Industrial Scientific Corporation has announced that Justin McElhattan was elected to the newly created position of President and Chief Operating Officer effective immediately. In his new role, McElhattan will be responsible for integrating and growing the corporation’s worldwide gas monitoring business.

“Our talent pool is generously distributed around the world,” said Justin. “With a continued focus on doing the right things for customers, we will align our customer-centric operations by developing worldwide strategies that increase productivity and effectiveness in the areas of product and service quality, lean manufacturing, supply chain management, and service operations.”

Since joining Industrial Scientific in 1998, McElhattan has served in positions of increasing responsibility, including North America Sales Manager, General Manager of Service Operations, Director of Global Operations, Vice President, Operations, and, most recently, President, Industrial Scientific Americas. Justin holds a BS degree from Penn State University and an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University with a concentration in operations.