KaizenLAB Team

Koshy Malayil, M.Sc., Ph.D., P.Chem.

— General Manager

kmalayil@kaizenlab.ca

 

Dr. Malayil has a Doctorate degree in Chemistry from the University of
Calicut (1989) and a Masters degree in Analytical Chemistry from the
University of Kerala (1981) in India. He has published numerous papers
in international journals on the effects of gamma radiation, and has
lectured extensively to graduate chemistry students in analytical
chemistry. He is a member of the Association of the Chemical
Profession of Alberta.

 

Dr. Malayil manages KaizenLAB in Calgary and is actively involved in
business development. He is also responsible for the development of
new analytical procedures and documenting methodology at both the field and bench level. He provides technical support to the clients, especially with regard to the interpretation of analytical data.

Armando Salcedo

— Operations Manager

asalcedo@kaizenlab.ca

 

Mr. Salcedo has more than 20 years of experience in environmental
testing in Laboratories in Canada, US and Mexico. He has a B.Sc.
(Hons.) in Chemistry from Universidad La Salle and an M.BA. from Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico in Mexico City. Before joining KaizenLAB, Mr. Salcedo worked as a Chemist at Intertek
Testing Services (Baton Rouge USA) and EA Laboratories (Baltimore
USA), and as a manager for Microanalysis Lab (Mexico City), Intertek Testing Services (Mexico City), Laboratorios ABC (Mexico City),
EnviroTest Laboratories (Waterloo Ontario) and AGAT Laboratories
(Calgary).

 

For the past five years, Mr. Salcedo has been in charge of all aspects
of the operations at KaizenLAB. This includes all laboratory areas as well as logistics, sample management and customer service/project management.

Kathy Xie

— Chief Accountant

kxie@kaizenlab.ca

 

Ms. Kathy M. Xie has a Master degree in University of Technology,
Sydney, Australia (2003), major in Engineering Management. Now she is a Certified General Accountant (CGA ) student and already finished all the courses from level 1 to PACE level,  she is working on PA1 & PA2
international exams right now.

 

At KaizenLAB, Ms. Xie is responsible for accounting, administration
and human resources. Such as examining financial records and
transactions, ensure accuracy and compliance to accounting standards, procedures and internal control; Preparing financial statements and reports; Maintaining accounts payables and accounts receivables; preparing payrolls; etc.