PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

1989 - present

President/Principal Scientist
BioTox

Toxicology consultation service in designing protocols, placing, implementing and monitoring programs. The company's principal has numerous direct interactions with trade organizations, animal welfare groups, governmental agencies, manufacturers, academia, and the legal community.

Special hands on experience in laboratory facility design, oversight, organization and management.

Scientific specialties include evaluation of the following:

Chronic/Subchronic Studies
Genetic Toxicology
Reproduction/Developmental Toxicology
Various Toxicological Aspects of the Petrochemical Industry.

Other special services available:

Expert Witness Testimony/Deposition
Facility Review
Laboratory Organization and Design Compliance with Good Laboratory Practice
Industrial Hygiene Evaluation
Protocol Evaluation/Preclinical and Clinical Study Monitoring
MSDS Review
Regulatory Compliance Including:
FDA (FCN, 510K, GRAS)
EPA (FIFRA, PMN)
OECD
OSHA
Task Force Management and Representation
Environmental Affairs
SIDS Dossier and SIAR Preparation
General Toxicology Counsel

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1979 – 1989

Director, Toxicology Laboratory
Exxon Biomedical Sciences, Inc.
Mettlers Road, CN 2350
East Millstone, NJ 08875-2350

Staff of approximately 140 including 15 PhD’s and 25 contract employees
10 Department Managers
100,000 square foot facility
95% of Exxon Corporation toxicology testing performed at this site
Initiated, marketed and maintained a $3 million plus third party testing program with pharmaceutical, agricultural, and food products firms.
Interaction with new products/formulations for review by EPA, FDA, CPSC, and/or the DOT and for international agencies such as the European Economic Community (EEC).
Close working relations and understanding of Quality Assurance and the GLP regulations.
Acted as primary interface between Exxon scientific staff and Exxon laboratory staff and was the primary interaction with all third party clients.
Departments included all phases of mammalian and environmental toxicology including acute, subchronic, chronic, reproduction, and developmental projects.
Direct stewardship responsibilities of manpower, fiscal budgets, project assignments, staff training, and future direction of the laboratory.

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1978 – 1979

Senior Staff Toxicologist
Toxicology Department
Hazleton Laboratories America, Inc. (now Covance)
Vienna, Virginia

Staff of 25
2 professional managers
Expanded responsibilities to include long term carcinogenicity and mutagenicity studies
Personally directed about 125 scientific projects (science and fiscal responsibility)
Set up Genetic Toxicology Department

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1973 – 1977

Staff Toxicologist
Toxicology Department
Hazleton Laboratories America, Inc. (now Covance)
Vienna, Virginia

Staff of 15
All Acute, Reproduction and Genetic studies at HLA - scheduling/budgeting
Personally directed over 200 scientific projects (science and fiscal responsibility)

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1970 – 1972

Corpsman, US Navy
Head, Cytogenetics Division
Anatomical Pathology
National Naval Medical Center
Bethesda, Maryland

3 person staff
Responsible for financial control of laboratory
Responsible for assistance with medical interpretation of genetic tests and reports of the US Navy worldwide genetics center laboratory.
Work with NMRI and NIH

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1968 - 1970

Corpsman, US Navy
Vietnam Era Assignments