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Entropy Solutions is a small company with a big vision—and proprietary technologies that revolutionize how things are kept hot, warm, cool or cold. Our passive thermal solutions can maintain precise target temperatures for unprecedented periods of time. And they are affordable enough to be used in everyday mass applications.
Entropy was founded by Mark Wallace, whose vision for the company was sparked in 1992, when he was introduced to the founder of Cub Foods supermarkets, who told him that Cub's biggest temperature problem was keeping a pint of chocolate ice cream frozen. For the next ten years, Mark germinated, experimented and tested countless ideas to overcome that challenge.
Finally, in 2003, Mark had a breakthrough. The following year, he began collaborating with a brilliant young engineer, Preston Williams, to translate the ideas into proof of concept.
Entropy Solutions, Inc., was incorporated as a Minnesota corporation in December, 2003. Since that time, we have received early-stage financing, tested and validated our technology and filled several customer orders for pharmaceutical shippers. With a new state-of-the-art environmental test chamber, we continue to aggressively research, develop and validate new products that transcend barriers and save lives.
On May 5, 2006, Mark Wallace passed away, suddenly. But his legacy lives on. And the company will not rest until we have brought his vision to full fruition.
Arnie Hillmann — Chairman, CEO and Director. Mr. Hillman previously served as Secretary/Treasurer and V. P. Administration & Operations since the inception of the Company. He was the President of American Engineered a telecommunications company for the past seven years. Mr. Hillmann is an experienced logistics executive and entrepreneur with experience in temperature control and refrigeration. He has founded seven companies; including founding partner in two banks, completed 21 acquisitions and sales, and was the Founding Chairman of two church congregations. Mr. Hillmann has 48 years of transportation and logistics experience. He is a Former President of the American Parcel Association, former President and Chairman of the Minnesota Transport Services Association, and former President of the Cartage Employers Management Association, among other highly regarded positions. Mr. Hillmann started his early career as a packaging engineer with American Can Company where he later held several senior management positions, including leading a divisional Industrial Engineering Group. He attended the University of Minnesota and the University of Michigan.
Preston Williams — Vice President of R&D and Chief Technology Officer—Mr. Williams is a brilliant engineer who brings exceptional creativity, analytical ability and proven design and development skills to the Entropy team. Prior to joining Entropy, Mr. Williams worked for four years at UPS, giving him deep insight into shipping conditions and packaging requirements. From 2004 to 2006, he consulted with Entropy and worked closely with founder Mark Wallace to develop, test and validate several of the company's proprietary thermal management technologies. Mr. Williams has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Minnesota, specializing in heat transfer and fluid flow, and did extensive studies in chemistry. He is a registered patent holder with several applications pending.
John Frobenius — Director. John Frobenius was elected to the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota in March of 2003 and currently serves as an advisory director to 3D/I a Houston, TX based national construction company in design, construction management and information technology. John retired as co-president of the CentraCare Health System and president of St. Cloud Hospital in January 2003 after working 34 years in health care management as a senior executive in hospitals in Kansas, Idaho, and Minnesota. During John's 18-year tenure at St. Cloud Hospital he led the creation of the CentraCare Health System, multiple building expansions, the development of a nationally recognized heart program, development of a Family Practice Residency and other activities. He served as President of St. Cloud Hospital from 1985 until 2003 and Co-President of CentraCare Health System from its creation in 1995 until 2003. John has served as chairperson of both Idaho and Minnesota Hospital Associations. He chaired a board representing hospitals in the Upper Midwestern states from 1997 through 2001 and in that capacity, served on the board of the American Hospital Association. He has twice received MHA's highest honor, the Distinguished Service Award, in 1994 and 2002. In 2002, he received St. Cloud Area Chamber of Commerce's highest honor – the Chairperson's Award. He was actively involved in the creation of two VHA regional partnerships, VHA Rocky Mountain States and VHA Upper Midwest, also serving on VHA's national board during a period in the 1980's He has been active in a variety of local and regional community and health care-related organizations. He received a Masters in Health Care Administration from the U of M in 1969.
Patrick W. Murphy — Director. Patrick W. Murphy Children's HeartLink in December,
2008, as Director of Development. Murphy is a native of Ridgeway, WI and a 1978 graduate of Saint John's University, Collegeville, MN with degrees in English and History. Following his undergraduate experience, he served in the U.S. Peace Corps to the Republic of Botswana and taught English Second Language and African Studies in a remote village of 8,000 Bangwato Tswana in the Kalahari Desert; and traveled widely through Sub Saharan Africa after his close of service in 1981. Murphy returned to the USA and pursued life as a cloistered Trappist monk from 1981-1987, creating a direct mail business of Trappist Creamed Honey products to support the contemplative life of the community, and completing graduate studies in Medieval History, Philosophy and Contemplative Spirituality. In 1987, after relocating to Minneapolis, Murphy joined McGlynn Bakeries, Inc. as a direct marketing consultant, building DecoPac, a cake decorating supply business to over $60,000,000 in annual sales, and creating the first, licensed cake decoration featuring The Walt Disney Company characters for US and International distribution. He left McGlynn in 1996 upon the diagnosis of autism with his only child and pursued fulltime early intervention training with him at the Frasier Center and the University of Minnesota. Murphy serves on the Board of Directors of several not-for-profit corporations, including Viterbo Franciscan University, La Crosse, WI; Catholic Eldercare Corporation, Minneapolis, MN; Excelsior Heritage Foundation, Excelsior, MN; Center for BioEthics, University of Minnesota; Irish American Studies Center, University of Saint Thomas; and The One Per Cent Forum, Minneapolis, MN. Patrick lives with his wife, Joyce, and son, Patrick Andrew, in Minnetonka, Minnesota.
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