I am an experienced analytical chemist and software engineer who is a director of SMS Analytical Ltd. This is a very exciting venture we created 6 years ago to which I bring both IT and Chemistry experience to support our analytical investigation services business. In essence for the 'elevator pitch' I describe ourselves as "a bit like CSI but without the bodies" (we won't handle any dead animal or biological hazards and you'd be amazed at some of the odd requests we've had!). We do look at a very wide variety of different samples from a range of business customers including insurance investigators and loss adjusters as well as manufacturing and retail. Unlike most of the non-routine analysis companies, we offer a more interactive and customer guided analysis experience as well as a comparatively quick turnaround of most cases and have much repeat business which is our guide as to how we are doing.Example cases involve :fire debris for suspected arson;bulk ships cargo contamination;fuel and lubricant systems investigations for contamination and incorrect usage of Ad Blue;insulation foam manufacturing and usage issues;identification of polymers in building external claddings;food analysis such as where smoke from nearby sources has caused tainting of fruit crops or grains. We achieved ISO 9001:2015 certification in 2018 and have successfully passed this year's audit as well. Skills Keywords: Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (GCMS) , High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC), Infra Red (FTIR) and UV-VIS Spectroscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy with Energy Dispersive X-Ray (SEM-EDX), Solvent Extraction, Titrimetry. ISO9001, Software and Electronic Engineering, PHP, C#, LAMP, Linux, Virtualisation.Non-business Fact: We have a Bee Hive and have been bee-keepers for around 4 years now. Not for the honey but just because we want to learn about Bees. The complex chemistry of propolis (the glue Bees make from trees) could be something we research with GC-MS at some point.