Lester H. Keepper III
President & CEO, Co-Founder
Prior to starting Prism Analytical Technologies, Inc., Mr. Keepper was the President of CCA, a Hitachi Metals International Company. Over his career Mr. Keepper has been responsible for the development of new products, installation of production systems / facilities, and production of products for several Fortune 500 companies. Mr. Keepper has established laboratory and process technology systems for the advanced ceramic, electro-deposition coating, powder coating, and high energy magnet industries. He has also written and established quality control and MIS systems for the coating industry. Over the last seven years Mr. Keepper has developed new market applications for air testing and monitoring. This includes applications of TDT Air Scan, FT-IR, and other air scanning technologies. Mr. Keepper received his BA in Chemistry from Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, IL and his MSBA in general management from Indiana University - Northwest. He is a member of the American Society for Quality.

Martin L. Spartz, Ph.D.
Chairman of the Board, Chief Sales & Marketing Officer, Co-Founder
During his career, Dr. Spartz has served as a tenured Associate Professor of Chemistry at Central Michigan University. Dr. Spartz was responsible for the design and development of a mobile, open-path FT-IR spectrometer for the EPA. Dr. Spartz received his Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from Kansas State University. His doctoral dissertation was "Development of a Mobile Spectrometer Laboratory for On-Site Atmospheric Measurement of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometry." Dr. Spartz has delivered several presentations and proceedings covering the many facets of remote sensing of toxic air pollutants by applying infrared spectrometry. Since the co-founding of Prism Analytical Technologies, Inc. in 1992, his research has focused on improving FT-IR methods and instrumentation for environmental, process, and industrial hygiene applications. Before returning to Prism in 2009, Dr. Spartz was a Product Unit Manager for MKS Instruments On-Line Products Group, Gas Analysis Division, and prior to that he was employed by On-Line Technologies (OLT) between 1997 and 2001, and held several technical positions before advancing to Vice President of Gas Products. Dr. Spartz has designed and constructed several FT-IR gas analyzers for industry, and has 11 refereed publications in the field of infrared spectroscopy.

Bruce K. Gartner
Director of Environmental Applications, Co-Founder
With a BS in biology (minor in chemistry) and graduate studies in environmental science at Central Michigan University, Mr. Gartner has developed unique environmental field study capabilities using portable gas chromatography instrumentation. Mr. Gartner is certified by the National Registry of Environmental Professionals (NREP) as a registered environmental manager.