Experienced
& Qualified
About Us
Lakeland Laboratories is dedicated to providing accurate and prompt analytical results at a fair price. In the analytical industry, sluggish performance seems to have become the norm. Our Clients often find themselves lacking the luxury of time. Many of our Clients have worked with us for fifteen years or more...
We are comfortable working efficiently and accurately and are able to do so without charging a premium for these efforts. Prompt and accurate analytical results are the cornerstone of our business. We intend to set the standard for Florida and indeed, the entire Southeast.
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The firm is presently comprised of nine individuals. Jim Crawford serves as the Managing Member, President, and Quality Assurance Officer. Jim brings over 22 years of experience in the analytical and industrial process development fields to the firm.
Mark Alessandroni, PE serves as the Vice President and Technical Director of Lakeland Laboratories. Mark is a professional engineer licensed in Florida and Georgia and brings over 20 years of consulting experience in the environmental, engineering, public health, and analytical data validation fields to the firm.
Garrick Johnson serves as Organics Section Chief. Mr. Johnson’s expertise, developed over more than 10 years in the environmental analytical arena, is concentrated in the instrumental analysis of organic analytes and new method development in this area.
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Noel Espinal, Tracey Williams, Carla Collier, and Sarah McKee serve as analysts for the firm. Mr. Espinal brings over 26 years of experience in the public health, medical, and analytical fields to the firm. Mrs. Williams offers expertise developed over more than 14 years in the chemical process, production, research and development arenas to the firm. Tracey also serves as our Office Manager. Her additional responsibilities in this area include the preparation of sample kits, the tracking of samples and maintenance of sample custody records and the preparation of analytical reports. Mrs. Collier and Mrs. McKee assist all members of our staff in the preparation and analysis of samples, as well as the compilation of analytical reports.
Wayne Gangloff serves as our Customer Service and Client Relations coordinator. Wayne is charged with preparing sample kits, receiving samples, and coordinating the delivery and receipt of samples and other materials. Wayne brings more than 35 years’ customer service experience to the firm. Together our staff offers more than 100 years experience in the analytical, environmental, chemical process development, and occupational health arenas.
Quality Assurance
We currently operate as a NELAP-accredited laboratory under the regulation of the Florida Department of Health Environmental Laboratory Certification Program whose authority is delegated by the National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program (NELAP). Our Quality Manual has been developed and implemented according to the standards of the National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Conference (NELAC).
This quality assurance document requires us to meet and maintain specific performance criteria as an integral part of each analysis. Simply stated, these criteria consist of internal and external quality control measures.
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The maintenance and documentation of internal quality control are fundamental components of the work performed by all staff. The Quality Assurance Officer and Technical Director are responsible for continually monitoring quality control, both internal and external. Internal quality control is monitored through the use of matrix spikes, duplicates, blanks and analytical standards measured against method-specific control charts and other quality assurance data. The data gathered from these charts must be checked against established calibration curves and quality assurance data history to ensure that instruments are properly and accurately calibrated and that recoveries are within accepted performance standards.
External quality control may be performed with or without our knowledge by outside regulatory agencies and/or our Clients. In fact, we encourage our Clients to evaluate our performance regularly through the use of single and double-blind proficiency samples. At the discretion of either individual, the laboratory Quality Assurance Officer or the Technical Director may utilize duplicates, spikes, EPA performance checks, split samples, or other evaluation techniques to monitor laboratory performance. We invite our Clients to visit our facilities at any time to see our quality assurance protocols first-hand.