KTA-Tator, Inc.
Julie Glover is a highly experienced Senior Chemist at KTA-Tator, Inc., with a career spanning from May 2005 to the present. With a background in project management, Julie oversees the Master Painter Institute contract, processing over 1200 paint samples annually. Responsibilities include testing various panel substrate preparations and wet paint characteristics, as well as managing numerous external clients and analytical instrument operations, including IR, GCMS, IC, SEM-EDS, and digital microscopy. Prior to this role, Julie served as a Petroleum Lab Technician in the US Army Reserve from July 2000 to October 2016, where oversight included the testing protocols for JP-8 and diesel fuels, as well as maintaining certification for the US Army's mobile testing lab. Julie holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from Pennsylvania State University-Erie Campus, earned in 2005.
KTA-Tator, Inc.
KTA-Tator, Inc., KTA for short, is a Consulting/Engineering firm founded in 1949 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Our main specialty is consulting and inspection in the protective coatings and construction industries. Instrument Sales, Service, & Repair // KTAGage.com Coatings, otherwise known as paint, are found in every aspect of our society today: on beverage cans, on automobiles, in houses and other buildings, on bridges, inside and outside of storage tanks, on pipes, on trains, and airplanes and much more. KTA's specific expertise lies in our extensive knowledge of the many different kinds of paints/coatings which exist, their performance characteristics, what they're made of, and the best uses for each. For 75+ years, KTA has retained a staff of the coating industry's top professionals making it the largest and best-trained professional staff of any independent coatings/corrosion consulting organization. The staff includes professional engineers, senior coatings and environmental consultants, certified protective coatings specialists, chemists, certified coatings inspectors, steel fabrication inspection services, certified industrial hygienists, and certified safety professionals. KTA currently has over 250 employees at its various locations. This diversification provides the breadth and depth of services to clients for all of their corrosion-related products and services.