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Pace Analytical Services, Inc. Q ,, 8 East Tower Circle acef Analytical Ormond Beach, FL 32174 www.pacelabs.com Phone:386.672.5668 Fax: 386.673.4001 N. MYRON GUNSALUS, JR QUALITY MANAGER EDUCATION B.A. Pre-Med. (Asbury College, 1983) M.S. Chemistry (University of Kentucky, 1986) RELEVANT EXPERIENCE Mr. Gunsalus has the responsibility to ensure that the Quality Systems in place at Pace Analytical- Florida are fully implemented and followed in order for the laboratory to achieve established standards of quality. This includes maintaining regulatory compliance, data validation, laboratory analytical protocols, quality assurance documentation and conformance to quality criteria. He serves as a liaison between Pace Analytical-Florida and state/federal regulatory agencies on quality control issues. Mr. Gunsalus provides technical support to laboratory operations and clients regarding methodology and project QA/QC requirements and is responsible for performing internal performance audits as well as systems audits on a regular basis. Mr. Gunsalus brings extensive laboratory, regulatory and managerial experience to the Quality ® Manager position with over 13 years' of environmental laboratory and field experience and 9 years' providing management support and consulting to corporations and local businesses. Mr. Gunsalus has a track record of successfully developing and implementing efficient complex systems to achieve the desired results in a variety of situations and with various team dynamics. For two years Mr. Gunsalus served as the Lead Quality Management professional for five laboratories in a national network of environmental testing and sampling laboratories. He managed certifications, deliverables, audits and corrective actions for the EPA contract laboratory program, AFCEE, FDEP and numerous clients and projects. He also participated in state, regional and national conferences and development committees. Mr. Gunsalus has developed and delivered presentations to engineers, laboratory professionals and other scientists as well as business leaders and students. As a laboratory director for 5 years, Mr. Gunsalus was responsible for the direction and coordination of 60+ employees in 5 locations throughout Florida. He provided vision and leadership for project management, customer service, sales and Quality Assurance in a full service laboratory environment including field operations. He has laboratory bench experience in classical wet chemistry methodologies, metals analyses employing flame and graphite furnace AA, ICP/OES, hydride and cold vapor AA instrumentation; gross alpha/gross beta radiological analyses, organic extractions and method development. Matrices for these analyses included drinking water, waste water, soils, sludge, hazardous waste, sea waters and air; with applications to RCRA, TSCA, UST, SDWA, NPDES among others as well as research oriented method development. As a field project manager, Mr. Gunsalus ensured that field sampling and analyses met the needs of regulatory monitoring programs and research scientists and that both, in-house and contracted teams, met all quality, analytical and financial requirements.