Brandon Hutton – Membership/PR Committee Vice-Chair & Communications Liaison
Brandon Hutton is the founder of Technical Business Solutions, and account manager at Nortech Advanced NDT. In his role, he focuses on ensuring customer success through process innovation, advanced inspection techniques and commercial excellence. With a background in Materials Engineering Technology from NAIT, recent MBA graduate and CGSB certifications, Brandon brings extensive experience in the integrity market sector, through his 15 years in the Alberta Energy sector.
Nick Marx – Membership/PR Committee Member
Nick Marx, IMRL attended the 1st IPEIA Conference 26 years ago. He is a huge supporter of IPEIA and has only missed 2 conferences. He started volunteering his time to IPEIA in 2003 on the Program Committee and continued to evolve his roles. He started on the Steering Committee in 2007 as the Chair of Public Relations and was the Chair of the IPEIA 2017 Conference. Nick continues to provide his guildance and support on various committees and where is needed. IRML has been a bronze sponsor 5 years.
Dave Jolivette – Membership/PR Committee Member
David Jolivette, RET, API 510/570/653, ABSA IBPV, TSASK PEI Class 1, CWB 3, ABSA & TSASK Welding Examiner, CGSB UT2/MT2/PT2 and a graduate of Materials Engineering Technology. Dave has over 35 years in the inspection industry and has owned INCON Inspection and Consulting Ltd. since 2004. He has experience in oil and gas, utilities, chemical and pipelines. Dave has been attending IPIEA conferences on and off since 2000 and regularly since 2009.
Andrew Rolf – Membership/PR Committee Member
Andrew Rolf, RGI, is a 20-year veteran in the pressure equipment integrity industry in various quality, inspection, and project roles. While Andrew has attended many IPEIA conferences over the years, this is his first year volunteering with IPEIA. “A better IPEIA helps us all, new and old”.
Scott Novakowsky – Membership/PR Committee Member
Scott Novakowsky is the District Quality Manager withn PCL Energy Inc. and been in the industry for over 25 years. His background in piping and module fabrication and asset inspection has led to many overseas oppertunities. Some of his credentials include NACE CIP1, ASQ/BSI auditing and CSA, CGSB.
Kevin Klassen – Membership/PR Committee Member
Kevin Klassen, is a Welding Engineering Technologist, In-Service Inspector, Welding Inspector, and Journeyman Welder with over 12yrs of experience in integrity management for operations in conventional natural gas, natural gas liquids, and oil sands. Kevin is currently within the Asset Integrity team at ConocoPhillips where he provides technical support for the facility pressure equipment and pipelines the company operates within Canada.
Michael Mack – Membership/PR Committee Member
Michael Mack has been involved in the welding industry for 20 years primarily focused on Quality Management Systems and emerging technologies in the welding field. He has started worked in the capacities of welder, welding supervisor, estimating, Quality Inspector and most recently as a Quality Director.
Sana Kaleem – Membership/PR Committee Member
Sana Kaleem, E.I.T. has been a Failure Analyst and Materials Engineer-in-Training with IRISNDT since 2021. She brings extensive experience supporting a variety of industries, including oil and gas, refining, fertilizers, petrochemicals, and chemicals. Sana specializes in conducting failure analyses and providing materials engineering support to improve asset integrity.
