Steve Metzger has been the Head of Assay Development of the Company since September 2012. Mr. Metzger served as Research and Development Manager at the company since December 2007, and as Senior Scientist from 2001 to 2007. Previously, he was responsible for the Protein and DNA Sequencing Core Lab at Heska Corporation, Fort Collins, CO, and coordinated the integration of assay methods, software, and optical microscopy instrumentation for the force amplified biosensor program at the Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C. Mr. Metzger is an ACS accredited chemist with a B.A. in Chemistry from The Colorado College.