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NA-GEN Form Number 79
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CURRICULUM VITAE:
JOHN W. AUSTAD
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (Continued)
1/2007 – 10/2007: Supervisor II, Food and Drug Analysis, Technical Development
As supervisor of the Technical Development group, Mr. Austad was responsible for the review of new
methods and scheduling staff to conduct the validation of new methods. Mr. Austad was also
responsible for working with other departments and scheduling his staff to work on any technical issues
with existing methods currently performed in Nutritional Chemistry. Mr. Austad also conducted
performance evaluations and hired new personnel. He had overall responsibility for client interaction
and the technical conduct of new methodology as well as for the interpretation, analysis, documentation,
and reporting of results.
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2004 – 1/2007: Supervisor II, Food and Drug Analysis, Vitamin Chemistry
As supervisor of the Vitamin Chemistry group, Mr. Austad was responsible for scheduling and
reviewing analytical work performed by members of the group. This work included routine and non-
routine analysis of fat-soluble vitamins in foods, food supplements, and feeds. Mr. Austad also
conducted performance evaluations and hired new personnel. He also acted as a study director and or
Principal Investigator for Food and Drug Analysis studies. He had overall responsibility for client
interaction and the technical conduct of a study as well as for the interpretation, analysis,
documentation, and reporting of results
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2003 – 12/2004: Supervisor I, Food and Drug Analysis, Second Shift
Mr. Austad was responsible for scheduling work and reviewing results for the evening shift. He was
responsible for all aspects of these groups; including the quality of results, assay turn-around time,
productivity, profitability and the technical guidance of analytical activities. In addition, he hired and
trained new personnel and conducted the performance evaluation for each employee.
6/2001 – 4/2003: Analyst, Food and Drug Analysis
Mr. Austad was responsible for the analysis of heavy metals using graphite furnace atomic absorption
spectrometry. His duties included processing samples for analysis, preparation of standards, operation of
spectrometer, calculating, and reporting data. Mr. Austad was responsible for the routine maintenance of
the spectrometer, microwave and other equipment while maintaining a clean and safe laboratory work
environment. In addition to above duties, Mr. Austad was trained to set Inductively Coupled Plasma
(ICP), Selenium, Silicon, and Mercury samples for digestion, perform Karl Fischer Moisture assays, and
respond to Rees System alarms.
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