In this new role, CJ Nash will oversee product development, laboratory operations, and certification as well as sales team orientation for new products, among other responsibilities.

Precision Laboratories adds technical manager for specialized chemistries

Precision Laboratories announces the hiring of CJ Nash to the newly created role of technical manager for specialized chemistries. 


In this new role, CJ Nash will oversee product development, laboratory operations, and certification as well as sales team orientation for new products, among other responsibilities. She brings with her an impressive range of leadership and technical achievements from previous positions with DOW Chemical and the U.S. Army.  Nash holds a master’s degree in chemistry from Loyola University in Chicago, Ill., and a bachelor’s degree in biology from Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind.


“We welcome CJ and are excited to have her as part of our team,” said Rick Wohlner, president of Precision Laboratories. “Her accomplishments demonstrate tremendous initiative, leadership, and problem solving ability; the perfect mix to define and excel in a new role here at Precision Laboratories.”


Nash most recently served as a senior technologist at DOW Chemical where she developed new test methods, formulated and analyzed new products and coordinated research between international research facilities. She also was recognized multiple times for her efforts to improve safety procedures. In Nash’s tenure with the U.S. Army, she took on numerous leadership, communication and technical roles, specializing in response to nuclear, biological and chemical warfare. Her specialties also included training program development, intelligence interpretation and downwind hazard prediction.  


Nash will be based out of Precision Laboratories’ Waukegan, Ill., facility.