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BioLife Solutions Executive Compensation (FY24)

BLFS · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2024
Chief executive, fiscal 2024
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Roderick de Greef
Median of the other named officers
$1,515,139
5 officers, excluding the chief executive
Latest say-on-pay support
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August 20, 2025
Chief executive pay ratio
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To the median employee
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What changed from fiscal 2023 to fiscal 2024
The figures that moved, and by how much. Analysis of these figures is part of the Velarion platform.
Chief executive total compensation — Roderick de Greef: $5,316,798 → $7,046,205 (32.5% higher)
Say-on-pay support: 86.3% → 94.7% (8.4 points higher)
CEO pay ratio: 72:1 → 58:1 (19.4% lower)

Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is BioLife Solutions' chief executive and what were they paid?
Roderick de Greef was paid $7,046,205 in total compensation as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board for fiscal 2024. De Greef's total was 32.5% higher than the $5,316,798 reported for fiscal 2023.
What was BioLife Solutions' say-on-pay result?
Shareholders supported the say-on-pay proposal with 94.7% of votes cast including abstentions in favor at the meeting held August 20, 2025 for fiscal 2024.
Which companies are in BioLife Solutions' peer group?
Companies named in the disclosed peer group include AngioDynamics, Artivion, Atrion Corporation, Avid Bioservices and Axogen Corporation, among others.
What is BioLife Solutions' chief executive pay ratio?
The company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 58:1 for fiscal 2024, against median employee compensation of $122,390.

Executive compensation

Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2022
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Roderick de Greef
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board
◇—◇—◇——◇
Troy Wichterman
Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Aby Mathew
Executive Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Karen Foster
Chief Quality and Operations Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Roderick de Greef
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board
◇◇◇———◇◇
Troy Wichterman
Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇———◇◇
Aby Mathew
Executive Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer
◇—◇———◇◇
Karen Foster
Chief Quality and Operations Officer
◇—◇———◇◇
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Roderick de Greef
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Troy Wichterman
Chief Financial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Aby Mathew
Executive Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Karen Foster
Chief Quality and Operations Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Garrie Richardson
Former Chief Revenue Officer
Departed during or after this year
◇—◇———◇◇
Todd Berard
Chief Commercial Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. A negative change in pension value is shown but, as the company reports it, not included in the total.

Equity awards granted

Individual awards as disclosed: type, date, unit counts at each level, and grant date value.
Fiscal 2024
OfficerAwardGrant dateThreshold unitsTarget unitsUnits grantedMaximum unitsExercise priceGrant date fair value
Aby J. MathewPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Aby J. MathewRSU◇——◇——◇
Garrie RichardsonPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Garrie RichardsonRSU◇——◇——◇
Karen FosterPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Karen FosterRSU◇——◇——◇
Roderick de GreefPSU◇—◇—◇—◇
Roderick de GreefPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Todd BerardPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Todd BerardRSU◇——◇——◇
Troy WichtermanPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Troy WichtermanRSU◇——◇——◇
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. Threshold, target and maximum apply only to performance awards and are never shown for time-based or option awards.

Outstanding awards

Awards still held at fiscal year end.
As disclosed at fiscal 2024 year end
OfficerAwardUnvested unitsMarket value of unvested unitsExercise priceExpires
Karen FosterPSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Option◇—◇4/13/2026
Troy WichtermanRSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Roderick de GreefRSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
Todd BerardPSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
Aby MathewRSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
PSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
RSU◇◇——
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2024
DirectorFees earned in cashStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
Amy DuRoss
◇◇————◇
Joydeep Goswami
◇◇————◇
Timothy Moore
◇◇————◇
Rachel Ellingson
◇◇————◇
Joseph Schick
◇◇————◇
Roderick de Greef, Tony Hunt and Cathy Coste served on the board in fiscal 2024 and received no compensation for board service. Executive directors are typically paid through their executive roles, shown above.
Earlier years are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director fee schedule

The standing retainers and premiums the board pays, as published.
Board cash retainer◇
Board equity retainer◇
Total board retainer◇
Lead independent director premium◇
Audit committee chair◇
Compensation committee chair◇
Nominating and governance chair◇
Equity is delivered as restricted stock units.

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2024
  • AngioDynamics ANGO
  • Artivion AORT
  • Atrion Corporation ATRI
  • Avid Bioservices CDMO
  • Axogen Corporation AXGN
  • Azenta AZTA
  • Cerus Corporation CERS
  • Codexis CDXS
  • Cryoport CYRX
  • FW Cook symbol not shown
  • Glaukos GKOS
  • iRhythm IRTC
  • MaxCyte MXCT
  • Mesa Laboratories, Inc. MLAB
  • Nanostring Technologies, Inc. NSTG
  • NEVRO Corporation NVRO
  • Seres Therapeutics MCRB
  • Silk Road Medical, Inc. SILK
  • STAAR Surgical Company STAA
  • Standard BioTools LAB
  • Veracyte, Inc. VCYT

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2024August 20, 2025=◇◇◇
2023August 1, 2024=◇◇◇
2022July 21, 2023=◇◇◇
2021June 9, 2022=◇◇◇
2020June 18, 2021=◇◇◇
2019July 9, 2020=◇◇◇

Chief executive pay ratio

As calculated and reported by the company.
Ratio
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Median employee compensation
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Chief executive total compensation
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217 figures on this page: 211 cited to the filing that reported them, 6 calculated from figures it prints.
211 cited to the filing
6 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0000834365-25-000018
    Proposal No. 2 – Approval, on a non-binding, advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.
  2. 0000834365-25-000007
    AND DIRECTOR COMPENSATION
  3. 0001628280-24-035254
    Proposal No. 2 – Approval, on a non-binding, advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.
  4. 0001628280-23-025959
  5. 0001437749-22-015066
  6. 0001437749-21-015556
  7. 0001437749-20-015117
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Peers BioLife Solutions discloses

The companies named in BLFS's own disclosed peer group.

AngioDynamicsArtivionAtrion CorporationAvid BioservicesAxogen CorporationAzentaCerus CorporationCodexisCryoportGlaukosiRhythmMaxCyteMesa Laboratories, Inc.Nanostring Technologies, Inc.NEVRO CorporationSeres TherapeuticsSilk Road Medical, Inc.STAAR Surgical CompanyStandard BioToolsVeracyte, Inc.

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Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854
BibTeX
@misc{velarionData2026,
  author = {{Velarion Company Intelligence}},
  title = {Velarion database: executive and board compensation data},
  year = {2026},
  version = {2026Q3},
  doi = {10.5281/zenodo.22283854},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854}
}
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