Management Team
Matt co-founded Cord Blood America, Inc.™ in 2003 with the vision of bringing the life saving potential of stem cells to families nationwide and internationally. Cord Blood America, Inc. is a publicly traded company (CBAI.OB).
Since launching Cord Blood America, Matt has been instrumental in raising over $20M for the business, using these funds to complete three asset purchases and one stock purchase agreement. Because of the tremendous interest from investors, Cord Blood America is positioned to capitalize on their momentum, by focusing on strategic organic growth, accretive acquisitions, and diversifying into new, undiscovered stem cell processing and storage opportunities.
Matt's prior experience includes launching several companies that focused on the business to consumer market, including RainMakers International, an advertising agency. Prior to founding RainMakers, Matt held key management positions at TMP Worldwide, the former parent of Monster.com, where he pioneered a new business model allowing the company to increase revenue and profits. Matt holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology and Public Policy from St. Mary's College of Maryland.
Matthew Schissler
Chief Executive Officer, Founder, Chairman
Joe has been a Director of Cord Blood America since April 2004. Additionally, he currently serves as the Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining us Joe was an independent consultant where he provided strategic consulting services to organizations on acquisitions, operational practices and efficiencies, and sales management. He was a Senior Vice President at TMP Worldwide, Inc. where he held various positions with profit and loss responsibility.
Joe graduated from Bowling Green State University with a BSBA and from University of Tampa with an MBA.
Joseph Vicente
Chief Operating Officer
Dr. O'Neill has 25 years experience in the industry, processed more than 50,000 specimens and has published 78 papers.
Educated at the University of Glasgow in Scotland, Dr. O’Neill came to the United States in 1979 to work for the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. While continuing to work in the field his experience continued to grow as he also was a Professor at various prestigious universities including:
- Cornell University school of Medicine, NY;
- Columbia University, NY;
- Visiting Professor at the Institute of Immunology in Munich
Dr. Geoffrey O’Neill,
Vice President, Operations
