Meet the Team Behind Aurora TIC
Founder-led, operator-built. Our leadership team brings decades of TIC industry experience, regulatory compliance expertise, and quality system mastery.
Sam Sammane is a serial entrepreneur and TIC industry veteran with 25+ years building and scaling laboratory networks. As former CEO of Tentamus Labs of America, he led a global organization of 4,000+ employees, overseeing laboratory operations across North America, Europe, and Asia.
Sam founded Qalitex Laboratories, an ISO/IEC 17025 accredited testing facility that has become a trusted partner for dietary supplement brands, Amazon sellers, and cosmetics companies. Under his leadership, Qalitex pioneered AI-augmented laboratory operations.
Aurora TIC is Sam's thesis on the future of the TIC industry — a conviction built on 25 years of operational experience, a deep network of lab operators, and a clear-eyed view of the consolidation opportunity in the fragmented North American TIC market.
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Chemical engineer with 17+ years of experience in laboratory operations, quality assurance, and regulatory compliance. VP of Operations at Qalitex (ISO/IEC 17025 accredited laboratory).
Expert in FDA compliance, GMP standards, ISO 17025 quality systems, and multi-lab quality management. Former Director of Quality at American Testing Labs and Labofine.
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