Lance Hiley: Managing Director
As Managing Director of Mass Spec, Lance Hiley is responsible for leading the company as it continues providing innovative forensic and ion source solutions that enable our customers to get the answers they need, quickly.
Lance has more than 30 years of experience in Sales, Marketing, Product Management and General Management. Most recently, he was Marketing Director for Mass Spec, where he focussed on productising the Mass Spec Thermal Extraction Ion Source (TEIS) as well as leading business development operations.
Lance is a career-long technology professional with experience at working with both private and publically-held technology companies. An electrical engineering technologist by training, he’s had product roadmap responsibility with precision engineering, telecoms device and infrastructure manufacturers. The businesses he has worked with have ranged from start-ups to large multinationals.
Lance’s experience and enthusiasm for new technology on a broad scale puts him in an ideal position to take Mass Spec’s new product and service propositions to a global market quickly.
Peter Luke: Technical Director
Peter joined MSA in 2002 after an 18-year career as an electrical engineer. In his time at MSA, Peter has been involved in a number of key international projects involving MSA’s mobile mass spectrometer detection system, the Scentinel.
The projects have involved Peter designing and developing core equipment and peripherals, and assisting and supporting the deployment of the equipment around the world. He is MSA’s designated field engineer and is responsible for working on the maintenance contracts MSA has with its Scentinel customers.
Peter has trained US airport workers, Police Officers in the UK, army personnel in Northern Ireland, and government officials in the UK and USA, to use the equipment in a variety of detection scenarios. Peter has extensive experience in the maintenance and use of Sciex API Triple Quadrupole mass spectrometers and the related operating software; the Analyst.