James Haddad

About James Haddad

As a geologist, I love trying to understand and explain planet-sized problems by looking down a microscope. The rocks on the ground and in your hand tell a story about the earth around us; my dissertation work focused on putting it all together. After finishing my PhD, I joined ARMI-MBH and moved my focus from rocks to metals. I stepped into a lab with excellent instrumentation, but no methods. Despite having limited previous experience with ICP-OES and WD-XRF, I set out to master both analytical techniques, while working to expand the laboratory by adding new instrumentation. I developed over twenty new test methods for the analysis of seemingly every metal alloy as well many geologic materials. While expanding geologic reference material production has been a challenge, I’ve been excited to take the lead on many of the key projects. I’ve collaborated with our sourcing specialist, reached out to peers and past colleagues to acquire interesting geologic materials, and have even gone into the field and personally collected starting materials. I\'ve written over 15 new SOPs and Test Methods for production and testing processes and trained others in their implantation. While the much of my professional background has been lab focused, I believe that my data analysis skills and expertise in project and budget management combined with my leadership capabilities would spell success in any environment.

Experience

1. Sr Product Development Scientist

   Lgc Industrial

   Sep 2021 — Present · Manchester, NH, US

   Serve as technical lead on product development, liaising with 50+ 3rd-party labs to ensure all new products are certified with a robust and accurate pool of data, adhering to ISO 17034 guidelines and LGC’s internal stringent quality standards Author and uphold maintenance calendar for new and existing instruments, saving $10K+/year and many hours by keeping instruments online, performing regular and unscheduled repairs Train and supervise laboratory technicians in good laboratory practices (GLP), test methods, SOPs, sample preparation and instrumental analysis Liaise with product manager, marketing, sales, and customer service teams to provide technical details re: products, internal processes and capabilities to clients and shareholders SPECIAL PROJECTS New Instrument Acquisitions | 20••••22 Added CS IR-analyzer, ONH-inert gas fusion, and Spark OES instruments to lab. Secured funding for new instrumentation by demonstrating a business case, gathering quotes, arranging instrument demos, and negotiating costs and accessories with instrument manufacturers. Wrote, validated, and trained others on test methods for new instrumentation. Powders Work Facility | 2021 Launched ARMI|MBH’s powders processing facility, designed to introduce geologic, cements, ores and other powdered reference materials to ARMI|MBH’s suite of products. Instrumental in building out the facility, writing all SOP\'s and lab testing documents.

Education

• Texas A&M University

  Bachelor of Science - BS