About - Olfactive Biosolutions

Olfactive Biosolutions Team

Olfactive Biosolutions is built to execute at the intersection of consumer scale and deep receptor science—and our team reflects that rare combination.

On the commercial side, our leadership brings proven CPG and food & beverage experience, with a track record of taking products from concept to shelf and driving growth through product development, go-to-market, sales, and brand-building. That matters because Pivit isn’t a lab project—it’s a product platform that has to win on formulation, manufacturability, claims discipline, distribution, and consumer adoption.

On the technical side, we’ve assembled a world-class receptor team with expertise spanning ectopic receptors throughout the body and olfactory/taste receptor biology. This is the foundation of our mission: translating natural food molecules into targeted physiological outcomes with a rigorous, mechanism-led approach.

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Nils Lommerin

Chief Executive Officer

Proven CPG operator and value-creation CEO (ex–Del Monte CEO with major EBITDA growth) who can scale Pivit from product-market fit to mass-market execution.

Nils Lommerin was president and CEO of Del Monte Foods. During his tenure growth in EBITDA increased more than $46 million in three years.

Nils has also worked at Texas Pacific Group, Oxford Health Plans, PepsiCo, Post Cereals, and in consulting roles at Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Texas Pacific Group and KKR.

Nils earned a Master of Science degree from Carnegie Mellon University and a Bachelor of Arts degree from East Stroudsburg University.

Chris Hanson

Chief Technology Officer

Built receptor-tech at Aromyx and brings rare olfactory/taste/ectopic receptor + AI depth to turn “food molecules → validated receptor effects” into a repeatable platform.

Chris Hanson founded Aromyx, which cloned olfactory, taste and related receptors into a sensing system to measure taste and smell. He has a deep understanding of olfactory, taste and ectopic receptors and holds numerous patents in the area.

He was educated at Stanford University with bachelor’s and master’s degrees in applied linguistics. He worked at the National Security Agency in computational linguistics and voice language analysis and had subsequent experience at Seagate Technology, Honeywell, US Department of Defense and the National Reconnaissance Office, and IBM Research.

Chris has experience in biotech and chemosensory receptors, Big Data, AI, machine learning and cognitive computing. He serves as an advisor to Juji (AI), LumosTech (sleep tech), Neru Health (AI and sleep tech), Ambrosia Innovations (functional foods), Gryphon Bio and Trio Pharmaceuticals (pharma.)

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Birgit Cameron

Chief Commercial Officer

Patagonia Provisions founder who knows how to build a mission-led DTC brand and partnerships—ideal for making Pivit mainstream without losing scientific credibility.

Birgit Cameron is responsible for Olfactive Biosolutions' direct-to-consumer (DTC) supplement business. Birgit was the founder of Patagonia Provisions, a sustainable food company that expands Patagonia's environmental mission through partnerships with forward-thinking farmers, ranchers, and fishermen. She led the creation of the Regenerative Organic Certified (ROC) certification, a groundbreaking standard for food, textiles, and personal care ingredients.

Her commitment to sustainability is further exemplified by her production of the award-winning documentary "Unbroken Ground" in 2016.

Birgit is a board member at Atomo Beanless Coffee, Nordic Foodprint and Top 50 Farmers, and the Marine Stewardship Council.

Birgit holds a bachelor's degree from York University and has attended Harvard Business School.

Dr. Bill Harries

Chief Scientist

Aromyx cofounder/chief scientist with decades in membrane protein biochemistry and high-throughput assay work—exactly what’s needed for receptor-level validation of Pivit ligands.

Dr. Harries is the cofounder and former chief scientist of Aromyx, a groundbreaking company that used robots to measure receptor activity with proprietary cell lines and cellular assays.

Earlier in his career he led research at UCSF in the Stroud Lab, and is an expert in membrane protein biochemistry and protein expression.

He is an accomplished protein biochemist, structural biologist, and cell biologist with more than 20 years of laboratory research experience in high-throughput recombinant membrane protein expression, protein design, protein purification, protein crystallization, and structure determination.

He is a board member at the Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute.

He holds numerous olfaction patents.

Dave Allen

Chief Operations Officer

Deep food supply chain and operations leader (Del Monte/Frito-Lay/US Foods, etc.) who can industrialize manufacturing, quality, and fulfillment as demand scales.

Dave Allen has deep supply chain experience in the food industry. He has served in senior operating roles at Del Monte Foods, Frito-Lay, US Foods, Alphia and Findus (Nomad Foods). Dave has served on the board of directors at Plated, Sherwood Food Distributors, American Italian Pasta Company and Premier, Inc. He is skilled in supply chain transformation and technology implementation.

Dr. Christopher Maclay

Chief Medical Officer

Experienced clinician-strategist in functional/integrative medicine who can translate mechanism into practical protocols, evidence standards, and credible medical positioning for Pivit.

Dr Christopher Maclay is a globally engaged medical strategist and independent voice in functional, anti-aging, and regenerative medicine. An Australian family physician with over two decades of clinical experience, Dr Maclay has treated thousands of patients using evidence-informed integrative protocols, with a particular focus on peptide therapy, mitochondrial optimization, and cellular longevity.

Dr Maclay is the creator of the FAARM model — a modern medical framework built around Functional, Anti-Aging, and Regenerative Medicine — and is known for translating emerging science into clinically applicable strategy. The model aligns with his role of Chief Medical Officer at Olfactive Biosolutions. His work at Olfactive Biosolutions focuses on advancing causal, systems-based interventions for metabolic dysfunction in partnership with industry-leading researchers and nutritional scientists.

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