Michael Thacker

La Mancha Co is a small business with a broad spectrum of scientific disciplines that provides consulting services to the private sector, especially with regard to emerging technologies, alternative applications of established technologies, and assessment of development and maintenance programs for strategic technologies. The company’s principal product is scientific and technological knowledge, gained through academic discipline, research activities and application experience. The company formed in 1978, expanded in 1993 with the addition of retired scientists and technical managers from the Los Alamos National Laboratory. The company offers consulting services that are based on sound science, an unprejudiced perspective, multi-disciplined capabilities at reasonable rates. It's primary work is to provide risk assessment as well as technical and management, often in the international environment. The firm maintains extensive contacts, both public and private, in Latin America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, as well as with top levels of the U.S. Government.