Our Team
Our team consists of highly qualified, experienced and knowledgeable industry professionals that are passionate and dedicated to our customers. Our chemists, engineers, technicians, IT programmers, sales & marketing personnel, and a variety of operations professionals, all play a critical role in providing exceptional customer service and timely delivery of quality test data resulting in positive customer experiences.
Marketing, Sales and Customer Service
Gordon Cox
Gordon Cox is the Vice President of Marketing, Sales and Customer Support for the Savant Group of companies and is responsible for managing all brands, distribution channels, and deployment of sales for the organizations.
Rob Gordon
Rob Gordon is the Savant Group’s Director of Sales. In this role, Rob oversees strategic planning, monitor industry trends, and strengthen customer relationships to drive growth for the Savant Group companies — Savant Labs, IOM, Tannas & King, and Excell Manufacturing.
Karrie Gordon
Karrie Gordon is the Customer Experience Supervisor for both Savant Labs and Institute of Materials. She is responsible for the sample handling, order intake, and fulfillment functions of Savant Labs. Karrie ensures timely and quality products, services, and processes are established, implemented, and improved.
Jessica Ice
Jessica Ice is the Order Fulfillment Specialist. Her attention to detail and timely response will ensure a positive customer experience from sample check-in and the scheduling phase to report preparation and delivery of results to our customers.
Analytical Operations
Greg Miiller
Greg Miiller is the Vice President of Engineering and New Business Development for the Savant Group of companies. Greg is responsible for R&D projects, specialty blending, instrumentation development, industrial problem solving and production.
Canika Owen-Robinson
Canika Owen-Robinson is the New Business Integration Leader. Canika is responsible for effectively incorporating new capabilities into the labs. This includes equipment selection, evaluation, project management, development oversight, and training. In addition to new tests and methods, she also is responsible for oversight of capital planning and project execution necessary to sustain our world-class lab capability.
Bill VanBergen
Bill VanBergen is a Research and Development Chemist. Bill is responsible for the experimental design and implementation of non-standard test methods within the Savant Group. This includes designing experiments to support new equipment and applications and modifying existing test methods and instrumentation to better emulate real-world conditions for our customers. Currently, Bill’s focus has been on the development of electric vehicles and grease test methods and equipment.
Jeremy Coleman
Jeremy Coleman is the Lab Technician III-Instrument Maintenance Specialist. Jeremy is responsible for supporting the laboratory operations with instrument setup, preventative maintenance, and troubleshooting. His main objective is to ensure instruments are operating at all times to support all test methods available to our customers.
Jessica Goupil
Jessica is the Lab Technician III - Quality Control. Jessica is responsible for supporting the laboratory operations with quality control of sample results for customer testing. Her main objective in this role is to ensure that quality control is built into lab testing processes and customer reporting.
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- 4800 James Savage Rd, Midland, MI 48642
- Monday - Friday: 8 AM - 5 PM