MANAGEMENT
Fred Gallander
Chairman, President and CEO
Prior to joining SEER, Mr. Gallander was a member of the Board of Directors of Transcoastal Marine Services, Inc., offshore oil and gas service firm (NASDAQ - "TCMS"). Mr. Gallander was an Officer and President of Dickson GMP International, Inc. The company originally serviced the Gulf of Mexico, but under Mr. Gallander's leadership, expanded the engineering and construction services to West Africa, Venezuela, Kazakhstan and offshore California. Mr. Gallander was also a principal of The Engineering Development Group (EDG), which designed offshore oil and gas platforms and process equipment.
Neil Arnold
Vice President of Advanced Technologies
Before joining SEER Technology, Mr. Arnold spent 7 years as a Senior Research Associate at the University of Utah, Center for Micro Analysis and Reaction Chemistry. Previous to that, Mr. Arnold was President of FemtoScan Corporation in Salt Lake City, UT. In addition to his responsibilities as president, he also directed research and development for FemtoScan. These R&D efforts included continuing development of FemtoScan AVS-TLGC equipment and applications using both MS and IMS based detectors. Though his original training was in physics and applied mathematics, Mr. Arnold has long held an interest in analytical chemistry and instrumentation. Past projects include continuing development of a direct atmospheric vapor sampling inlet for use with a portable mass spectrometer via a transfer line GC/MS method, construction of a man-portable transfer line GC/MS system and testing of novel GC/IMS concepts. Mr. Arnold's research experience extends to a number of mass spectrometric instrument types including magnetic sector, quadrupole and ion trap type instruments, and methods including GC/MS, chemical ionization MS, and FAB MS in both low and high resolution systems. As an instrument developer Mr. Arnold has experience in computer systems and programming, gas chromatography, vacuum systems, electronics and sample introduction methods. Mr. Arnold received his M.S., Physics from the University of Utah in 1984 and his B.S., Physics from the University of Wyoming in 1982.
Gary Bodily
Chief Technology Officer
Prior to joining SEER, Mr. Bodily worked as a research analyst for Mission Research Corporation in Logan, Utah. For 15 years prior to his employment with Mission Research Corporation, Mr. Bodily worked at the Dugway Proving Grounds. Mr. Bodily started his career at Dugway Proving Grounds as a Project Officer & Branch Chief, and then moved on to Special Projects. Mr. Bodily finished his career at Dugway Proving Grounds under the Strategic Planning Division. Mr. Bodily earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Utah and his Masters Degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Tennessee Space Institute.
Trevor Olch
Vice President of Operations
Mr. Olch has been with SEER since 2010. As corporate analyst Mr. Olch oversees financial statistics, internal product testing logistics, international certifications and third party vendor relationships. Prior to joining SEER, Mr. Olch worked at Willis Lease Finance Corporation in the finance department. Mr. Olch received his Bachelors of Science in Business Administration and Masters of Business Administration from the University of Denver. Mr. Olch currently serves on the board of directors of the USA Ski Cross Association.
Ryan Watson
Chief Revenue Officer
Mr. Watson has over 25 years of experience in various sales leadership roles with companies such as Concept Controls, Avon Protection, Honeywell, and RAE Systems. The organizations he has led specialize in gas, chemical and radiation detection, industrial hygiene instrumentation, thermal imaging, respiratory protection, and environmental monitoring. Prior to joining SEER Mr. Watson ran the US business for Concept Controls and assisted the private equity team in the creation of a collection of companies in the portfolio. At Avon Protection he was responsible for all respiratory protection (SCBA) and thermal imaging products sold into the US fire market. While working his way up into executive leadership at RAE Systems he took over for the former COO and had full P&L responsibilities for the Americas during a time when the business was privately owned, sold twice to venture capital, and then staged for a strategic buyer. Mr. Watson directed all sales, inside sales operations, service, technical support, applications, training (internal and external) and future sales strategy. He grew the business 45%, contributed to over 55% of the entire company’s top line revenue, achieved the most profit with the highest Gross Margin globally combined with the lowest SG&A expenses as a percentage of revenue. Mr. Watson was on the Executive team that assisted in the sale preparation, due diligence, and eventual sale of the RAE Systems to Honeywell for $340M (June 2013). Mr. Watson departed Honeywell in 2017 after he transformed the 2 lines of business (RAE Systems and BW Technologies) into Honeywell’s Connected Worker organization.