Quick answers
Did Kurtis Frank co-found Examine.com?
Yes. In a Grow and Convert interview with co-founder Sol Orwell (2018-04-13), Orwell says: "That's how I originally came across my co-founder. His name is Kurtis Frank, aka silverhydra on reddit, he was actually a moderator for r/Fitness." The same piece says Frank was finishing a dietetics degree when Orwell pitched him the idea of a site with well-researched, unbiased supplement information.
Is he still at Examine.com?
No. Legion Athletics' episode pages describe him as "the co-founder and former lead researcher and writer of Examine.com" (Legion Athletics, 2019-08-14, and the same description on Apple Podcasts, 2020-09-14). We could not establish the exact date he left: Examine.com's own site blocks automated requests, so its about page could not be read (checked 2026-09-21).
What does Kurtis Frank do now?
The most recent role we could verify is director of research and development at supplement company Legion Athletics, stated on Legion Athletics' episode page dated 2019-08-14 and in its Apple Podcasts listing dated 2020-09-14, where the host calls him "the Director of Research for my sports nutrition company, Legion." No source published in 2025 or 2026 confirmed his role, so treat the current position as unverified (checked 2026-09-21).
What was his role at Examine.com?
Lead researcher and writer. Legion Athletics' page for the episode on making science-based supplements (2020-09-14) says most of the site's technical content was researched and written by him over roughly seven years. In an interview on SANE Solution's site he is introduced as "the lead researcher at examine.com" who built the supplement research database with Sol Orwell (SANE Solution interview page, checked 2026-09-21; the page carries no publication date).