Robert Blazej co-founded Allopartis Biotechnologies out of the original “garage” incubator at UCSF and has been hooked on entrepreneurship ever since. Allopartis was acquired by Novozymes in 2013 and Robert became director of Novozymes’ Digital Biotechnology site in San Francisco before joining MBC Biolabs in 2017. Robert is a passionate biotechnologist with a diverse skill set spanning business, life science, engineering and intellectual property. Robert brings 15 years of small and big company operational experience to the team and is thrilled to be able to share that experience with MBC Biolabs resident companies.

Robert is also the dedicated Entrepreneur Success Partner for the San Francisco community, and will be your go-to contact to ensure your success as a resident in the lab and beyond.