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![Mark West](/-/media/images/experts/mark-west-640x480.jpg)
Mark West
Product Qualification Testing
Mark West is a recognized expert in the fenestration industry with 15 years of experience in product testing and certification.
![Menno van der Laars](/-/media/images/experts/menno-van-der-laars.jpeg)
Menno van der Laars
Menno van der Laars is an an experienced materials selection, inspection and failure analysis consultant
![Michael Derby](/-/media/images/sectors/connected-technologies/md-expert-640-x-480.png)
Michael Derby
Michael Derby has been in the product development and approvals business for more than 35 years. His present area of expertise is helping manufacturers get radio equipment onto the market.
![Miguel Jimenez](/-/media/images/experts/miguel-jimenez-640x480.jpg)
Miguel Jimenez
Metals & Product Qualification Testing
Miguel Jiménez is an innovation expert with over 12 years of experience in the field of advanced materials and product qualification technologies across a wide range of sectors including aerospace, defense, renewables, metallurgic and healthcare industries.
![Mike Lewan](/-/media/images/experts/mike-lewan.jpg)
Mike Lewan
Mike Lewan is a specialist in the High Pressure and High Temperature (HPHT) testing of polymeric materials
![Mike Pendleton](/-/media/mike-pendleton-640-x-480/mp-640-x-480.jpg)
Mike Pendleton
Mike has worked in testing for over 15 years with experience aerospace, energy, automotive, and electrification. He provides insight from a wide array of perspectives and will find failures before end-users do.
![Neil Trigwell](/-/media/neil-trigwell-640x480/neil-trigwell-640x480.jpg)
Neil Trigwell
Metals
Dr Neil Trigwell is a chartered engineer with over 40 years of experience in materials testing covering a range of engineering sectors. His areas of expertise include fracture mechanics, fatigue, and the more advanced aspects of mechanical testing including full-scale component and structural testing.
![Nick Morley](/-/media/images/sectors/life-sciences/expert-profile-headshots/nick-morley-640x480px.jpg)
Nick Morley
Principal Scientist for Life Sciences Manchester, Nick Morley has over 15 years of pharmaceutical laboratory experience predominantly specializing in extractables and leachables.
![Nicole Small](/-/media/images/experts/nicole-small-640-x-480.jpg)
Nicole Small
Nicole is a highly experienced regulatory professional with a depth and breadth of experience in the safety, performance, and regulation of medical devices – a career spanning over 30 years.
![Omid Nabi Nejad](/-/media/images/experts/omid-nabi-nejad-640x480.jpeg)
Omid Nabi Nejad
With over 20 years of in-depth experience in polymer science and composite materials, Dr. Omid Nabi Nejad has made substantial advancements in R&D, product development, and service life prediction.
![Parmjit Gahir](/-/media/images/sectors/environmental/element-parmjit-image-640x480px.jpg)
Parmjit Gahir
Parmjit or Parm to his friends (Head of Occupational Hygiene at Element) is an occupational hygienist with almost 30 years of national and international operational experience gained across diverse industry sectors.
![Patrick OBrien](/-/media/images/sectors/environmental/profile-pages/patrick-obrien-640x480.jpg)
Patrick OBrien
With over 18 years’ experience in the Environmental and Stack Emission industries, Patrick possesses a wealth of technical and market knowledge and continues to stay abreast with all emerging developments.