Chris Gunning
Director of Operational Excellence
A2LA
Christopher Gunning is currently the Director of Operational Excellence with the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA), where he has been employed since March of 2009. In his current role, Chris is responsible for all technical resources in the association and for ensuring quality of operations in all departments, and at all levels.
This includes management of the assessor corps, the accreditation council, and on-boarding and continual monitoring of A2LA staff members.
Chris served as a General Accreditation Services Manager for 3 years, focusing on the life sciences team.
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