Nondestructive Testing Management Association, Inc.
ON-SITE PROGRAM
February 14 - 16, 2006
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GOLDEN NUGGET
Las Vegas, NV
Presented by: Nondestructive Testing Management Association (NDTMA)
Program Chairman, Bob Feole, Feole Technologies, Inc.
Officers
President Bruce Pellegrino GE Inspection Technologies, Inc.
Vice President Bob Feole Feole Technologies, Inc.
Secretary / Treasurer Bob Phelan GE Inspection Technologies, Inc.
Past President Kirk Thams X-Ray Industries, Inc.
Directors
Jim Gustafson, Acuren Inspection Curt Auzenne, QSA Global / Sentinel
Joyce Sudak, Eastman Kodak Company Fred Morro, Fuji NDT Systems, Inc.
Garry Balestracci, General Dynamics, Electric Boat Larry Culbertson, Mitchell Laboratories
David Culbertson, El Paso Corp. Rod Reinholdt, Quad City Testing Lab
Jim Treat, Treat Enterprises, Inc. Fred Carr, Venture Technical Sales & Service
Executive Director, George Moran
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
7:30 AM Golf Tournament
Las Vegas National Golf Course
7:30 AM Tour of Yucca Mountain Radioactive
Waste Facility
(Pre-registration required – See Attached Form)
4:00 PM Board of Directors Meeting
Pine Valley
5:00 PM Registration – Pebble Beach Foyer
5:30 PM Welcome Reception - Exhibits Open
Pebble Beach
HOSTED BY: NDTMA & EXHIBITORS
7:30 PM FUJI RECEPTION
Bel Air & Foyer
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
7:30 AM Registration – Pebble Beach Foyer
8:00 AM Breakfast - HOSTED BY
to VIRTUAL MEDIA INTEGRATION (VMI)
9:45 AM Bel Air
9:45 AM Keynote Address – Game Plans for
Winning at Life
Rudy Ruettiger, Rudy International
http://www.rudyinternational.com
10:00 AM BUSINESS PLANNING
to N. David Campbell, Chair
12:00 PM Augusta
Recruitment and Hiring
Amy Schaden, Management Impact, Inc.
Training – In-House vs. Using an
Outside Training Source
Scott Zimmer, Quality Testing Services
Who is Making What: Trends in
NDT Wages and Benefits
Michael Serabian, PQNDT
SNT-TC-1A Review
Claude Davis, UTE Services
10:00 AM Spouses Program
Shopping on the Strip at the
Fashion Mall
Transportation provided
HOSTED BY: XRI TESTING
12:00-1:30 Exhibits Open - Luncheon
Pebble Beach
HOSTED BY KODAK
12:30–1:30 GIAC Meeting
Merion
1:30 PM NDTMA Annual Business Meeting
Augusta
ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING AGENDA
It’s important that we have membership attendance at this
meeting. The agenda follows:
1. Call to Order
2. President’s Report
3. Secretary’s Report
Minutes of 2005 Annual Meeting
4. Treasurer’s Report
Financial Report for 2005
Approval of 2006 Budget
5. Executive Director’s Report
6. Constitution & Bylaws Changes
(No changes proposed)
7. Election of Officers & Directors
a. Officers
President – Robert Feole, Feole Technologies, Inc.
Vice Pres. – Robert Phelan, Consultant
Secy/Treas – Jim Treat, Treat Enterprises, Inc.
b. Directors
2005-2008 Term
Terri Adair, United Technologies/Pratt & Whitney
Gail Flagor, GE Inspection Services
Hussen Sadek, Technology Consulting International
8. Other Business
9. Adjourn
2006 Conference Sponsors
Platinum
Bruce Pellegrino
Fuji NDT Systems
GE Inspection Technology
Virtual Media Integration (VMI)
Gold
Eastman Kodak
Team Industrial Services
Silver
XRI Testing
Coffee Break
Quad Cities Testing & Calibration
Venture Technical Sales
Patron
A-Fabco
GE Inspection Services
2:00 PM NDT MGMT SESSION I
to Larry Culbertson & Kirk Thams, Co-Chairs
6:00 PM Augusta
Compliance with New NRC
Requirements for Industrial
Radiography
Garry Allen & Eugene Reinhart,
Reinhart & Associates, Inc.
Strategic Planning 101 – Creating
a Strategic Culture
Kurt Andrews, X-Ray Industries
The Care and Feeding of
Technicians
Ricky Morgan, Smith Emery Co.
More Effective Management of
Your Human Resource Programs
David Park, VLP Corporate Services
3:30-4:00 Exhibits Open - Coffee break
Pebble Beach
HOSTED BY: QUAD CITY TESTING
6:30 PM GE INSPECTION TECHNOLOGIES
RECEPTION
Bel Air & Foyer
Thursday, February 16, 2006
9:00 AM NDT MGMT SESSION II
to Joyce Sudak - Chair
12:00 PM Augusta
NDT Service Company Perspective
for Evaluating the Business Aspects
of Integrating New NDT Technologies
Michael Creech, Acuren Inspection
Comparison of RT Technologies for
Automotive Casting Inspection
Bill Movalson, Envision Product Design
Productivity Enhancements in
Remote Visual Inspection (RVI)
Bruce Pellegrino, GE Inspection Tech./ RVI
Implementing New Technology in an
Aged Infrastructure: Case Study of
Incremental Automation
Steven Willard, Avistar, Inc.
10:00 AM Spouses Program
Shopping on the Strip at the Fashion
Mall Transportation provided
HOSTED BY: XRI TESTING
10:15-10:45 - Exhibits Open - Coffee Break
Pebble Beach
HOSTED BY: VENTURE TECHNICAL SALES
12:00-1:30 Exhibits Open - Snack Luncheon
Pebble Beach
HOSTED BY:
TEAM INDUSTRIAL SERVICES
1:30 PM REGULATORY SESSION
to Garry Balestracci - Chair
3:30 PM Augusta
Update & Q&A – NRC Industrial
Radiography Security Regulations
Speaker TBA, USNRC
An Update on Airport Security
Jim Blair, US Dept. Homeland Security
The Future of the Nuclear Industry
& an Overview of the Nuclear
Sector Coordinating Council
Felix Killar, Nuclear Energy Institute
3:30-3:40 Coffee Break
Augusta
HOSTED BY: A-FABCO
GE INSPECTION SERVICES
3:40 PM TECHNICAL SESSION
to Curt Auzenne & Jim Gustafson, Co-chairs
5:30 PM Augusta
Portable Phased Array Applications
Michael Moles, Olympus NDT
Radiography Using Selenium (SE75)
Dennis Chedraui, QSA Global / Sentinel
Recent Revisions to NDT
Requirements in 20th Edition of API
Standard 1104
David Culbertson, El Paso Corp.
A New NDT Method – Ultraviolet
Optical Observations and
Applications for Specialized NDT
Inspections
Dan Ninedorf, Ox Creek Energy Associates
5:30 PM Closing Reception
Bel Air & Foyer
HOSTED BY: BRUCE PELLEGRINO
Friday, February 17, 2006
9:00 AM MANAGEMENT
to TRAINING PROGRAM
4:00 PM Jim Treat & Chuck Hellier, Co-chairs
ADDITIONAL REGISTRATION REQUIRED
