Building Bloc microfactories supply essential medical devices, consumables and replacement parts directly at the point of care.

Our scalable, advanced manufacturing microfactories can be deployed globally—strengthening vulnerable healthcare supply chains, reducing dependency on lengthy traditional systems, and ultimately saving lives.

We support remote and military healthcare, disaster response efforts, post-conflict recovery, and supply chain sustainability in times of national emergency.

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We envision a future where healthcare can be provided to everyone who needs it, anywhere in the world. Through advanced manufacturing technologies and dynamic production at the point of need, our platform enables decentralization of medical supply chains for a more responsive healthcare system.

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Sustaining Supplies at the Point of Need

Our configurable systems support small to large-scale operations for:

  • National emergency preparedness programs
  • Military medical deployments
  • Disaster response and post-conflict recovery efforts
  • Rural and low resource settings worldwide
  • Austere environments

With a proven track record in startups, large-scale health institutions, and high-stakes environments, we are uniquely positioned to drive meaningful change and bring transformative healthcare solutions to market.

Major (retired) George Jager was a logistics officer for 35 years in the Canadian Armed Forces.

He has experience in leadership, training foreign forces, logistics course creation and design, National level force development and future Army force development.

George brings extensive knowledge and experience in operational mission planning, logistics planning and training, dealing with foreign armies.
Hasnaa Fatehi, PhD, is the founder and CEO of QARALOGIC and a seasoned regulatory strategist with over 20 years of experience in the MedTech sector.

She has a strong track record of driving high-stakes projects to completion under tight deadlines and through complex organizational transitions.

Her work is rooted in a passion for pragmatic, evidence-driven strategies that accelerate market access, eliminate systemic inefficiencies, and reduce the overall cost burden of regulatory and quality operations.
Gabe Castanon brings 13 years entrepreneurship and product management and development experience in hardware and software, with a focus on 3D technologies.

He is leading the product and software development at Building Bloc.
Fedja Mulabdic is a medical device engineer with 25 years of experience in developing and manufacturing orthopedic, endovascular, and emergency medicine devices.

A recognized expert, he has led advancements and contributed to multiple device innovations, including co-inventing the Y-lock tracheal stent system to improve airway management.

Fedja is passionate about expanding global healthcare access, and focuses on designing affordable medical technologies to enhance care in low-to-middle-income countries.
Martin Gurbin brings knowledge and relationships spanning a 25-year career in health systems, health innovation, health tech startups and government relations across international jurisdictions.

He has facilitated collaborations between technology innovators, investors, hospitals, providers, and government agencies to strengthen health innovation ecosystems, and has guided the development of over 100 emerging digital health and medical device companies.
Fatima Ahmed has 15 years of experience in biomedical research, operations management, and program execution across Canada, the US, and Pakistan.

She has led multimillion-dollar, multi-year projects at AbCellera Biologics for the discovery of best-in-class therapeutics for infectious disease targets.

She brings exceptional cross-disciplinary capacity building expertise to enhance capabilities within organizations, enabling the rapid growth and scale of teams and programs.
Dr. Ben Brzezynski has been involved in several early stage health technology companies from ideation to commercialization for 13 years.

Ben has held commercial leadership roles with Canadian, US and UK companies, focusing heavily on applications of artificial intelligence in medicine, digital biomarker discovery, digital therapeutics and advancements in diagnostic imaging.

He has executed contracts with governments, not-for-profits, militaries, and leading medical technology and pharmaceutical companies.
Dr. Harvey Hawes brings 20 years of experience as a trauma surgeon, innovator, and health systems development in diverse regions, including Canada’s north, Fiji, and East Africa. He is currently serving as Provincial Trauma Medical Director for British Columbia.

As former Director of ICChange, Harvey led initiatives to secure funding and support for system improvements, notably from Grand Challenges Canada.

He played a pivotal role in developing Kenya’s National Trauma and Injury Framework and Injury Policy.