Qualifications

Experience:

* 35 Years Certified Welder on ferrous and non-ferrous metals:

- Military including US Navy, US Coast Guard, and aircraft applications

- High pressure process piping and testing apparatus

- Structural steel

- Structural and Marine aluminum

- Aircraft including titanium, inconel, monel, and aluminum

- Tool and die all common alloys

- Stainless steel marine, food, petro-chemical, and medical/ surgical applications

- Experience as welder, supervisor, production manager, and business owner

* 15 years American Welding Society (AWS), Certified Welding Inspector (CWI), Certified Welding Educator (CWE)

* 32 years Welding Instructor:

- Northwestern Michigan College

- Traverse Bay Area Career-Tech Center

- North Central Michigan College

- Calhoun Area Vocational Center

- Kellogg Community College

- West Shore Community College

* Developed and taught hundreds of industry training programs and seminars

* Have given hundreds of welder qualification (certification) tests on steel, aluminum, and stainless steel plate and pipe to American Welding Society (AWS), American Petroleum Institute (API), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), and Military Codes.