TRITON ANALYTICS CORPORATION

• Dan C. Villalanti, President of Triton Analytics was a staff chemist at Shell Development Co., Houston. He specialized in hydrocarbon analysis with emphasis on refinery optimization and environmental protection. Villalanti earned BS and Ph.D. degrees in chemistry from the University of Arizona. Over 11 years at Shell, he made advances in chromatographic separations, octane number prediction and clean fuels. Villalanti is active in ASTM committee work and serves as a referee for Journal of Chromatographic Science.

• Calvin Blakley is director of Mass Spectrometry. Blakley was previously with PerSeptive Biosystems developing laser desorption time-of-flight mass spectrometers and liquid chromatograph-mass spectrometric interfaces. Dr. Blakley holds two patents in this field. He received his BS in Chemistry from Michigan State University and his Ph.D in Physical Chemistry at Yale. Blakley joined Triton in 1996, bringing over 25 years experience in mass spectrometry.

• Kati Tittel, Analytical Chemist and Business Manager. Kati has combined experience in analytical chemistry and biochemistry with 4 years at Shell Development Company in analytical support and method development for emerging Chemical Product Development and 2 years in recombinant DNA technology at Baylor College of Medicine. Following 11 years as the owner and sole practitioner of a private dental practice, Kati joined Triton in 2003. She holds a BS in Microbiology with minors in Chemistry and Biochemistry from Colorado State University, and a Doctorate from the University of Texas Health Science Center - Houston.