Kurt Beers — Board of Directors, American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS).
Kurt Beers has over 20 years of experience in Operations and Supply Chain Management and has led implementations of Enterprise Systems in Manufacturing, Distribution and Third Party Logistics environments. He is a graduate of Marquette University with a degree in Business Administration and holds an MBA from the Keller Graduate School of Management. He currently sits on the Board of Directors for the Puget Sound Chapter of APICS. He is Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) and a Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP).
Our Advisory Team
Dean Dorcas — Founder and CEO, Intergrated Management Systems (IMS).
IMS helps its clients improve the productivity of its distribution and production workforce. Dean graduated #1 in Economics and in the top 1% of his class from the U.S. Naval Academy. During his senior year he was recognized as one of the top 5 leaders in his Academy class. After spending five years as a commissioned officer in the Navy, Dean founded IMS with a former classmate, Dan Keto. Under their leadership IMS became the 2nd fastest growing company in Washington State in 1999 and the 25th in 2000. In 2002 Dean graduated from the three-year Owner/President Management Program (OPM) at the Harvard Business School. In addition to his professional and academic successes, Dean was also a National Motorcycle Champion and a national caliber rower.
Amber Ratcliff — Co-founder, Nanostring Technologies.
Ms. Ratcliff wrote the business plan which won regional and national awards. Within NanoString, she has served in a wide variety of roles to establish key functional areas including business operations, intellectual property, manufacturing development, and production. She has recently moved into a marketing role and launched NanoString's nCounter System for Gene Expression Profiling in early 2008. Ms. Ratcliffe brings more than 10 years of experience in technical management and development of high throughput genomic technologies. Ms. Ratcliffe began her career by working on the Human Genome Project in the Leroy Hood Lab at the University of Washington, went on to help build the DNA Microarray facility at the Institute for Systems Biology, and later spent time working to streamline biologic drug manufacturing at Zymogenetics. Ms. Ratcliffe earned an MBA focusing on Technology Entrepreneurship from the University of Washington and a B.S. in Biochemistry from Western Washington University.
Janis Wignall — Member, Board of Directors, Seattle Biotech Legacy.
Ms. Wignall's experience includes working at Children's Hospital in Seattle, where she developed a science education curriculum to improve the health of children in Washington State. Previously she was employed at Immunex/Amgen for 19 yrs, first as a molecular biologist and then as the manager for a Science Education K-12 outreach program. She was on the cloning team of TNF receptor, which became the multi-billion dollar drug ENBREL for the treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis. In 2000 Janis accepted a Golden Apple Award from Governor Locke for recognition of Immunex's efforts in science education.
Dean Sproles — Founder, President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman of the Board for Iverson Genetic Diagnostics, Inc.
Mr. Sproles is an entrepreneur and scientist specializing in gene expression and protein sequencing. He is the innovator of the Company's genetic diagnostic technology. An alumnus of the Citadel, Mr. Sproles graduated magna cum laude in the Honors Program earning a B.S. in Biology. Having dedicated his research to proteomics, genomics, and DNA / RNA analysis, Mr. Sproles has over ten years of laboratory experience including extensive experience managing privately funded research laboratories. Most recently Mr. Sproles served as a product development consultant at the privately funded Meridian Valley Laboratory in Renton, Washington. His most recent publications reflect his involvement in the creation and implementation of global standards in genetic research.