Fritz Chess

Founder, Eden Labs

In 1993, Fritz Chess read an article about a pharmaceutical company that sent researchers into remote locations to find indigenous people who used botanicals to cure illness. If these researchers found two separate groups who used the same botanical to cure the same illness, they brought it back to study and to find ways to make the medicine available worldwide. This ignited a spark in Mr Chess to unlock the secrets of a multitude of botanicals using a variety of extraction and distillation processes for the pure science of it and to find more healthful and natural ways to produce products for human consumption.

Fritz built the first Coldfinger™ system for ethanol extractions and distillation in 1993 and founded Eden Labs a year later in Columbus Ohio.  Further research lead him to experiment with the use of other solvents, pressures, and temperatures and in 1996 he engineered his first commercial scale Supercritical CO₂ extraction system.  Since then Eden Labs has lead multiple industries in the use of safer, more efficient extractions with SCFE technology worldwide.  Today Eden Labs is known for pioneering and significantly impacting medical botanicals such as; cannabis, astaxanthin, omega oils, kava kava, cats claw, nutritional algae’s, and many others.  His interest in environmental impact has also lead to early research into bio-fuels such as algae bio-diesel, cellulosic ethanol systems, CO₂sequestration, thermo electric generators, bio-digesters, gasifiers, electrical component sterilization, plasticizer extraction, along with many more.  Mr Chess currently resides in Seattle Washington and sits on the Seattle Fire Code Advisory Board, runs a phenomenal R&D lab, surfs and continues to create new technology in extraction and distillation for the health of the world.

AC Braddock

CEO, Eden Labs

AC Braddock is the CEO of an internationally known and respected 26-year-old technology company that specializes in research and development of products in biofuels, flavorings, environmental remediation, functional foods, cannabis, hemp, natural products, supplements, nutraceuticals, distilling, etc. and has placed hundreds of systems around the world.   While Eden Labs serves many industries, in 2009 Ms. Braddock envisioned that the purity of Supercritical co2 and ethanol derived products would be a necessity for the widespread legalization of medical cannabis. This vision and years of educating and leadership in creating a sustainable and standardized market, laid the foundation for an industry that is growing at an exponential rate and cemented Eden’s reputation for creating an industry that did not previously exist, the commercial extraction of cannabis. 

Ms. Braddock is career entrepreneur who has a keen eye for new trends, product placement, business strategy and creating a strong corporate culture and infrastructure for effective growth. In 2009, Ms. Braddock became CEO of Eden and guided the company through 100% year over year growth for five years, placing hundreds of systems in businesses and universities around the world.

Eden Labs has been recognized as one of the top 10 fastest growing women led companies in Seattle, Washington. Her tireless dedication to her company and those it serves has garnered her a reputation as a thought leader in modern business practice, a unifier across industries, and
an inspirational speaker in this emerging industry.

She is past chair of NCIA (National Cannabis Industry Association), the current Vice Chair of The Cannabis Alliance of Washington state, she serves on the Steering Committee for Green Flower Media, the Board of The Farm in Boulder, CO as well as the Advisory Board for Extraction Magazine.
Ms. Braddock is also a founding supporter of three Cannabis Women’s groups and is featured in the documentary Women of Weed.