Nondestructive Testing Management Association, Inc.
ON-SITE PROGRAM
2007
ANNUAL
CONFERENCE
February 13 - 15, 2007
GOLDEN NUGGET
Las Vegas, NV
Presented by: Nondestructive Testing Management Association (NDTMA)
Program Chairman, Bob Phelan, RJP Associates
Officers
President Bob Feole Feole Technologies, Inc.
Vice President Bob Phelan RJP Associates
Secretary / Treasurer Jim Treat Treat Enterprises
Past President Bruce Pellegrino GE Inspection Technologies, Inc.
Directors
Terri Adair, Pratt & Whitney Fred Carr, Venture Technical Sales & Service
Larry Culbertson, Mitchell Laboratories David Culbertson, NDT Technical Services
Gail Flagor, GE Inspection Services Lloyd Gray, Acuren Inspection
Jim Gustafson, Acuren Inspection Fred Morro, Fujifilm NDT Systems, Inc.
Hussein Sadek, Technologies Consulting Int’l.
George Moran, Executive Director
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
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 St. Andrews
5:00 PM Registration – Pebble Beach Foyer
5:30 PM Welcome Reception - Exhibits Open Pebble Beach
HOSTED BY: TEAM INDUSTRIAL SVCS. & NORTH STAR IMAGING
7:30 PM FUJIFILM RECEPTION
Bel Air & Foyer
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
7:30 AM Registration – Pebble Beach Foyer
8:00 AM Breakfast - HOSTED BY to VIRTUAL MEDIA INTEGRATION (VMI)
9:45 AM Bel Air
Keynote Address – The American Dream
Ron Rice, Founder & Owner, Hawaiian Tropics
10:00 AM BUSINESS PLANNING
to Terri Adair & Bruce Pellegrino: Co-Chairs 12:00 PM Augusta
Mergers and Acquisitions in the NDT Community Michael de Portu, Prism Group
Case Study in an NDT Start-Up Dan Carnevale, Danatronics, Inc
NDT Business Development Chuck Comstock, Pratt & Whitney
NDT Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Program Opportunities Eugene Reinhart, Reinhart Associates
10:00 AM Spouses Program
Shopping on the Strip at the Fashion Mall Transportation Provided
HOSTED BY: INTERNATIONAL INSPECTION
12:00-1:30 Exhibits Open – Snack Luncheon
Pebble Beach
HOSTED BY: XRI TESTING
12:30–1:30 GIAC Meeting Merion
1:30 PM NDTMA Annual Business Meeting Augusta
It’s important that we have membership attendance at this meeting. The agenda follows:
1. Call to Order Feole
2. President’s Report Feole
3. Secretary’s Report Treat
Minutes of 2006 Annual Meeting
4. Treasurer’s Report Treat
Financial Report for 2006
Approval of 2007 Budget
5. Executive Director’s Report Moran
6. Constitution & Bylaws Changes
(No changes proposed)
7. Election of Officers & Directors Feole
a. Officers
President – Robert Phelan, RJP Associates
Vice Pres. – Jim Treat, Treat Enterprises, Inc.
Secy/Treas – Hussein Sadek, Technologies Consulting
International, Inc.
b. Directors
2007-2009 3-yr Term
John Iman, GE Inspection Technologies
Art Victorson, Team Industrial Services
N. David Campbell, West Penn Testing Labs
2007-2008 2-yr Term
George Rhodes, Avistar
2007 1-yr Term
Kristy Davis-Jones, Davis Labs
8. Other Business Feole
9. Adjourn – 2:00 PM
2007 Conference Sponsors
Platinum
Bruce Pellegrino
Fujifilm NDT Systems
GE Inspection Technologies
Virtual Media Integration (VMI)
Gold
North Star Imaging
Team Industrial Services
Silver
JANX
XRI Testing
Coffee Break
A-Fabco
Acuren Inspection
Venture Technical Sales & Service
Patron
International Inspection
Quad City Testing & Calibration
2:00 PM NDT MGMT SESSION I to Larry Culbertson - Chair 6:00 PM Augusta
Custom Employee Benefits for Business and Insurance Solutions David Yellin, Custom Employee Benefits, Inc.
Driving Inspection Productivity Through Technology Ashish Bhandari, GE Inspection Tech.
A Roadmap for Advanced Tech-nician Training and Development Mike Creech, Acuren Inspection
Three Essential R’s of NDT - Recruiting, Retention and Recovery Ricky Morgan, Smith Emery Co.
3:30-4:00 Exhibits Open - Coffee Break
Pebble Beach
HOSTED BY: ACUREN INSPECTION
6:30 PM GE INSPECTION TECHNOLOGIES RECEPTION Bel Air & Foyer
Thursday, February 15, 2007
9:00 AM NDT MGMT SESSION II
to Hussein Sadek - Chair
12:00 PM Augusta
Recent Evolutions in ASNT Certi-fication Documents and Programs Marvin Trimm, ASNT President
Central Certification of Personnel – Perspective from the NDT Service Laboratory Kirk Thams, X-R-I Testing
Performance Based Certification for NDT Personnel Michael Turnbow, TVA
The Impact of Ineffective Personnel Certification Practices on the NDT Service Industry Rod Reinholdt, Quad City Testing & Calibration
10:00 AM Spouses Program
How to Get the Most from Your SPA Experience Spyglass
HOSTED BY: QUAD CITY TEST LAB
10:15-10:45 - Exhibits Open - Coffee Break Pebble Beach
HOSTED BY: A-FABCO
12:00-1:30 Exhibits Open - Snack Luncheon
Pebble Beach
HOSTED BY: JANX
1:30 PM REGULATORY SESSION to Lloyd Gray - Chair 3:30 PM Augusta
NRC Update on New and Proposed Radiography Regulations & Q&A John Jankovich, US NRC
National (Radioactive) Source Tracking System (NSTS) David B. Fogle, Texas Dept. of Health
NDT: an FAA Perspective Rusty Jones, FAA
3:30-3:40 Coffee Break
Augusta
HOSTED BY: VENTURE TECHNICAL SALES
3:40 PM TECHNICAL SESSION
to John Iman - Chair
5:30 PM Augusta
Software Advances Increase the Effectiveness and Value of NDT Data Andrea Koetz, GEIT
Calibration 101 & ISO 17025 Ted Deleon, Mitchell Laboratories
Computed Radiography: Evolutions to Revolutions Fred Morro, Fujifilm NDT Systems
Breakthroughs in Database Management Charlie Serrell, Electronic Position Indicator, LP
5:30 PM Closing Reception
Shoal Creek
HOSTED BY: BRUCE PELLEGRINO
Friday, February 16, 2007
9:00 AM MANAGEMENT
to TRAINING PROGRAM
4:00 PM Jim Treat & Chuck Hellier, Co-chair
ADDITIONAL REGISTRATION REQUIRED
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MEMBER COMPANIES
January 31, 2007
ACUREN GROUP
ACUREN INSPECTION
*ADVANCED INSPECTION TECH.
ADVANCED QUALITY CONCEPTS
A-FAB CO, INC.
*AIP
AIRCRAFT X-RAY LABORATORIES
AITEC USA, INC.
ALLOYWELD INSPECTION
*ALPHA TESTING LABS, LC
AMERICAN NDT PRODUCTS
APPLIED TECHNICAL SERVICES
ASHTEAD TECHNOLOGY RENTALS
ASNT
AVISTAR, INC.
B & B X-RAY SERVICE
BAKER TESTING SERVICES, INC.
BALESTRACCI UNLIMITED
*BAR PROCESSING CORP.
CANADIAN STRUCTURAL INSP.
CAPITAL ULTRASONIC CO., INC.
CENTURION NDT, INC.
CENTURY INSPECTION, INC.
CERTIFIED TESTING LABS
CHI-NDT
COLBY-THIELMEIER TESTING CO.
CONSTELLATION TECH. CORP.
DANATRONICS CORP.
DAVIS LABORATORIES
DCT INC.
DENNY KENNEDY NDE
DETEK, INC.
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY
ELY CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
FEOLE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
FLAWTECH, INC.
FUGRO CONSULTANTS, LP
FUJIFILM NDT SYSTEMS
G.E. INSPECTION SERVICES
G.E. INSPECTION TECHOLOGIES
GE INSPECTION TECH / RVI
GENERAL DYNAMICS ELEC. BOAT
*GENERAL DYNAMICS – ORD&TAC SYS
GENERAL TESTING & INSPECTION
GENERAL TOOL COMPANY
GEO-TEK, INC.
GOULD-BASS COMPANY, INC.
H & G INSPECTION COMPANY
H & H X-RAY SERVICES, INC.
HELLIER TECHNICAL TRAINING
*HELMER RISK MANAGEMENT
HI TECH TESTING SERVICE, INC.
HIGH MOUNTAIN INSPECTION SVCS.
HITCO CARBON COMPOSITES
INDUSTRIAL RADIOGRAPHY
INFRARED SCANNING SERVICES
INNERSPEC TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
INSPECTECH CORP.
INSPECTION SPECIALISTS, INC.
INSPECTION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
INTEGRITY TESTING & INSPECTION
INTERMOUNTAIN TESTING CO.
INTERNATIONAL INSPECTION, INC.
IRIS NDT, INC.
JANX
LA X-RAY
*LAMCO & ASSOCIATES
LEAK TESTING SPECIALISTS, INC.
LEMKER & HARRIS ENTERPRISES
LIXI, INC.
MAGNAFLUX
MAGNETIC ANALYSIS CORP.
MATEC INSTRUMENT COMPANIES
MATERIAL INSPECTION TECHNOLOGY
MECHANICAL INTEGRITY INC.
MET CHEM TESTING LABS
MET-L-CHEK
MFE ENTERPRISES, INC.
MIDWEST INDUSTRIAL X-RAY
MIDWEST INSPECTION SERVICES
MISTRAS HOLDING GROUP
MITCHELL LABORATORIES, INC.
M.P.M. PRODUCTS, INC.
MUNICIPAL TESTING LAB, INC.
NATIONAL ENGG. RESOURCES
NDE PROFESSIONALS INC.
NDT REPAIR SERVICE & SUPPLY
NDT TECHNICAL SERVICES INC.
NEWCO, INC.
*NH BALL BEARINGS HITECH DIV.
NOL-X NDT SERVICES
NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING GROUP
NORTH STAR IMAGING
OLYMPUS NDT
OLYMPUS INDUSTRIAL AMERICA
ORBIT INDUSTRIES, INC.
PERSONNEL FOR QUALITY & NDT
*PQT SERVICES, INC.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE IND. (PSI)
PROGRESS SERVICES
Q.PRO TECHNICAL SERVICES
QSA GLOBAL / SENTINEL
QUAD CITY TESTING & CALIB.
QUALITY INSPECTION SERVICES
QUALITY TESTING SERVICES, INC.
R. BROOKS ASSOCIATES
R-CON NDT CONSULTANTS
REINHART & ASSOCIATES
RJP ASSOCIATES
RTD QUALITY SERVICES USA
SCANTECH INSTRUMENTS, INC.
SENNE TECHNICAL SERVICES
SHAW PIPELINE SERVICES, INC.
SONOTECH, INC.
SOURCE PRODUCTION (SPEC)
SOUTH MANUFACTURING CO.
STORK MATERIALS TSTG & INSP.
*STRUCTURAL DIAGNOSTICS, INC.
TAILWIND INSPECTION, INC.
TCI-TECHNOLOGIES CONSULTING
TEAM INDUSTRIAL SERVICES
TEDFORD INSURANCE
TEI ANALYTICAL SERVICES
TEST EQUIPMENT DISTRIBUTORS
THERMO FISHER / NITON
TREAT ENTERPRISES, INC.
TULSA GAMMA RAY
UNITED TECH./PRATT WHITNEY
UNIVERSAL TESTING, LLC.
USNRC (NMSS)
V.J. TECHNOLOGIES INC.
VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS
VENTURE TECH. SALES/SERVICE
VITAL INSPEC. PROFESSIONALS
VMI (VIRUTAL MEDIA INTEGRAT.)
WAGGONER & ASSOCIATES
WALZEL TECHNICAL SERVICES
WESDYNE INTERNATIONAL
WEST PENN TESTING LABS, INC.
WESTERN ZIRCONIUM
WESTERN TECHONOLOGIES, INC.
XIT SYSTEMS, INC.
X-RAY ASSOCIATES
X-RAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
YXLON INTERNATIONAL, INC.
FRED ROHDE HONORARY MEMBERS * = New member in 2007
Ralph Allison
Dale Carter
Ron Faloon
Chuck Hellier
Pat Patterson
George Owens
Steve Sarafolean
Jim Sullins
Jim Treat