About Us
ETI is a full service, locally owned and operated environmental laboratory providing analytical testing services to a variety of engineers, consultants, municipalities, state & federal government agencies and private industry companies.
OUR MISSION:
To utilize our strengths and expertise in order to provide our clients with accurate and reliable results.
OUR VISION:
To sustain ourselves as a company that strives for excellence and innovation, serving our clients, environment, community and staff with integrity and respect.
Who We Are
ETI is a full service environmental testing laboratory that has been locally owned and operated since we opened for business in 2000. We are committed to providing quality, reliable analytical data to our clients and to do our part to ensure their success. Our primary NELAP accreditation is maintained through the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality and we are certified in the following states:
The staff at ETI brings extensive environmental experience to each department. Our management team has over 50 years of experience as laboratory analysts and managers. All of our analysts possess science degrees and most have several years of laboratory knowledge behind them. This combination of education and experience allow us to consistently provide answers to many of our client’s environmental questions.
Our combination of capacity and efficiency gives our clients a trusted resource for all of their environmental needs. From wastewater analysis to remediation projects, hazardous waste characterization to petroleum testing, we take pride in each of our clients. It is important to us that they understand our commitment to their success. After all, they are working to keep our environment clean, repair our mistakes from the past, and build a more eco-friendly future. We are glad to do our part to help.
Your ETI Team
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Russell Britten, CEO
Russell is the President and Founder of ETI. With decades of experience as both an analyst and laboratory manager, Russell has developed an in-depth, practical knowledge of a wide array of environmental projects. His ability to provide real world solutions to complex tasks is a valuable asset to ETI's clients. Russell earned his degree in Chemistry from Southwestern Oklahoma State University.
Russell and his wife Michelle are active members of their community and enjoy gardening, golfing, cheering on the OKC Thunder and spending time with their children, Collin and Kayla.
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James Vandersee, President
James has every quality necessary to ensure ETI’s quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC) standards are always maintained. He is an intensely focused, detailed oriented, gifted mathematician. James’ deep understanding of numerous analytical methods make him a built-in reference tool for our clients. His job is to make sure we do things the right way each and every time.
James graduated from the University of Central Oklahoma with an advanced degree in Chemistry. His educational performance earned him an ACS (American Chemistry Society) Certificate.
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Keith Hopcus, Technical Director
Keith is our Technical Director. He is a graduate of the University of Central Oklahoma where he studied chemistry. He has served the analytical industry in many capacities throughout his career, from an analyst in a small lab to manager of a national laboratory. Keith also brings valuable IT knowledge to ETI. His experience with LIMS and data deliverables gives our clients a trusted resource to obtain their data in a format that works best for them.
You’ll find Keith cheering on his Dallas Cowboys each and every Sunday. He enjoys spending time with his wife and two children.
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Scott Haas, Quality Manager
Scott , ETI’s Quality Manager, specializes in process development, formalization, and improvement. Titles over the course of his career include Laboratory Technician, Chemist, Project Manager, Vice-President, Quality Director, Operations QA/QC Manager and Quality Manager. Scott holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Oklahoma and has served on the ODEQ Laboratory Advisory Council.
Scott enjoys working on cars, hunting, fishing, and exploring. Scott, his wife Amy and their three children love to go camping, are very active in their church, and live for the next family road trip!