Shane R. Needham — laboratory director
sneedham@alturasanalytics.com

Ph.D. Analytical Chemistry - University of Rhode Island
B.S. Chemistry - Washington State University

Dr. Needham is Laboratory Director of Alturas Analytics, Inc. Dr. Needham manages all scientific aspects of the HPLC/MS/MS bioanalytical contract laboratory. Currently, Dr. Needham’s work is focused on the development and validation of assays for the determination of therapeutic agents and biomarkers from biological matrices.

Dr. Needham has over 80 publications and external presentations in the area of LC/MS. He has over 18 years of LC/MS and analytical lab experience in the drug discovery through drug development stage in the pharmaceutical industry. He previously worked for Pfizer in Groton, CT where he developed and validated GLP and non-GLP LC/MS/MS methods for the trace analysis of drugs and metabolites in biological fluids. He also performed in vivo and in vitro structure elucidation studies of drugs and metabolites using HPLC/MS/MS and HPLC/MSn instrumentation. Dr. Needham has LC/MS experience working with triple quadrupole, single quadrupole, ion trap, time-of-flight and quadrupole time-of-flight instrumentation. His area of academic research included the development of optimized stationary phases to improve the assay of pharmaceuticals by HPLC/MS. Dr. Needham has been the chair and organizer of several workshops at national conferences. Dr. Needham also teaches LC/MS courses at international conferences including, Pittcon and AAPS conferences. Dr. Needham is also a reviewer for several peer reviewed journals including, Journal of Chromatography, Analytical Chemistry and Journal of Chromatographic Science. Dr. Needham also serves on the editorial board for the publication, American Pharmaceutical Review. Dr. Needham is a member of the American Chemical Society, American Society for Mass Spectrometry, American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists and the International Society of the Study of Xenobiotics.

Mike T. Pearson — laboratory manager
mpearson@alturasanalytics.com

B.S. - University of Idaho

Mike is the laboratory manager of Alturas Analytics, Inc. Mike has almost 20 years of experience managing and operating an analytical laboratory including methods development and validation.

Mike has experience both in the GLP and non-GLP settings and is adept in the Federal Regulations environment. In 1987 he earned his BSEE from the University of Idaho.

Gene Solomon — QA manager
gsolomon@alturasanalytics.com

B.A. Economics - University of Montana

As the Quality Assurance manager at Alturas Analytics Gene’s primary focus is ensuring the laboratory compliance with FDA good laboratory practice (GLP) requirements. Attention to quality assurance is as important at Alturas as our commitment to personalized service and quick turn-around times. Gene is committed to seeing that all work performed is complete, accurate, and readily understood. Gene spent 12 years as an FDA good manufacturing practice (GMP) software consultant before joining Alturas Analytics in August 2004. Gene enjoys running and biking.

Robin Woods — business development
rwoods@alturasanalytics.com

B.S. - Washington State University

Robin has had extensive laboratory experience for almost 20 years and manages the business operations side of Alturas. Robin graduated in 1987 with a BS in Biology/Genetics from Washington State University.