OFFICERS

Victor L. Hernandez

Victor Hernandez, nominated for Chair of the Board, has been in the NDE profession more than thirty years, having an extensive background in business management, quality systems, and nondestructive examination. Hernandez started his career in the Air Force and over the years has worked in various management positions at different Fortune 500 companies. He is currently employed by SBM Atlantia, a world leader in designing and building sophisticated floating vessels used for gas and crude oil offshore drilling, production and storage facilities. His responsibilities as the quality and health, safety and environment manager are to provide oversight of a $1.3 billion, four-year contract to fabricate three offshore drilling vessels.

Hernandez is an ASNT NDT Level III and ACCP Professional Level III in five NDT methods and also holds national certifications with other professional organizations. Hernandez graduated from Nova Southeastern University with a B.S. and has done postgraduate work in pursuit of an MBA. He completed a management program with Loyola University and is certified as a Six Sigma Black Belt.

Hernandez joined ASNT as a student in 1974 and has been actively involved with the Society since 1987. At the national level, he was elected in 2005 by the membership to serve as secretary/treasurer and is now president of the Society. In addition to his current service on the Board of Directors, Hernandez is also a regional director, serves as chair of the ANSI/ASNT CP-189 Interpretation Subcommittee and is a member of the ISO Review and Standards Development committees. At the local level, he has served as section chair, vice chair, secretary/treasurer and director; he remains involved with his section in New Orleans serving on various committees.

Throughout Hernandez’s career, he has received numerous awards for his contributions to NDT and in 1993 was selected by the Society as an ASNT Fellow.

Jocelyn A. Langlois

Jocelyn Langlois is the nominee for ASNT president. Langlois currently holds ASNT NDT Level III certification in ultrasonics and has been an active volunteer in the Society for more than 15 years.

She has been employed by Sigma Transducers, Inc. for over 18 years.

Prior to Sigma, Langlois worked in the medical application of ultrasound, including beta testing of acoustical holography for the detection of breast cancer. Following this experience, she attended the International Ultrasound Institute in Dallas, Texas.

In ASNT, at the local level, she has served as educational director, secretary, treasurer, vice chair and chair, as well as regional director. Langlois has also been active locally in bringing NDT career information to the schools since 1996. At the national level, she first joined the Section Operations Council (SOC) in 1995 as secretary of the Membership Division, after which she become chair of that division in 1996. She served as the Membership Division chair until 2000, when she was elected vice chair of SOC, and was Council chair from 2002 to 2004. In addition, she is the Regional Directors Division chair for the Council. From 2002–2005, she served as the Council’s representative to the Board of Directors. She currently serves as a member of both the Business and Finance Committee and the Strategic Planning Committee. Additionally, she has been appointed to numerous ad hoc committees formed by the ASNT chair of the Board. She has enjoyed meeting members at the numerous sections she has visited.

Langlois is also active in ASTM as a member of the E07 Committee on Nondestructive Testing; she is currently vice chair of the Ultrasonics Subcommittee and is considered “owner” of E 1065: Standard Guide for Evaluating Characteristics of Ultrasonic Search Units. She is a member of AWS and the Canadian Institute for NDE.

Joel W. Whitaker

Joel W. Whitaker, ASNT’s nominee for vice president, is an NDT Level III and Site Supervisor for the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Inspection Services Organization (ISO), which he joined in 1981. ISO is responsible for providing NDT and quality control testing services to TVA’s electric power generating plants, which include fossil, nuclear and hydro. His career spans over 28 years, with an extensive background in NDT applications, engineering, management and finance. He holds a B.S. in NDT science from Athens State University, and is an ASNT NDT Level III and ACCP Professional Level III in MT, PT, UT and VT. He holds extensive UT qualification in the nuclear power Performance Demonstration Program and is an AWS Certified Welding Inspector.

A dedicated contributor to ASNT, Whitaker is extremely active locally and nationally. Locally, he served the Chattanooga Section through various committees, presentations and educational programs. He’s served as the Section chair, vice chair, secretary, treasurer, education chair and on the Board of Directors. At the national level, he serves as the Certification Management Council Level III Chair and member of the Technical and Education Council’s MT/PT Committee. From 2003 through 2006 Whitaker served on the ASNT Board of Directors and on numerous Board ad hoc committees. He has also served as Session Monitor chair, and on the Host Committee for the Birmingham Spring Conference, Outstanding Paper Award Committee, and the Strategic Planning Committee. He’s presented short courses on the national and section level. Whitaker has published papers and been a contributing author for articles in Materials Evaluation and The NDT Technician.

His corporate experience in nuclear management provides a platform for his conservative fiscal budgetary planning, clear vision of financial goals and objective accountability. Whitaker supports: the strategic initiatives developed by ASNT’s Board; innovations for funding these initiatives; advancements in training via electronic delivery; effective communication with all organizations; and a world class certification program.

Ricky L. Morgan

“ASNT is in a good place,” says Ricky L. Morgan, candidate for Secretary/Treasurer. He acknowledges that the Society is on sound financial footing and that the strategic vision provides clear direction. However, he recognizes challenges to confront including workforce development, certification development and harmonization, and the implementation of emerging technologies. For ASNT to continue to grow, stay relevant domestically and abroad, and promote the importance of NDT to society, the Board of Directors and staff have to work with members and associated societies. Morgan believes with the right leadership ASNT is well positioned to handle these challenges. Knowing that no one person alone can lead an organization as diverse as ASNT, he wants to help lead ASNT into the future and would be honored to serve as Secretary/Treasurer in this crucial time.

Morgan has been employed with Smith-Emery Company in Los Angeles since 1994. With over twenty years of NDT experience, he’s earned a reputation as a leading structural steel inspector. He holds ASNT NDT Level III certificates in MT, PT and UT, is an AWS Certified Welding Inspector, and is an ICC Certified High Strength Bolting and Structural Steel Inspector.

A member of ASNT since 1987, Morgan has been very active in the Society. He served on the Board of Directors from 2004–2007, as Section Operations Council Chair 2004–2006, and as SOC Awards Division Chair and the Regional Directors Division Chair. Morgan was Host Committee Chair for the 2005 and 2007 ASNT Fall Conference and Quality Testing Shows. He’s been a presenter at each Section Leaders Conference since 2002.

He is currently a member of the Gold Medal Award Selection Committee, Professional Program Committee and the SNT-TC-1A Committee. Morgan is Technical Editor of The NDT Technician, Technicians Advisory Committee Chair, Ultrasonics Committee Vice Chair/ Secretary, Ground Penetrating Radar Committee Chair and a Regional Director.

Since joining ASNT, he has been very involved with the Greater Los Angeles Section having been through each of the chairs. Morgan continues that service today as the National Liaison and Constitution and By-Laws Committee Chair. He sits on the Student Advisory Board for the Material Science Department at Don Bosco Tech and has been involved with two joint Material Science Camps through ASM International.

He received ASNT’s Technician of the Year Award in 1998 and was named an ASNT Fellow in 2003.

Morgan holds memberships in the American Welding Society, American Institute of Steel Construction and the American Legion.

Together, he believes, we will create a safer world.

DIRECTORS AT LARGE

James R. (Rick) Cahill

James R. (Rick) Cahill, nominated as a Director at Large to the ASNT Board of Directors, has worked in the NDT business and been a member of ASNT for 28 years. In 1980, as a transducer engineer with Sonic Instruments, Inc., he was an active member of the Greater Philadelphia Section. In 1988, Cahill took a job as Transducer Product Manager with Krautkramer Branson. He transferred his ASNT membership to the newly formed Susquehanna Valley Section, where he got involved with the Section by serving as the Education Chair. Since then, he has been actively involved in local and national ASNT activities. Cahill is currently Director of Region 3, and serves on the Ultrasonics and Electromagnetics Committees. He was a reviewer of the UT volume of the NDT Handbook and is involved with the IIW phased array handbook committee. He has served as chair (1993–94, 1994–95, 1997–98), treasurer and director (1998–2008) of the Susquehanna Valley Section. Cahill was inducted into the 1998 ASNT Class of Fellows.

Cahill holds a B.S. degree in Education from Millersville State College and briefly taught electronics in the Downingtown School District. Cahill is currently employed with GE Inspection Technologies, Lewistown, Pennsylvania as the Global Transducer Engineering Manager, where he has management responsibility for transducer development activities in Huerth, Germany and Lewistown, Pennsylvania. He has held various managerial positions throughout his career, which will help him, serve the Society as a Director.

Morteza K. Jafari

Nominee for Director at Large, Morteza Jafari is a senior registered professional engineer with over 25 years of experience in mechanical engineering, quality assurance, quality control, nondestructive testing, inspection and auditing of survey and non-survey items within the power and petrochemical industries. Jafari graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Oklahoma. He is a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Texas and holds ASNT NDT Level III, ACCP Professional Level III, and TÜV Level 3 certification in MT, PT, RT and UT. He also is an American Welding Society Certified Welding Inspector (CWI). Jafari has been an active member of ASNT for over 20 years and is an ASNT Fellow.

His ASNT participation began in the Greater Houston Section, serving as Education Committee chair and as a director at large. He also served through the Section’s leadership chairs. His national involvement has been with Technical and Education Council and the following committees: Chemical and Petroleum, Visual Testing, Emerging Technologies, Ultrasonics and SNT-TC-1A. He has served as T&E Council secretary/treasurer and chair from 2003 through 2007 and also served as a member of the ASNT Board from 2004 through 2006. Jafari has been involved with organizing a number of topical conferences and has been a technical speaker at Spring and Fall Conferences as well as at ICPIIT and the Advanced UT topical conference. He believes that the ASNT leadership must consider the wishes of the membership when adopting new policies or reviewing existing ones. Further, he thinks ASNT growth should be the foremost philosophy of the Society’s leadership. With the ever-changing global environment, Jafari believes that ASNT should realize the growth potential through innovation, research and new programs. Doing so is how the Society will remain healthy and prosperous for years to come.

Michael E. McDaniel

Michael E. McDaniel, nominated for Director at Large, is a Senior Manager of Safety and Mission Assurance for Pratt & Whitney–Rocketdyne at Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. McDaniel received a Bachelor of Science degree in Nondestructive Testing from Athens State College and a Master of Administration degree in Industrial Management from Lynchburg College.

McDaniel started his NDT career as an NDT Engineer with Babcock & Wilcox Naval Nuclear Fuel Division in Lynchburg Virginia. In 1986, he joined EG&G Florida as an NDT Engineering, where he was promoted to manager of the NDT operations. In addition, he is an ASNT NDT Level III in ET, LT, MT, PT, RT, UT and VT. He has also been awarded the Silver Knight of Management from the National Management Association and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Public Service Medal, which is the highest award given by NASA to a non-NASA employee.

McDaniel joined ASNT as a student member in 1985 and was actively involved with the Central Virginia and Central Florida Sections, where he served as the Section chair, vice chair and secretary/treasurer and as the chair of various other Section committees. McDaniel is currently a member of the New Orleans Section. He has also been actively involved with ASNT at the national level by serving as the chair of numerous NDT method and personnel qualification committees. In addition, McDaniel has been an active member of the ASNT/ANSI Standards Development Committee since 1995, where he has served as the vice chair in 1997 and from 1998 to the present has served as the chair. Other past involvement with ASNT has included being the chair of the Host Committee for two ASNT national conferences in Orlando, Florida.

COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE DIRECTORS

Shant Kenderian

Nominated for Council Director from the Research Council, Shant Kenderian received his B.S. in Production Engineering and Metallurgy from the University of Technology in Baghdad, Iraq, in 1985. He earned an M.S. in Manufacturing Engineering and Technology from California State University, Los Angeles, in 1996, an M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from the Johns Hopkins University in 2002 and a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the Johns Hopkins University in 2002. During the last five years, he has published more than twenty papers in technical and research journals. He holds two US patents and two provisional US patents.

Kenderian’s professional experience includes ten years in manufacturing engineering in the apparel, jewelry, cosmetic and aerospace industries. He obtained Professional Engineering licensure in the discipline of manufacturing engineering from the state of Maryland in 2000. His professional experience also includes nine years in NDE with the Johns Hopkins University and serving as a consultant to various facilities including the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Currently, he is manager of Materials Physics and NDE Section in the Materials Processing and Evaluation Department at The Aerospace Corporation in El Segundo, California.

A member of ASNT since 2000, Kenderian has served as vice chair of the ASNT Research Council. He was the recipient of an ASNT Fellowship Award in 2001 and received the ASNT Research Council Award for Innovation in 2006.

Raymond G. Morasse

Raymond G. Morasse, nominated for Council Director for the Section Operations Council, began his career as a radiographer in the shipbuilding industry in San Diego in 1973. He is currently the Quality Manager for Hyspan Precision Products, Inc. and also serves as their Safety Manager, Corporate NDT Level III and Welding Engineer. Hyspan Precision Products is a manufacturer of metal expansion joints and piping system compensating components. He has been with Hyspan for 15 years.

Morasse has served on the board of directors of the San Diego Section since 1985, currently serving as newsletter editor and awards chair. He has served as the chair of the San Diego Section three times and has been a speaker on several occasions.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration, with a major in manufacturing and operations management and a minor in finance. He also has a degree in quality and NDT. Morasse is an ASNT NDT Level III in ultrasonic testing.

Morasse has been serving on the Section Operations Council (SOC) since 2000 and is currently the Chair of the Council and of the Section Management Division. He is on the Technicians Advisory Council and has written and reviewed several articles for The NDT Technician (TNT) newsletter. He is the chair of the Mentoring Award Committee. He has served on conference Host Committees for conferences held in Los Angeles, San Diego, Las Vegas and Columbus. Morasse was selected as an ASNT Fellow, Class of 2003. He has attended and presented at many Regional Planning Meetings and Section Leaders Conferences.

In addition to ASNT, Morasse has served as a judge in the annual San Diego Science Fair and been on the board of directors of the San Diego Engineering Society. He has been a member of the San Diego Community College Metal Trades Advisory Board and also served as their chair.

Thom Schafer

Thom Schafer, nominated for Council Director from the Technical and Education Council, is a Project Engineer and Lead NDT Level III for ManTech International Corporation, Space Systems Division, and Aerospace Technology Applications Center at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland. He received his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering in 1971 from Marquette University.

Schafer spent the early part of his career in the nuclear power industry as a construction and welding engineer. For the past 20 years, Schafer has been Lead NDT Level III as well as the Principal Pressure Systems Engineer for ManTech ATAC. As Lead NDT Level III, Schafer is responsible for development and maintenance of the written practices for training and certification of ManTech’s NDT inspectors as well as being the certifying authority for the inspectors. He is responsible for NDT of flight hardware and ground support equipment. Schafer is an active participant on the NASA Pressure Systems Working Group, as well as the NASA Lifting Devices and Equipment Working Group.

Schafer has been active in ASNT on the national level since 1994. He currently is Chair of the T&E Council, and is the T&E Council Director on ASNT’s Board of Directors. Schafer also chairs the Educational Publications Committee and is an active member of the MT/PT, Visual, and SNT-TC-1A Review Committees, as well as the Ground Penetrating Radar Committee and the Technicians Advisory Committee. He is a past chair of the T&E Methods Division and the SNT-TC-1A Interpretations Panel. Schafer has served on the Board Selection Committee, Strategic Planning Committee, and is a member of the Young NDT Professional Award Committee. Schafer has been a co-instructor for two post-conference seminars and a short course, and has presented several papers at ASNT international conferences and symposia. Schafer is an ASNT NDT Level III in MT, PT, and VT.

David J. Vigne

Nominee for Certification Management Council Director to the Board, David J. Vigne has over thirty years of NDT and quality assurance experience in the power generation, manufacturing/fabrication, construction, and aerospace/defense industries. Employed by National Inspection & Consultants, Inc. (NIC) in Fort Myers, Florida, he has been NIC’s Management Representative at various field sites and served as President & General Manager of a sister company, NIC Testing Services, Inc.

Throughout his career in the NDT/QA services arena, Vigne has worked as a quality control inspector and NDT technician, vendor surveillance examiner, radiation safety officer, facility security officer, Level III consultant and quality systems auditor.

Vigne is an ASNT NDT Level III in five disciplines and holds ANSI N45.2 certification as both a Level III and a Lead Auditor. He was certified by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) as a Visual Testing Level III and NDE Instructor, as a certified Quality Systems Auditor through the Registrar Accreditation Board (RAB) and AIAG (QS-9000), and as a Certified Welding Inspector by the American Welding Society (AWS).

Vigne has held various officer and committee chair positions in the Pittsburgh and Cape Canaveral Sections of ASQ and ASNT. For ASNT, currently he serves on the Certification Management Council (CMC) as the ACCP Division Chair and Chair of the Level III Basic Exam, and is the liaison between the SNT-TC-1A committee and the CMC.

   

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