ATC - Key Persons


Carmen Amador

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Your Team
  • HR Generalist / Benefits Specialist
  • Human Resources Generalist and Benefits Specialist
Carmen Amador currently serves as a Human Resources Generalist and Benefits Specialist. She has served ATC in various roles for over 7 years and supports human resources administration, benefits administration, new hire onboarding, and event planning. She is a member of the Frederick and National SHRM Chapter. Her main goal every day is provide a high-level of professionalism and reliable support to all ATC employees.

Dr. Dale Vander Hamm - CFO, Founder, SVP

Job Titles:
  • Chief Financial Officer
  • Co - Founder
  • Founder
  • Member of the Your Team
  • Senior Vice President
Dr. Dale Vander Hamm is Co-founder, Senior Vice President, and Chief Financial Officer of ATC. He is a retired Army Medical Service Corps officer. He brings more than 30 years of experience with community and hospital pharmaceutical care services, Food and Drug Administration regulatory affairs, human subject research protections, congressional affairs, military medical science and technology research management to ATC.

Intisar Abbasi - Founder, President

Job Titles:
  • Co - Founder
  • Founder
  • Member of the Your Team
  • President
  • Retired Army Officers
Intisar Abbasi is co-founder and President of ATC, and is a retired Army Medical Service Corps officer. He is responsible for overall business strategy, direction and growth with day-to-day management of the company. He brings more than 30 years of experience with pharmaceutical care services, chemical and biological defense, force health protection, product development, project management and government contracting to the company.

John Sparks

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Your Team
  • Operations and Contracts Manager
John Sparks is our Operations and Contracts Manager and has more than 11 years of experience in federal contracting. Mr. Sparks has supported several functions including roles in operations management, project management, contracts management and administration, and business development. He earned a bachelor's degree in business administration and management from Frostburg State University. Mr. Sparks also serves on the Board of Directors for the Fort Detrick Alliance.

Leila Abbasi

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Your Team
  • HR Generalist / Recruitment
  • Human Resources Generalist and Recruitment Specialist
Leila Abbasi serves ATC as a Human Resources Generalist and Recruitment Specialist, responsible for staffing, training, retention, employment law and policies, and employee and community engagement. Her mission is to find the right people that are trained for the right job at the right time, while ensuring diversity and compliance for all human resources business practices. She has over 5 years of experience with increasing responsibilities in the full lifecycle of strategic HR functions and she is currently completing a bachelor's degree in human resources management. Ms. Abbasi is an active member of the Frederick Chamber of Commerce, Generation Connect, Frederick and National SHRM, and the Fort Detrick Alliance.

Luanne Houck

Job Titles:
  • Director of Business Development
  • Member of the Your Team
Luanne Houck is our Director of Business Development. She is responsible for business growth strategy, pipeline development, capture management, and proposal planning and preparation. She develops productive relationships with teaming partners, consultants, and current and potential customers. She brings 30 years of experience in government contracting along with an engineering degree, MBA, and PMP certification.

Salman Akhtar

Job Titles:
  • Information Technology Project Coordinator
  • Member of the Your Team
  • IT Project Coordinator
Salman Akhtar is an Information Technology Project Coordinator for ATC. He is responsible for ATC's IT infrastructure, GSA vehicles management, and ISO quality management and auditing. He leads the company's internal audit function improving the risk management practices of ATC's financial, operational, and information system internal controls. Mr. Akhtar has over 15 years of experience in IT, and over 7 years of experience in Quality Management. He has a master's degree in business information technology, and has technical and business certifications including a lead auditor certification for ISO 9001:2015.

Shirley Roach

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Your Team
  • Director of Clinical Trials Support
Shirley Roach is our Director of Clinical Trials Support. She is an expert in clinical trials monitoring, quality assurance, and current Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), Good Laboratory Practices (GLP), and Good Clinical Practices (GCP). Ms. Roach can provide customized GxP training services to support the needs of any clinical trials organization. She also provides independent audits and oversees ATC's clinical data management team.