James Burden

EMPLOYMENT
TechLaw, Inc. Senior Consultant/Team Manager ESAT 5 2006 - Present
Alion Science and Technology ESAT Region 5 Lead Semivolatile Chemist 2005 - 2006
Severn Trent Laboratories Organics Manager 2003-2005
Severn Trent Laboratories Sample Receiving Manager 2001-2003
Severn Trent Laboratories Chemist 1996-2001
Eagle Brook Environmental Laboratories Organic Prep / Inorganic Chemist 1993-1996

EDUCATION
BS, Chemistry, Purdue University (1997)
AAS, Chemical Technology, Purdue University (1995)

Jim has worked in the environmental testing industry since 1993, both in the commercial laboratory sector and as a contractor to the EPA.

Jim is currently Manager of TechLaw’s EPA ESAT Region 5 contract, a position he has held since 2006. His background includes more than seven years of technical and management experience on the ESAT Region 5 contract and more than 20 years of analytical laboratory operations and management experience. Jim supports the Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery (ORCR) in the editing and updating of SW-846 methods and participates in the work groups that facilitate the SW-846 updates.

As the Region 5 ETM, he oversees chemists and field scientists in a variety of technical support tasks for the EPA in Region 5 Superfund as a contractor. Jim has an extensive background as a SVOC/VOC GC/MS and GC-ECD/FID chemist. Some of his work includes the outfitting and deployment of a mobile laboratory to conduct onsite semivolatiles, volatiles and PCB/Pesticide analysis on Superfund sites.

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