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Shawn Branstetter
Lab Operations Supervisor
Eugene, Oregon
shawn.branstetter@tecotested.com

Mr. Branstetter joined TECO in 2002 and has ten years of residential construction experience. While with the Air Force, he was a quality systems trainer and a veteran of the Gulf War. Shawn received an Associate of Arts degree from Lane Community College in Eugene, Oregon. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from the University of Oregon, where he played middle linebacker for the Ducks football team for one season.

Devin Thompson
Lab Project Supervisor
Eugene, Oregon
devin.thompson@tecotested.com

Mr. Thompson started his career working for TECO in 1987 as a Laboratory Technician. In 1990, he joined the U.S. Coast Guard where he received Humanitarian and National Defense Medals. After leaving the Coast Guard, he worked first as a Green End Forman and Safety Coordinator for Springfield Forest Products and then as an Assistant Laboratory Manager with a wood products testing firm. In 1999, he returned to TECO as a Marketing Specialist and later moved into the laboratory as a Lead Laboratory Technician, assisting with mill auditing and formaldehyde testing.

Wayne Larson
Lab Operations Supervisor / OSB Auditor
Shreveport, Louisiana
wayne.larson@tecotested.com
Certifications: ASQ - Certified Quality Auditor

Mr. Larson joined TECO in 2005 and currently has a dual role as the Sherveport Lab Operations Supervisor an as an OSB Auditor. Mr. Larson, a graduate from Louisiana Tech University, started his wood industry career at a particleboard mill in Lillie, Louisiana. Here he spent seventeen years in various positions before becoming a shift supervisor. Wayne also worked at an OSB mill in Minnesota before returning to Louisiana.

Ken White
Lab Project Supervisor
Shreveport, Louisiana
ken.white@tecotested.com

Mr. White started his career with TECO in 1996 as a Plywood Technician in Emerson, Arkansas. From 1997 to 2004 he assisted both the Plywood Division and the Laboratory Division at the orginal Shreveport, Louisiana Plywood Office/ Laboratory. Mr. White played a large part in helping TECO plan and start-up the new Shreveport Laboratory, which opened in 2004. He now serves as the Shreveport Project Supervisor.