Dr. Santiago Rodriguez 
Founder and CEO, Lorand Laboratories

Dr. Santiago Rodriguez is renowned as the foremost expert in the world on Aloe vera processing. He is credited with revolutionizing commercial Aloe vera farming and processing by doing pilot and scale-up production of Manapol® while at Carrington Laboratories. As a consultant, he has helped numerous Aloe companies to increase efficiency and to produce better Aloe. Now, as the founder of Lorand Labs, he has again revolutionized Aloe vera with the production of BiAloe®, the most biologically active Aloe vera available.

While earning his Ph.D. in Chemistry at the University of Texas, Dr. Rodriguez worked with several notable companies in Costa Rica and the United States. He then spent 10 years with Carrington Laboratories where he isolated and produced a pilot scale intravenous drug using complex carbohydrates from Aloe vera. As a result of his successes with Carrington Laboratories, Dr. Rodriguez was reassigned to Costa Rica to design and install a complete production and packaging line. He conceived and implemented process design, orchestrated procurement of equipment, supervised building remodeling and redesign, equipment installation, process start-up and process controls for the production of Manapol®. As the CEO of the Costa Rican subsidiary of Carrington Labs, Dr. Rodriguez supervised 250 people and oversaw every aspect of farming and production. He also gave Carrington Labs two additional patents for novel Aloe vera products and their processes.

When Dr. Rodriguez left Carrington Labs he worked as an independent consultant. His dream was to produce the finest Aloe vera in the World. His work eventually led him to the volcanic island of Hainan. Dr. Rodriguez saw that Hainan offered perfect conditions for growing the best Aloe vera in the world. After several years of work, his creativity and astute attention to detail enabled him to unlock the secret to an Aloe vera processing system that was truly unique. It left the best of nature intact while improving upon the bio-availability and immunomodulatory functions of Aloe. His years of passion and dedication culminated when he perfected the process that resulted in the creation of BiAloe®, with the most bio-available Acemannan on the market today, and truly the perfection of Aloe vera processing.

Manapol® is the Registered Trademark of Mannatech, Incorporated, Coppell, Texas, a successor in interest from DelSite (formerly Carrington Laboratories). Mannatech, Incorporated has no affiliation with Lorand Laboratories, LLC.