He possesses excellent leadership skills and is highly skilled with internal and external customer relations. He has knowledge of all aspects of the environmental laboratory. Mr Meade's various positions within Eurofins TestAmerica and its legacy companies have included Sales Manager, Industrial Hygienist, and Asbestos Supervisor. John Meade has 25 years of experience in the environmental field including sales of environmental chemical laboratory services, client services, project management, laboratory analysis, field sampling, asbestos abatement, industrial hygiene, consulting, and handling hazardous waste. Stearns received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Environmental Science from Johnson State College, Johnson Vermont in 1983. Stearns has extensive experience with organic sample analysis and reporting using methodologies found in USEPA SW-846, CLP SOM01.2, SDWA and the TO Compendium of Air Toxic methods encompassing the analysis of water, soil, sediment, and tissue samples for a wide variety of chemical contaminates including pesticide, PCBs, volatile and semi-volatile compounds. Stearns is responsible for the development, validation and implementation of new and modified analytical methodologies the review of routine and non-routine analytical data for validation purposes and for the creation of technical documents and analytical polices that are used across the Test America network. Stearns has over 25 years of experience in the environmental laboratory industry including laboratory operations, laboratory management, analytical method development, Quality Assurance, and development of specialized laboratory analyses.ДЄs one of Eurofins Test AmericaвЂ™s Corporate Technical Directors, Mr.

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