President
Joan H. Gordon, MT (ASCP)
Ms. Gordon co-founded our company in 2000 and serves as President
and Chief Executive Officer. Prior to founding Maine Molecular
Quality Controls, Ms. Gordon was senior technologist at the Maine
Medical Center and then Research Associate at the Maine Medical
Center Research Institute. Ms. Gordon’s scientific expertise is
in molecular genetic testing and molecular cloning technology. She
developed the technical protocols for production and manufacturing
the nucleic acid constructs in MMQCI’s products. She is
co-inventor on two patents. Ms. Gordon is treasurer of the AACC,
Industry Division and a member of the Annual Meeting Organizing
Committee for 2006. She received her B.S. in Medical Technology
(Suma Cum Laude) from the University of Vermont. She pursued
graduate studies in Applied Immunology and Molecular Biology at
the University of Southern Maine.
Vice President of Research
Clark A. Rundell, Ph.D. DABCC
Dr. Rundell co-founded our company in 2000 and serves as Vice
President of Research. Prior to founding Maine Molecular Quality Controls,
Dr. Rundell was Director of Chemistry at the Maine Medical Center
and then Director of Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics at NorDx
Laboratories. Dr. Rundell’s scientific expertise is in molecular
genetic testing and chemistry. He developed technologies for
stabilizing nucleic acid constructs in MMQCI’s control products.
Dr. Rundell is co-inventor on several patents. He was a
Postdoctoral Fellow at Purdue University and Postdoctoral Fellow
in Clinical Chemistry at the University of Maryland Hospital. Dr.
Rundell received his B.S. from St. Cloud State University and his
Ph.D. from the University of North Dakota.
