David H. Sliney, Ph.D., Certified LSO - Course Director
Dr. Sliney received his B.S. in Physics in 1963 from Virginia Polytechnic; his M.S. Physics and Radiological Health in 1965 from Emory University; and his Ph.D. in Biophysics and Medical Physics from the University of London. He has been active in the establishment of safety standards for protection of the eye and skin from lasers and high intensity optical sources. He is currently a member of ANSI Z136 Committee, Chair of ANSI Z136 Laser Safety Special Considerations Subcommittee, Chair of LIA Laser Safety Committee and Chairman of LIA's Laser Safety Committee. He recently served as a temporary advisor to the World Health Organization at several conferences related to lasers, RF, magnetic fields, and infrared and ultraviolet radiation. Dr. Sliney is a well known author and editor and has been widely published in the area of radiation safety. He has co-authored Safety with Lasers and Other Optical Sources (Plenham Publishing, New York, 1980) and Medical Lasers and Their Safe Use (Springer-Verlag, New York, 1992).

Darrell Seeley, Certified LSO
Darrell Seeley has more than 17 years experience in laser safety and laser safety training, and he has amassed the following accomplishments over that time:
- One of the first nine persons in the U.S. to become a Certified Laser Safety Officer (CLSO)
- Member of the Board of Commissioners of the Board of Laser Safety
- Member of ANSI Accredited Standards Committee ASC Z136 Safe Use of Lasers
- Corporate member, Laser Institute of America
- Member of two ANSI Z136.1 subcommittees on laser safety
- Past member of the Board of Directors of the Laser Institute of America (LIA)
- Industrial laser safety trainer in the U.S. and Canada for the LIA for more than ten years prior to founding Laser Safety Consulting
- Industrial laser applications trainer for the LIA, the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, and the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, International
- Professor of Physics at the Milwaukee School of Engineering, Milwaukee WI, for 22 years

Timothy Hitchcock, CIH, Certified LSO
Tim Hitchcock is a certified industrial hygienist and certified laser safety officer with over twenty years of experience in the chemical and electronics’ industries. He has B.A. and B.S. degrees from East Carolina University and a M.S.P.H in environmental engineering from the University of North Carolina. Tim is a Fellow in the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA), a member of the Nonionizing Radiation Committee of the AIHA, a Senior Member of the Laser Institute of America (LIA), a member of the Board of Directors of the LIA, and a member of the Board of Laser Safety's CLSO Review Board. Tim has served and a member of the Nonionizing Radiation Advisory Committee of the North Carolina Radiation Protection Commission for more than 12 years. He has been a member of Accredited Standard Committee Z136 on laser safety since 1988 and currently serves on three Technical Subcommittees, and two Standards Subcommittees.