Dr. John Heiss

John Heiss Ph.D

 Is the director of Herbalife’s sports and fitness products for worldwide product marketing. Under his expertise, the company launched Herbalife24, the first phase of a new program of high-performance sports products.

Before joining Herbalife, John was the founder of Prolong Energy, an endurance sports nutritional company. He earned a Ph.D. from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in biological chemistry, where he studied how single proteins function within cells. The findings from his research work have been published in several peer-reviewed journals.

As a USA category 2 competitive cyclist, John has a keen understanding of the nutritional needs of endurance athletes. He also has earned several much-sought-after belt buckles at the Leadville 100 mile mountain bike race and set a course record in the 2-person division at the Furnace Creek 508 – a 508 mile non-stop bike race.