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NA-GEN Form Number 79
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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.
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