2016 OMB Summer Meeting

AOAC OMB Meeting Book

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CURRICULUM VITAE: JOHN W. AUSTAD

CURRENT POSITION Title:

Manager I

Department:

Nutritional Chemistry and Food Safety Covance Laboratories Inc. Madison, Wisconsin

EDUCATION BS

Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, 2001

Additional Training

Covance Quality Systems Training, Covance Laboratories Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, 2001 Rees Monitoring System Training, Covance Laboratories Inc., Madison Wisconsin 2002 Pre-Management Training Program, Covance Laboratories Inc., Madison Wisconsin 2002-2003 Targeted Selection Training Program, Covance Laboratories Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, 2003 Six-Sigma Greenbelt Training Program, Covance Laboratories Inc., Vienna Virginia, 2005 Spill Responder Training Program, Covance Laboratories Inc., Madison Wisconsin, 2006

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

03/2009 - Present: Manager I, Nutritional Chemistry and Food Safety Mr. Austad is directly responsible for overseeing the several chemistry groups at the Madison location. He is responsible for all aspects of these group’s, including the quality of results, assay turn-around time, productivity, profitability and the technical guidance of analytical activities. He ensures that each group’s processes comply with Good Laboratory Practices (GLPs) guidelines. In addition, he is responsible for the hiring and training of new personnel as well as the performance evaluation for each employee. 10/2007 – 03/2009: Supervisor III, Food and Drug Analysis, Technical Development As supervisor of the Technical Development group, Mr. Austad was responsible for working with client service personnel, client managers and study directors in scheduling client specific methods and also working with management in scheduling the validation and implementation of new methods. Mr. Austad also worked with area supervisors to schedule his staff to resolve technical issues with existing assays. Mr. Austad was responsible for the review of all requests of the Technical Development group and scheduling them according the objectives set forth by management. Mr. Austad also conducts performance evaluations, hires new personnel and serves as a back-up for several routine analysis groups.

NA-GEN Form Number 79

Revised: 13 Jan 06

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