Meet The Team
John Astad
Service Manager
John came to Southeast Pathology Instrument Service with an expansive and very impressive variety of skills. Highly divergent, yet wonderfully synthesized into the brilliant mind of "John", John's past as a lead mechanic in a Ford Dealership, computer programmer, construction contractor, dirt track car racer, hockey player and commercial finish expert has made him an indispensable member of the Southeast Pathology Instrument Service team. On top of all that, John is simply a very fine human being with a very friendly, caring soul. John's work ethic is off the charts and is hyper diligent in maintaining an attitude of doing a job extremely well done.
John is the "air traffic controller" for all the service techs going out into the field. Being a service manager is a never ending complicated task of allocating priority service to customers in need of quick response, while making sure all the regular PM's and routine service load is being taken care of as fast and seamlessly as possible. John's billions of rapid fire synapses handle the job extremely efficiently and our customer's service needs are always taken care of as quickly as possible.
During John's job interview with Michael they found out from each other that they both grew up in the same small suburb of Pittsburg, literally within two miles of each other. They played in the same woods and fished in the same small local quarry pond, "Hangman's Hollow". Never turning his back on co-incidence, Michael hired John immediately and feels a fine kindred soul exists in the most important supportive role in the company.
One of the more decent people of Planet Earth, John spends his time off unable to refuse the requests of his dogs Itchy and Scratchy's intense needs of ball retrieval or of his friend's requests to help them with their cars in need of love and attention..