Steve Uebele

Founder & Chief Executive Officer @ Frontier Scientific Solutions

About

I am the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Frontier Scientific Solutions, a global life sciences logistics company purpose-built to support the most demanding pharmaceutical, biotech, and clinical-trial supply chains in the world. With more than 30 years of executive leadership across regulated manufacturing, temperature controlled logistics, engineering, and global operations, I have built and scaled infrastructure where compliance, precision, and resilience are non-negotiable. My career spans roles of leadership at Pfizer, Forest Laboratories (later Actavis and Allergan), Covance, and Fisher Scientific, Frontier Scientific Solutions, where I led operations, quality, engineering, and global supply-chain execution within cGMP and GDP environments. These experiences revealed a structural gap in life sciences logistics: legacy networks optimized for general freight, not for high-value, temperature-sensitive, regulated therapeutics. Frontier Scientific Solutions was created to address that gap with an integrated, low-touch, end-to-end platform designed from inception for pharmaceutical integrity and scalability. At Frontier Scientific Solutions, we develop and operate temperature-controlled logistics, validated warehousing, and transportation infrastructure aligned with global regulatory standards. Our model prioritizes fewer handoffs, direct supply chain connectivity, tighter control, and purpose-built facilities—reducing risk, improving reliability, and creating defensible operating leverage as volumes scale. We partner with pharmaceutical manufacturers, biotech innovators, and clinical organizations, and life science industry’s that require absolute confidence in their supply chains. Frontier Scientific Solutions represents the convergence of long-cycle life sciences demand, regulatory-driven barriers to entry, and mission-critical infrastructure. Our growth strategy is disciplined and infrastructure-led, focused on scalable assets, operational excellence, and long-term value creation in a sector where failure is not an option. Every shipment we move ultimately supports a patient. Building systems worthy of that responsibility—and scalable enough to meet global demand—is the work of my career.

Country

United States

City

Wilmington

Industry

Logistics & Supply Chain

Skill

Research and Development (R&D), Quality Assurance, Executive Management, Operations Management, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, Logistics Management, Engineering

Experience

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Frontier Scientific Solutions

2019 - Present · 7 yrs

Wilmington, North Carolina, United States

Founded and lead a next-generation, end-to-end global life sciences logistics and cold-chain platform supporting pharmaceutical, biotech, and clinical-trial supply chains. • Built and scaled a fully integrated temperature-controlled logistics, warehousing, and transportation enterprise designed for cGMP / GDP-regulated environments • Architect of global infrastructure strategy spanning facility design, validation, quality systems, and operational excellence • Leads international expansion across North America and EMEA, including multimodal transport, bonded/FTZ warehousing, and validated cold-chain corridors • Oversees executive leadership, governance, compliance, and enterprise-wide quality systems • Trusted partner to pharmaceutical manufacturers, biotech innovators, and clinical-research organizations where precision, integrity, and patient outcomes are mission-critical

Chief Executive Officer

Private Business Ventures / DVS Logistics

2015 - 2019 · 4 yrs

Wilmington, North Carolina, United States

Led logistics and operational strategy across regulated supply-chain environments. • Directed operational execution, transportation strategy, and warehouse operations • Supported supply-chain optimization initiatives for regulated industries • Drove business growth through disciplined execution, compliance, and client alignment

Head of Operations & Technical Services

Thermo Fisher Scientific

2000 - 2015 · 15 yrs

Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States

Senior operations leader within a global Fortune-level life sciences organization. • Held executive leadership roles spanning manufacturing, logistics, quality, and technical operations • Managed complex, multi-country supply chains serving highly regulated life-science markets • Led cross-functional teams supporting operational excellence, compliance, and customer delivery at scale

Vice President, Operations & Technical Services

Covance

1999 - 2000 · 1 yr

Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States

• Executive oversight of manufacturing, logistics, quality, and operational support functions • Managed regulated supply chains and client relationships within clinical and pharmaceutical environments

Director of Operations (formerly Forest Laboratories)

Allergan

1993 - 1999 · 6 yrs

Inwood, New York, United States

• Oversaw warehouse, storage, logistics, manufacturing, quality, and packaging operations in cGMP pharmaceutical environments • Directed all clinical packaging production operations • Managed validated manufacturing and distribution systems supporting regulated pharmaceutical products

Engineer

Pfizer

1989 - 1993 · 4 yrs

New York, New York, United States

• Supported new pharmaceutical product packaging development • Engineering lead on blister packaging and bottling line design and implementation • Contributed to early-stage manufacturing and packaging innovation within a global pharmaceutical leader