Ben Hart grew up in the mountains of western North Carolina, where he attended Western Carolina University and obtained both his Bachelors and Masters in chemistry. Post-graduation, Ben worked for three years in a forensic drug testing and pain management toxicology lab in Asheville, NC. During his tenure at Keystone Labs, Ben was instrumental in launching the pain management side of the business and was responsible for developing and validating LC/MS methods. Ben joined Testing Technologies at the beginning of 2016 as the President and Senior Scientist, and since then he has applied his wide range of skills to the cannabis testing industry.