About Us
Blue Quench® is a technology company on a mission: to make life better by making “ice cold” the new beverage standard. Using our patented RotoQuench Technology™, we can rapidly cool beverages (you name it, from a 6-pack of beer to wine bottles and aluminum cans to 3 cases of your favorite soda) from 75 °F to ice cold. Anywhere. And in as little as 60 seconds.
We develop products that allow our customers to say “hell no” to the days of cool...ish, tepid, mouthfuls of ...meh. And instead deliver ice freaking cold beverages to themselves, their guests and their customers. Every time. Because while life is full of compromises, enjoying a beverage at it’s optimal ice coldness, right here and now, shouldn’t be one of them.
Our Key Milestones
1972
During a family reunion in Pennsylvania, John enjoys his first ice cold drink straight out of what is now considered an old fashioned Coke machine. He reaches into a tub filled with near-freezing water, hunts for a bottle, and pulls back a cold drink, along with a frozen arm.
1990
John buys and begins refurbishing an old-fashioned Coke machine. He wonders if he could come up with a better way to cool drinks just like the “old days” minus the cold arm.
2009
John starts working on a new process to cool beverages quickly involving physics and thermodynamics.
2012
First patent is issued.
2013-2015
2016
2018-2019
2021-2022
2023
Our Team
John Lauchnor | Founder & CEO
John has over 20 years experience in product development and manufacturing, robotic engineering, marketing, sales, purchasing and operations. He has held top positions including CEO at both public and private manufacturing companies. John has a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Clemson University and an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh’s Joseph M. Katz School of Business. He holds 9 patents in robotic engineering and cooling technology.
Brian Pollack | Intellectual Property & Counsel
With 2 graduate degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and nearly 20 years of experience as an attorney, Brian is well versed in a wide variety of technical cross disciplines including physical sciences and bio-medical technologies applicable to the life sciences. His experience in both patent prosecution and patent litigation during his career allows him to craft patent applications that are successfully enforced.
Melissa Verzwyvelt | Marketing & Crowd Funding Strategist
A Louisiana native and self-professed multi-tasking queen, Melissa has been in the marketing and PR industry for 16 years. She has worked at ad agencies in three states, handled public relations for a city and launched successful campaigns for local start-ups as well as global brands like Sherwin-Williams and Cessna Aircraft. Melissa received her psychology degree from Texas State University.
Product Insight | Industrial Design & Product Engineering
Helping start-ups and established companies across a wide range of industries since 1991, Product Insight is the team behind the industrial design and product engineering of the Blue Quench qooler. Smart, beautiful and functional, don’t you agree?