Microbes & Field Equipment

2.0 PDHs 

1 Hour 25 Minutes

** This class is only available with a Full Library Membership.**

The great news about the environmental industry is that there is a plethora of options when it comes to equipment and technology to meet your site needs. We will begin this course by looking at Bio-Trap samplers in order to get an integrated view of what is happening at a given site. We will close this class out by gaining an understanding of the use of telemetry for InSitu groundwater monitoring.

Presenters:

Dora Taggart, President, Microbial Insights

Ted Wittemann, Director of Commercial Operations/Sr. Account Manager, Pine Environmental

Dora Taggart is the President of Microbial Insights, Inc. in Knoxville, Tennessee. She received a Biomedical Engineering degree from Vanderbilt University and has focused on the optimization and implementation of molecular tools for environmental remediation, microbiologically influenced corrosion and microbial source tracking. Under Dora’s direction, MI has become the leading molecular environmental laboratory with locations in the US, Australia and Europe specializing in DNA, RNA, and isotope testing that aids consulting firms, government agencies and academia in environmental restoration and corrosion mitigation. Over the course of her career, Dora has become a global ambassador for the environmental restoration industry, regularly presenting as an invited/keynote speaker at environmental and corrosion conferences, leading hundreds of technical workshops worldwide, and co-authoring guidance documents with advisory groups like the Interstate Technology Regulatory Council (ITRC) and Environmental Remediation Wiki (Remediapedia) to support appropriate use and interpretation of molecular tools. In 2016, MI received the Woman Owned Business Excellence Award and Dora received the Business Person of the Year for Scott County in 2017. She serves on the Board of Directors of Bottle Rocket Productions, the Boys and Girls Club of the Cumberland Plateau and Environmental Workshops, LLC. She is also a member of the Board of Visitors for the department of Microbiology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Contact: [email protected] // (609) 712-6039

Ted Wittemann, P.G. is a professional geologist registered in the Commonwealth of Virginia. He has nearly twelve years of professional experience in environmental consulting, having worked with a number of small and large consulting firms. The majority of his work revolved around contaminated lands and remediation, performing a wide variety of tasks, requiring significant understanding of hazardous substances and environments.
 
After leaving the consulting field, Mr. Wittemann took on the role of Technical Sales Representative for environmental monitoring and sampling instrumentation and equipment with Pine Environmental Services, LLC where he has been employed for the last fourteen years. He currently serves as Director of Commercial Operations and Sr. Account Manager. His responsibility includes directing a staff of Branch Managers, Regional Managers and Technical Sales Representatives to exceed customer service needs and expectations and grow our customer base and company revenue. He works to provide leadership and coaching to staff and develop and implement proven sales process and standards to exceed our customer expectations. In addition to his broad based knowledge of field instrumentation, Ted specializes in remote monitoring and telemetry projects involving air or water quality monitoring. He excels at listening to customers’ specific requirements and working with our engineers to create specialized remote monitoring solutions.  Above all, Ted desires to support people based on his knowledge and experience with environmental monitoring/sampling equipment and materials.

Contact: [email protected] // (813) 344-8206