Today on Mission Supercritical our host Andy Joseph is Joined by the founder and CEO of Arsenal Oils and Extracts Rain Coleman. Arsenal's goal is to create, innovate and supply quality high-end boutique concentrates and extracts for small and large dispensaries alike. In addition, they are focused on creating their own products such as vape cartridges and pens, with an emphasis on unique and superior quality to provide greater options for the consumer at large. With this core philosophy, Arsenal pushes the boundaries beyond what is accepted as the status quo in the Marijuana industry as a manufacturer of superior quality concentrates with safety in mind. Realizing that even the best strains can be ruined with improper processing, we engineer our concentrates with precision and attention to detail from the beginning to insure a consistently incredible product time and time again. Rain is the founder and CEO of Arsenal and the created the philosophy they run their company by.

Apeks Supercritical is located in Johnstown, Ohio, and Jim Lenner has been the Village Manager for the Village of Johnstown for seven years. Prior to his position in Johnstown, he worked for the Licking County Planning Commission for five years. Jim is a board member for the Licking County Transportation Improvement District, Explore Licking County and Heath-Newark-Licking County Port Authority. Jim earned his M.A. in Public Administration from Park University and B.A. in Political Science & Public Affairs from Muskingum University. He also has his certification in Geographic Information Systems from Penn State University.

Today on Mission Supercritical our hosts are speaking with Paul Kendall the CEO of Trust Capital. A proven professional with 15 years of building regional sales channels, business development, commercial financing, account management, and marketing experience. Recognized for the ability to effectively launch, market, manage and grow vendor financing programs to meet there customers financing needs. Strong cross-selling skills of commercial equipment. Trust Capital is a national equipment financing & business working capital company dedicated to helping manufacturers, vendors, and dealers are more successful and keep their customers. Their Cannabis Equipment team has three years of experience with helping Cannabis growers. We've provided financing for marijuana growers for things such as HVAC, Marijuana Lighting equipment, Security, and C02 marijuana Extractors. Trust Capital's Industrial Equipment Lease division is available to assist small to large companies with tailored financing options that are often difficult to obtain through traditional lenders.

Today on Mission Supercritical our hosts are joined by the legendary Bob K. Bob is an ex-software engineer who left corporate America to pursue his entrepreneurial dream of running his own business. Find out how he was able to utilize our 1500-1L to get his business off the ground and position himself to be ready for the Massachusetts recreational market. He has been a programmer for 20 years. Due to finding a niche in his certain field for the past number of years he has been consulting for a Canadian software company. Bob got tired of them are of the field so decided to create his own company and get into the extraction arm of the cannabis industry. Being a medical card holder in Massachusetts since the beginning he is entrenched in the field.

Today on Mission Supercritical our hosts are joined by Joel Pepin a Cannabis Entrepreneur & Enthusiast from Maine. In 2010, Joel brought a successful hydroponics more retail to Maine, eventually turning it into one of the highest grossing retail stores in the state. Meanwhile, Joel has excelled as a registered caregiver, a dispensary consultant, and as a business owner. With his advanced knowledge in hardware and grow space design, Joel is an incredible asset to this company and our clients. Joel co-founded SJR Labs in 2014 which was the state’s first Co2 extraction processing company serving licensed Maine cultivators at that time. In 2011 Joel co-founded JAR Consulting – a cannabis consulting company, which has several operating contracts in Maine and also Massachusetts. In 2016 Joel was named co-director of cultivation for a non-profit registered marijuana dispensary in Massachusetts named Middlesex Integrative Medicine set to open in 2018. Joel also has a BS in Business Finance from the University of Maine in Orono.

Talking Organic Chemistry and CO2 Extraction with Dr. Markus Roggen as Andy Joseph speaks with Dr. Markus Roggen, VP of Extraction at Outco.

Exploring Extracted Cannabis Oils To Produce The Most Pure Oil for Medicine as Andy Joseph speaks with Tom Roland, a proven entrepreneur experienced in building profitable companies.

Today on Mission Supercritical our host is joined by Dr. Neil Draper. Dr. Draper is adept at chemical synthesis, characterization of material properties, developing new methodologies and is an enthusiastic Ph.D. Chemist. Located in Vancouver, BC, Dr. Draper has investigated the supercritical CO2 extraction of botanical materials for seven years. He’s designed and tested botanical formulations for their therapeutic applications in salves, oils and aerosol delivery devices. He’s also developed a line of products for holistic personal care using organic products and natural preservatives. In his spare time, Dr. Draper composes and performs music!

Andy Joseph talks to Brady Glauthier, a cannabis green thumb and the founder and CEO of PureCon, one of the earliest customers with Apeks Supercritical. We hear about his background growing up when his father grew cannabis.


We learn how Brady started his own hydroponic garage to make ends meet and how he learned how to become a better grower and how to optimize his cannabis harvest with the help of an Apex Supercritical extraction system.

Today on Mission Supercritical our host Andy Joseph is joined by Paul Muchowski Dr. Paul received a PhD in Biological Structure from the University of Washington and performed post-doctoral training at the Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry. Dr. Muchowski worked as a professor in the medical schools at the University of Washington and the University of California San Francisco, and subsequently in drug development in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries. Dr. Muchowski's research focuses on the molecular basis of neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and Huntington's disease. He has published >60 highly cited research papers. His lab also published research on the role of the endocannabinoid system in neurodegeneration, showing that it is a critical determinant of the onset and severity of disease in animal models of chronic neurodegeneration.