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Matthew Sica
Matthew Sica is the Principal Scientist for Matthew Sica Consulting, a consulting company specializing in laboratory operations and quality systems. He is contracted as the Environmental Program Manager with ACLASS, one of three brands of the ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board. ACLASS is recognized by ILAC, APLAC, and IAAC as a signatory of multilateral recognition arrangements that facilitate acceptance of test and calibration data internationally.
With over 20 years experience, he has gained expertise in management and quality systems, laboratory accreditation and certification, monitoring and testing issues, proficiency testing, and regulatory issues. With this perspective, he now brings together the needs for data users, data generators and regulators.
He has managed laboratories and has experience working for environmental testing and petroleum laboratories in areas ranging from bench chemistry and microbiology, field sampling, environmental site work and waste disposal. Field sampling and testing included work in site remediation and drinking water and wastewater programs.
He earned a Bachelors of Science degree in Environmental Science, with a concentration on environmental chemistry, at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He has provided a variety of management and technical training courses around the world.
He is an EPA recognized Laboratory Certification Officer for the EPA Safe Drinking Water Program for inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, microbiology and Cryptosporidium.
Current work includes consulting, training, and assessing for environmental and food laboratories, reference material producers and proficiency test providers to applicable standards including ISO/IEC 17025, DOD ELAP, ISO Guide 34, and ISO/IEC 17043.
Contact Information: ; 207-624-1532
Matthew Sica is the Principal Scientist for Matthew Sica Consulting, a consulting company specializing in laboratory operations and quality systems. He is contracted as the Environmental Program Manager with ACLASS, one of three brands of the ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board. ACLASS is recognized by ILAC, APLAC, and IAAC as a signatory of multilateral recognition arrangements that facilitate acceptance of test and calibration data internationally.
With over 20 years experience, he has gained expertise in management and quality systems, laboratory accreditation and certification, monitoring and testing issues, proficiency testing, and regulatory issues. With this perspective, he now brings together the needs for data users, data generators and regulators.
He has managed laboratories and has experience working for environmental testing and petroleum laboratories in areas ranging from bench chemistry and microbiology, field sampling, environmental site work and waste disposal. Field sampling and testing included work in site remediation and drinking water and wastewater programs.
He earned a Bachelors of Science degree in Environmental Science, with a concentration on environmental chemistry, at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He has provided a variety of management and technical training courses around the world.
He is an EPA recognized Laboratory Certification Officer for the EPA Safe Drinking Water Program for inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, microbiology and Cryptosporidium.
Current work includes consulting, training, and assessing for environmental and food laboratories, reference material producers and proficiency test providers to applicable standards including ISO/IEC 17025, DOD ELAP, ISO Guide 34, and ISO/IEC 17043.
Contact Information: ; 207-624-1532