Jonathan is currently completing his doctorate in Technology Management with a concentration in Quality Systems through the Indiana State University consortium program. Jonathan holds an M.S. in Chemistry, a graduate business certificate, and a B.S. in Chemistry with a minor in mathematics from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.   

In his current role with Thermo Fisher Scientific, he works in the Pharmaceutical Development Services organization in the Analytical Development group in Greenville, North Carolina as a Manager supporting Laboratory services functions.  This role includes supporting data review, metrology, sample management, training, and scheduling. 

Prior to his current role in Analytical Development, Jonathan worked in Operational Excellence with Thermo Fisher Scientific where he was involved in multi-functional support for deployment of the Practical Process Improvement (PPI) business system across the site of over 1400 people. While with PPI, he conducted over 60 kaizen events, launched over 20 daily tier and visual management boards, and also helped to deploy lean systems across the site under the direction of the site GM and leadership team.

Jonathan was involved in site-wide cultural engagement initiatives, acted as the PMO for a site-wide training and onboarding project, he aided in the launching of a new sterile training center, which includes a virtual reality platform. Related to the lab, he has been involved with planning during the construction of a model lab, lab 5S deployment, he has launched site-wide quality pilot, and developed a business unit-wide cost of poor quality management system. Jonathan is also one of a few individuals who became certified as both a PPI Process Manager and a Sr. PPI Process manager, which is comparable with the six-sigma belt program.

Prior to this role, Jonathan worked in a Sterile business unit as a Senior Scientist responsible for conducting root cause analysis investigations, writing deviation reports, and CAPA management for commercial manufacturing batches of sterile drug products. During this time, he also authored various procedural documents, protocols, training documents, and conducted trend investigation records.

Scott Hanton is the Editorial Director of Lab Manager Magazine. He spent 30 years as an industrial chemist, business leader, and consultant. He had roles of General Manager, Laboratory Operations Manager and Chief Scientist for Intertek Allentown. Previously had roles of research scientist, laboratory supervisor, and section manager at Air Products & Chemicals. Through thesedifferent roles, Scott developed expertise in polymer mass spectrometry,analytical characterization, people leadership, and business management. He earned a BS in Chemistry from Michigan State University and a PhD in Physical Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Scott is an active member of ACS, ASMS, and ALMA.

Mary Schwans is the Managing Director of Astrix Technology Group’s Staffing Division and is a recruiting expert in the Scientific field. She joined Astrix in 2006 where she has been responsible for the start up and success of the division by growing it from its infancy into an emerging leader in the scientific recruiting field. Since 2006, Astrix has grown from a regional firm to a nationwide firm working with top Fortune 500 companies to start-ups. Prior to Astrix, Mary began her recruitment career an Account Executive for Kforce Scientific where she was responsible for heading up the Philadelphia market and doubling its size. In addition to Mary’s business experience, she has a strong technical background. She graduated with her BS in Biology from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis and first began her career as a scientist in academic laboratories. Mary is part of several Scientific organizations and held board positions with ALMA.

Dr. James Kaufman is Founder and President Emeritus of The Laboratory Safety Institute (LSI). He received his bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Tufts University and his doctorate in organic chemistry from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI).

After two years as a post-doctoral fellow in the WPI Chemical Engineering Department, Dr. Kaufman joined the Dow Chemical Company. At Dow, he became increasingly involved in laboratory safety. He authored "Laboratory Safety Guidelines". Originally distributed by Dow, now over six million copies (in 21 languages) of the widely requested and reprinted brochure are in circulation.

The Laboratory Safety Institute is an international, non-profit center for safety in science and science education. LSI's lectures and courses, AV-lending library, Mini-Grants, Internet discussion list, and publications help both academic and non-academic institutions in 30 countries and 135 types of labs throughout the world. Over 100,000 scientists and science educators have attended these courses and presentations.

LSI conducts seminars, short courses, webinars, audits, and inspections for schools, colleges, and companies. They also provide advice on regulatory compliance, safety program development, facility inspections with written reports, facilities design, editorial commentary on laboratory texts, and expert witness testimony.

Dr. Kaufman is a former member of the American Chemical Society's (ACS) Council Committee on Chemical Safety and is past-chairman of the ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety. He is the author-narrator of the ACS Audio Course on Laboratory Safety and editor of "Waste Disposal at Academic Institutions" from Lewis Publishers. He recorded and edited the "One-Day Laboratory Safety Audio Seminar" and "Two-Day Lab Safety Video Course." He is a co-author of “Safety Is Elementary: the new standard for safety in the elementary science classroom”. Most recently, he recorded online distance learning courses for those who are “Remotely Interested” ™ in lab safety.

Joe Keary is a seasoned healthcare leader, with over 40 years of experience in the Laboratory, as well as other areas of healthcare. He is a graduate of Manhattan College (BS-Biology), Seton Hall University (MS-Biology), NY Medical College (MS-Microbiology & Immunology), and West Chester University of PA (MBA-Executive). Currently, he is a doctoral candidate in the Doctor of Healthcare Administration program at Central Michigan University. During his extensive career, he served for 31 years as a commissioned officer in the US Army Reserve, with multiple deployments to Kuwait/Iraq and Kosovo. During this time, he served as a Microbiologist, Laboratory Manager, Healthcare Administrator (personnel, training and logistics billets), plus three assignments as Combat Support Hospital Executive Officer (COO) in Kuwait and Kosovo, and his culminating assignment as Commander (CEO) of a Multifunctional Medical Battalion. He retired from the US Army Reserve in 2011 as a Lieutenant Colonel. In his civilian capacity, he worked as a Medical Technologist for private laboratories in NYS, accepted a leadership position as an Operating Room Materials Manager in both NYC and suburban NJ, then joined Federal Civil Service as a healthcare administrator for the US Army Reserve, Laboratory Manager for the Department of Veterans Affairs and Chief Medical Technologist for the US Army. He retired from Civil Service in 2018, with a total of 28 years of civilian service. He has been an inspector for the College of American Pathologists for the past 22 years and has a private leadership consulting firm, JGK Leadership Consulting. He is a member of the Clinical Laboratory Management Association (currently Treasurer), Society of American Federal Medical Laboratory Scientists, American College of Healthcare Executives, American Public Health Association, the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars and Catholic War Veterans of the US, and was selected to be a special aide de camp to the Governor of Kentucky (Kentucky Colonel).

He is married, with a wife (Claudia), two grown children (Joseph and Maryanna) and two feline “children” (Georgie and Beatrice), and resides in Olean, New York.