October 8, 2009 - Rebecca K. Mead, PhD, was promoted to the position of Director, Laboratory Operations for CompuChem Labs, effective Friday, September 25, 2009. Exclusive of the Sales Department, Quality Assurance and Administration (i.e., Purchasing and HR), all departments in the Environmental Division will report directly to Dr. Mead, including Project Management/Customer Service, Extractions/Sample Prep and the Sample Management Services (Receiving, Initial Log-in and the Copy Room, Shipping area).

Dr. Mead previously worked at CompuChem in several responsibilities prior to beginning a family in 2005. Earlier in the year she was contacted about returning on a part-time basis, which was initiated, and then she was actively solicited to take on more responsibility. Her unique background and skill set make her an ideal selection for directing the activities of an environmental chemistry laboratory. Her love of the science and her willingness to share the knowledge she’s gained to develop her colleagues has provided Mead with uniquely qualified people skills that will serve her exceedingly well. Those attributes, combined with an absolute commitment to quality, brings to CompuChem a highly experienced and demonstrated talent in Dr. Mead. She relishes the opportunity to affect and realize the growth and development, excellence, and maturation of our personnel and their abilities, and additionally, the implementation of process systems to insure absolute and consistent quality in the data deliverables and EDDs we release to our customers.

An announcement will be made on Liberty’s website this week indicating this change and a communication of this organizational change will be provided to our commercial clients this week as well. A new organization chart will be released that will identify these changes for updates in our most recent versions of the Quality Manual and Statement of Qualifications.

I would ask that everyone welcome and kindly give your full cooperation and support to Rebecca as she enters into her new responsibilities.

Our fourth quarter business projections suggest a profitable year end surge and we need ALL of our personnel on the same page and pulling together in order that we can provide the collaborative effort necessary to realize a favorable and profitable year end.

Thanks to all employees for your expected effort and teamwork during remaining months of 2009!

William Waring
President

September 27, 2008 - The company was awarded a new contract by the USEPA for the analysis of multi-media, multi-concentration inorganic analysis. The award of Contract number EP-W-08-067, if fully funded, has a potential valued of $5,703,215 over three (3) years. The contract requires the analysis of both ICP/AES and ICP/MS samples in a combined amount totaling up to 800 samples per month.

CompuChem has bid successfully on every EPA issued solicitation since 1981. Consequently, we have maintained active contracts for both organic and inorganic analysis on an uninterrupted basis for the past 27 years.

September, 2008 - Kathryn Humphries named new Extractable Organics Manager

October 30, 2007 - William Waring was named as the new President and COO of CompuChem Laboratories, Inc. and WearCheck USA, Inc., a sister company that specializes in the wear characteristic testing of oil and other lubricants. His installation was made effective in September 2007.

Mr. Waring received his Bachelors degree from the University of Richmond and earned his MBA degree from the College of William and Mary. Mr. Waring is a fifteen year veteran of Liberty Research, of Waverly, NY, a successful GLP contract research facility serving the pharmaceutical industry and one of several firms in the Liberty family of companies. Waring remains the President of Liberty Research.

Mr. Waring also worked for Ford Motor Company following his graduation from the University of Richmond.