Tom Crandall is the founder and president of Spectron IR established in 2007. He is a graduate of Ashland High in Oregon with continuing education through private sector technical and management schools. Tom's vast background experiences include nutritional consulting, fitness instructing, sales, and management positions as well as product development of inorganic polymer coatings. He developed a ceramic polymer coating which is marketed as Cerakote. The coating is used in aerospace, performance automotive and OEM firearms. ​ Tom has certification and application experience with cold laser therapy and thermographic technician. Tom holds a patent for the medical infrared cart system that is the premier product for Spectron IR. His key passion for medical infrared is in the application of functional medicine. With years of exposure to various clinics, domestic and international, Tom has an in depth understanding of the application of infrared imaging regarding functional medicine. ​ Tom also has a high level of communication skills needed to solve problems and help create solutions to difficult situations. He is married with 2 adult children. His hobbies include mountaineering, wilderness excursions, and the study of health care as it relates to functional and antiaging medicine. Tom's vision for medical infrared imaging is to see it become a mainstream imaging modality for functional medicine.