Chris Ward is the Director of the Audit Resource Center for SynTe-gra and is responsible for business development and management of the ARC database of software process audits. He is a member of the American Chemical Society and has served as President of the Board of Directors, Vice President and Chair of various committees for the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America. He can be reached at SynTegra LLC, 12800 Middlebrook Road, Suite 220, Germantown, MD 20874;