Gary Cornell was recently elected as Vice-Chair of the Society for Automotive Engineering (SAE) Textile and Flexible Plastics Committee. Cornell is currently the Global Manager of Standards, Quality & Calibration for Q-Lab, where he directs the company´s quality system, standards compliance, calibrations, and audits.
Cornell is also a member of ASTM, A2LA, and USIFI, and is a US delegate for several ISO standards committees including: TC61 (Plastics), TC35 (Paint and Coatings), TC 42 (Photography) and TC38 (Textiles). In December of 2014, Gary was elected Chairman of ASTM´s Subcommittee D20.61. Cornell has over 37 years of experience in the field of polymers and extensive technical expertise in the area of mechanical and chemical testing of polymers, plastics, and rubber.