Our Staff

The key element in a laboratory, even beyond its instrumentation, are its technical and support staff. The quality of analysis is dependent upon the competence of personnel! IATL's laboratory staff consists of over 35 trained and certified professionals. As a company, IATL must be doing something right... we have little to no turn over of laboratory staff over the last eighteen years. The average experience for our PLM analysts is over 10 years. The combined experience for our TEM analysts is over 150 years!

IATL's senior staff has access to specialists in regulatory affairs, industrial hygiene, chemical, environmental and materials engineering, geology and contaminated materials testing. This comprehensive professional resource base allows us to provide a full range of environmental laboratory services for asbestos and other environmental assessment projects.

Understanding the necessity for all of our employees to be highly trained, IATL has incorporated a complete in-house training program for its technical specialists. We also send laboratory analysts and laboratory management staff to technical and professional development seminars, conferences and courses regularly.

Through these ongoing inside and outside training programs, we are able to institute a consistency of approach for both technical and ethical policies within our organization, and provide up-to-date information to ensure our procedures remain state-of-the-art.

Frank E. Ehrenfeld III (frankehrenfeld@iatl.com), Laboratory Director

Mr. Ehrenfeld has an extensive educational background and strong application experience in academic, industrial and commercial analytical microscopy laboratory environments, specializing in the characterization of materials using diffraction and microanalysis techniques. Frank has been active in the asbestos and environmental lead analytical field since 1988. Frank participates in NVLAP conference seminars (i.e. ASTM D Conference) and other regulatory affairs reviews. He is currently Vice-Chair of the ASTM D22.07 Asbestos Sampling and Analysis Committee, serves on E56.03 Environmental Health and Safety of Nanoparticles, contributes regulary to industry publications, has spoken at ASTM, ACS, EAS, EIA, and other technology and academic events, and is pursuing an advanced degree in Public Health. Other experience includes work at Princeton Testing Laboratories and Graduate Research at Lehigh University. Mr. Ehrenfeld was the Laboratory Manager at AWI/The Earth Technology Corporation Laboratory previous to his employ at IATL. Education: B.S. Chemistry/Biology at West Chester

University, 1984. Graduate studies in Materials Science and Engineering at Lehigh University. Graduate work in Industrial Hygiene at Temple University School of Civil Engineering 1988 - 1991. Certifications / Affiliations: Advanced Light-Optical Microscopy, McCrone Research Institute, Advanced Analytical Electron Microscopy, Lehigh University, Biological Techniques, X-Ray Microanalysis, Princeton Gamma-Tech and Kevex/FISONS, Microscopy Society of America, American Society of Testing Materials, American Chemical Society, American Chemical Society, QA/QC Statistics in the Laboratory, ASTM Committee D-22, Atmospheres (Asbestos Sampling & Analysis), Environmental Information Association.

Eric Snyder (ericsnyder@iatl.com), President

Mr. Snyder has been in the environmental industry since 1989 and has been with IATL since 1991. Eric primarily oversees all accounting and financial operations of the company, as well as Human Resources. Eric's staff, in conjunction with Mr. Ehrenfeld, handles the marketing and customer service responsibilities. Eric previously worked in excess of 5 years for Ernst & Young, one of the largest worldwide accounting firms. Education: B.S. from Bloomsburg State University and an MBA from Penn State University, 1981. Certifications / Affiliations: American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Certified Public Accountant.

Christine Davis (cdavis@iatl.com), Office Manager

Mrs. Davis has been in the environmental industry since 1983 and with IATL since 1992. Mrs. Davis coordinates all analytical reporting and general customer service inquiries. Her staff generates analytical result reports using our customized Laboratory Information Management System.

Shirley Clark (shirleyclark@iatl.com), Ray Sankey (raysankey@iatl.com), Business Development

Though everyone at IATL is responsible for Customer Service, our team of Shirley and Ray is renowned for their special abilities. They routinely communicate directly with Project Managers, Field Technicians, and our Laboratory Personnel. They can track down your samples, arrange off-hours analysis, secure government bidding forms, post your results, assist with data interpretation, and generally solve or direct your inquiries.

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