Harry Behzadi

Title: Vice President, Southeast Operations
Accutest Laboratories Southeast

Years With Company: 18
Total Years Experience: 30

Education: Ph.D., Analytical Chemistry, 1992
Rutgers University

M.S., Chemistry, 1985
Rutgers University

B.S., Chemistry, 1982
Montclair State College

Employment History:

1994- Present Accutest Laboratories
Vice President, Southeast Operations
Laboratory Director

1991-1994 Reed & Carnrick Pharmaceutical
Quality Control Manager

1989-1991 First Environmental Laboratories
Laboratory Manager

1982-1989 United States Testing Company
Laboratory Supervisor


Experience/Qualifications:

Since 1994, Dr. Behzadi has spearheaded growth and expansion of Accutest Corporation in the Southeast and towards West Coast. He started Southeast division in 1995 and developed the lab from a handful of employees to largest environmental laboratory in the South with staff 90+ strong. He is currently Vice President of Southeast Operations, Accutest Laboratories, Inc. Establishes regional laboratory operations strategy and business development. He has extensive experience in trace organics and inorganic analyses of environmental samples. For over 30 years he has been responsible for laboratory management, analytical method development, professional training and QA/QC in both the environmental and pharmaceutical industries. Dr. Behzadi has extensive experience in the operation, maintenance and trouble shooting of the following instrumentation; GC/MS, GC, HPLC, ICP, AA, IR, GPC and UV/VIS. Previously,

Dr. Behzadi Started up and fully responsible for operation of Accutest Labs SE from one person to staff 95 people, manage all areas of operation including technical, safety, quality assurance, staffing, budgets, and profitability. He has navigated multiple laboratories through certification and NELAP accreditation process, Dept. of Defense and Various Fortune 500 companies. He has Established KPI (Key Performance Indicator) for network to measure operation, sales and financial parameter. He has also help to design, managed construction and relocation of multiple Accutest network laboratories.

Dr. Behzadi has experience working with a variety of distinct industry segments including multiple laboratories government/public agencies, consulting/engineering firms, commercial/private industry, legal firms, and petroleum and chemical companies. He has extensive experience managing large and complex projects with a variety of technical and deliverable requirements. He is responsible for profit and loss related to major labs and formalized budgets and financial planning for different labs and established tracking of capacity and costs. He has managed salary and major capital expenditure for multiple Accutest Laboratories. He is also Engage in strategic business planning for Accutest Network.

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