WILLIAM M. GEIGER
Academic:  
BS Chemistry, Wichita State University, 1972
     
Experience:    
     
1984 - Present CONSOLIDATED SCIENCES, INC.
 
  Responsibilities:

Co-founder, President

Responsible for day to day operation of the company, specializes in GC and GC/MS method applications and method development. Other areas of expertise include liquid chromatography, elemental analysis, atomic spectroscopy, mass spectroscopy, vacuum technology and the design/production of various inlet systems for mass spectrometers. Developed mass spectrometer training courses for major oil companies. Performed complete characterization of 24 refinery streams for the American Petroleum Institute as related to toxicological (animal) testing.

     
1977 - 1983 CORE LABS, CHROMASPEC DIVISION  
  Responsibilities:

Co-founder, Manager of Instrumental Division

Responsible for daily operation of instrumental lab, quality control, and technical method development on GC, GC/MS, LC, AA, and MS applications for air, water, and hydrocarbon sample matrices.

     
1975 - 1977 MERICHEM COMPANY  
  Responsibilities: Research analyst
Duties included routine and non-routine analysis of products and plant support functions including environmental, hygiene, and process problems. Operated and maintained GC, MS, AA, IR, and elemental analysis instruments.
     
1973 - 1975 PETROLEUM ANALYTICAL RESEARCH CORP.  
  Responsibilities:

Manager of Instrumental Analysis Department

Responsible for hydrocarbon analysis by GC and MS. Also responsible for Environmental Science Department and performance of plant surveys, personnel monitoring, stack sampling, and environmental impact surveys.

     
1972 - 1973 EASTERN PRODUCTS CORPORATION  
  Responsibilities:

Quality control analyst

Responsible for quality control of paints and coating used in reverse roll coating steel plant.

     
Professional Affiliations:  
  American Society for Testing and Materials
American Chemical Society
American Society for Mass Spectrometry
Gulf Coast Instrumental Analysis Group (Chairman-Mass Spec Users Group)
Waste Water Analyst Association
     
Papers/Publications:  
 

Gas Chromatographic Analysis of Trace Levels of Hydrogen with Various Detectors,
presented at Gulf Coast Instrumental Analysis Meeting, September 1977

Gas Chromatographic Analysis of High Purity Argon and Nitrogen,
presented at Gulf Coast Instrumental Analysis Meeting, September 1978.

Characterization of Sixteen Refinery Streams. Internal American Petroleum Institute Publication.

Upgrading Finnigan GC/MS Systems with Extrel Electronics.
Mass Spec Source, September 1990.

Trace Analysis of Volatile Aromatics using Ultraviolet Detection.
Pittsburgh Conference, New Orleans, La., February 1991.

The Analysis of ppb impurities in High Purity Gases by GC/MS using Micro-Packed Columns,
Pittsburgh Conference, Chicago, IL, March 1994.

The Application and Requirements of a GC/MS System for the Analysis of Specialty Gases,
C. J. Meyer and W.M. Geiger, Pittsburgh Conference, New Orleans, La., March, 1995.

The Analysis of PPB Metal Hydride Impurities in Specialty Gases by GC/RGD,
W.M. Geiger, and C.J. Meyer, Pittsburgh Conference, Chicago, IL., March 1996.

Direct Analysis of Diesels and Middle Distillates by Mass Spectrometry Utilizing a ‘Batch’ Inlet,
F. Feyerherm, V. Giarrocco, C. Meyer, W. M. Geiger and M. King, Pittsburgh Conference, Atlanta, GA, March 1997.

The Use of Copper-Based Catalysts for the Analysis of Impurities in Oxygen,
C.J. Meyer and W.M. Geiger, Pittsburgh Conference, Atlanta, GA., March 1997.

A Practical Method to Generate Low PPB Levels of Gas Calibration Standards,
C. R, Ostrander, S. Gunther, C.J. Meyer and W.M. Geiger, Pittsburgh Conference, Atlanta GA., March, 1997,

The Chromatographic Analysis of Trace Atmospheric Gases,
C. J. Meyer and W. M. Geiger, in Specialty Gas Analysis, Ed. J.D. Hogan, Wiley-VCH, New York, 1997.

Analysis of Impurities in Carbon Monoxide and Syngas using GC-AED,
W. M. Geiger, M. Ibarra and R. Dille, Pittsburgh Conference, New Orleans, La., March 1998.

Assay Techniques for Specialty Gas Mixtures,
W. M. Geiger, Carol J. Meyer, Pittsburgh Conference, New Orleans, La., March 1999.

Analytical Techniques for the Analysis of Impurities in High Purity Nitrogen Trifluoride, W. M. Geiger, Carol J. Meyer, Pittsburgh Conference, New Orleans, La., March 2001.

     
Training:  
 

MBA Courses at University of Houston:
Quantitative Management Analysis
Statistics
Management Information Systems

Perkin Elmer:
Turbochrom 3 Gas Chromatography Data System