Environmental Protection Agency

Small Business Resource

Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation

National Environmental LaboratoryAccreditation Conference

US Army Corps of Engineers®

Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence®

Naval Facilities Engineering Command®

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Sheila F. McLendon, President and CEO

Ms. Sheila McLendon, a business and financial executive with over fifteen years' experience in the environmental laboratory marketplace and over 30 years in the professional services industry, is majority owner and serves as President and CEO.

Rick Davis, Vice President of Operations

D. Rick Davis, with twenty-eight year’s service with the company, is Vice President of Operations and Laboratory Director.

Robert E. Boyd, Director of Business Development

Robert E. Boyd, with over thirty years’ experience in marketing, sales, bid and proposal management, contract management, and business administration is Director of Business Development.

Brian Dillard, Chief Information Officer

Mr. Dillard brings over 25 years of computer-related technical experience to the table. He was formerly Vice President and a founding partner of Florida’s first Novell Authorized Service Center. He has been directly responsible for the implementation and support of Local and Wide Area Networks ranging in size from tens to thousands of stations. He has extensive experience in the design, development, and implementation of process-flow applications and data-processing tools.