Marc Kasabasic, an expert in cannabis engineering and cultivation operations, is the Chief Operations Officer and Co-founder of BlackBox Systems & Technologies LLC. Prior to working on the BlackBox Project, Marc worked as a project engineer of the Center for Innovative Material Research (CIMR) at Lawrence Technological University’s and was responsible for operating the research laboratories as part of the graduate structural engineering program.
Upon receiving his undergraduate education at Lawrence Technological University in the areas of civil engineering and architecture, Marc began to work for the university in 2009 as a laboratory technician conducting high-strength structural material tests. Marc continued his education in the structural engineering master thesis program at LTU. He was able to accomplish designing, building, and testing a concrete girder bridge using innovative materials that are now being implemented by many DOTs in the US. Upon completion of the master’s program, Marc was promoted to project engineer of CIMR at LTU where he conducted years of scientific research and investigation. A major accomplishment as a project engineer of a new laboratory was organizing the lab to operate efficiently and streamline projects. Over the 12 years at LTU, Marc perfected his skills and knowledge base of industrial equipment, controls, and programming.
Starting in 2010, Michigan began the medical marijuana program, in which Marc acquired licensing for the ability to grow 12 cannabis plants in his residence. It was then that the development and skill of cannabis engineering and operation started as a hobby. Over the years as a research engineer, Marc began experimenting with different growing techniques that had an immediate focus on aeroponic research. This had the highest potential for efficiency by the concept and if perfected would also be the most cost-productive. The BlackBox system was developed over the last decade to now be a proven system with extremely efficient, fast, and potent cannabis production.