Instructors

The following is the complete roster of our instructors. Visit the Seminar/Workshop’s Agenda | Topic page for the instructors that will be participating in that program.

Lead Instructors

• Balan, Kumar
  Kumar Balan is a shot peening and blast cleaning technical specialist. He assists industry leaders, including Ervin Industries and Empire Abrasive Equipment, achieve business growth… Read more: Balan, Kumar
• Barkley, Dave
  Dave Barkley is the Director of the E.I. Shot Peening Training division of Electronics Inc. (E.I.). Dave earned a degree in engineering from Purdue University’s School of Technology where he later… Read more: Barkley, Dave
• Champaigne, Jack
  Jack Champaigne is President of Electronics Incorporated (EI); a manufacturer of products that improve the quality and control of shot peening and blast cleaning processes… Read more: Champaigne, Jack
• de la Garza, Jesús
  Jesús de la Garza’s extensive experience in blasting equipment and management prompted him to start Equipos de Abrasión in 1991 with the purpose of selling spare parts… Read more: de la Garza, Jesús
• González, Francisco
  Francisco González finished his studies in Mechanical Engineering at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México in 1984. His first work experience was as material handling… Read more: González, Francisco
• Hennig, Wolfgang
  Wolfgang Hennig is a specialist in shot peening applications and a member of the sentenso Strahlprozesstechnik team in Datteln, Germany. He has worked as a… Read more: Hennig, Wolfgang
• Hongyan, Miao
  Dr. Miao Hongyan is in a postdoctoral program at École Polytechnique de Montréal. Her research topic is on the optimization of the shot peening and… Read more: Hongyan, Miao
• Kernan, James
  James Kernan has over 20 years of experience in airplane and helicopter maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO).  He worked as a shot peening process engineer… Read more: Kernan, James
• McClurg, Kelly
  Kelly McClurg is a Metallurgical Engineer III in the Metallic Materials and Processes department at Bell Textron Inc. in Grand Prairie, Texas. This department controls… Read more: McClurg, Kelly
• Schneidau, Volker
  Volker Schneidau, is the owner of sentenso GmbH, a growing company founded in 2009 for the supply of shot peening control technology such as MagnaValves… Read more: Schneidau, Volker

Special Topic Instructors

• Bandini, Michele
  Michele Bandini is the General Manager of Peen Service in Bologna, Italy. He is in charge of shot peening technology… Read more: Bandini, Michele
• Beach, Walter
  Walter Beach is a dynamic leader and industry expert with a proven track record in the field of Shot Peening.… Read more: Beach, Walter
• Brauss, Michael
  Michael Brauss is the president of Proto Manufacturing. He has over 25 years experience in the research, design, development and… Read more: Brauss, Michael
• Breuer, David
  Dave graduated from the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) in 1992 with a degree in mechanical engineering. Following two application… Read more: Breuer, David
• Chevrie, Bryan
  Bryan Chevrie is a Product Engineer with Electronics Inc. (EI). In addition to the research and development of new products,… Read more: Chevrie, Bryan
• Coralic, Edin
  Edin Coralic is a Sales Engineer for Progressive Surface. Mr. Coralic has been working in the shot peening industry for… Read more: Coralic, Edin
• Cossio, Ghislain
  Ghislain Cossio, a Sales Engineer at Empowering Technologies since 2016, specializes in Ultrasonic Peening technologies including Ultrasonic Shot Peening (USP),… Read more: Cossio, Ghislain
• de la Garza, Andrés
  Andrés graduated in Commerce and International Business by La Salle University and he has a Master’s degree in Business Administration… Read more: de la Garza, Andrés
• Girman, Jeff
  Jeff Girman has been the Sales Manager for Saint-Gobain Zirpro in North America for the past seven years and has… Read more: Girman, Jeff
• Harrison, Jim
  Jim Harrison retired after 34 years as a Technical Sales Manager for Curtiss-Wright Surface Technologies (aka, Metal Improvement Company or MIC). He… Read more: Harrison, Jim
• Ingram, Mark
  Mark Ingram is a Senior Engineer for Electronics Inc. (EI). In 1983, Mr. Ingram received an Electronics Degree at ITT Technical… Read more: Ingram, Mark
• Loutzenheiser, Mat
  Mat Loutzenheiser is the R & D Manager for Wheelabrator Group North America. Mr. Loutzenheiser worked as a Mechanical Engineer,… Read more: Loutzenheiser, Mat
• Maddy, Dave
  Dave Maddy is the worldwide Product Manager for cut wire and the Business Development Manager for cast stainless steel in… Read more: Maddy, Dave
• McGreal, Joe
  Joe McGreal is the Midwest Regional Sales Manager for Ervin Industries and the past 16 years have been dedicated to… Read more: McGreal, Joe
• Paquette, Jay
  Jay Paquette is the Laboratory Operations Supervisor/Physicist for Proto Manufacturing Inc. He specializes in residual stress measurement by x-ray diffraction.… Read more: Paquette, Jay
• Peterson, Ben
  Ben Peterson is the Industrial Product Manager for Clemco Industries in Washington, Missouri. He has been with Clemco for six… Read more: Peterson, Ben
• Polanetzki, Holger
  Holger Polanetzki is the Process Engineer of Surface Enhancement Processes at MTU Aero Engines. His tasks consist of the business… Read more: Polanetzki, Holger
• Waser, Philip
  Philip Waser has been a Sales Engineer with Ervin Industries since 2000. He has experience in both rotary wheel and… Read more: Waser, Philip
• Whalen, Jim
  Jim Whalen is the Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Progressive Surface. Mr. Whalen has been involved with the… Read more: Whalen, Jim
• Williams, Holly
  Holly Williams joined Electronics Inc. (EI) in 2000 with her primary responsibilities being Certification and Quality Control of EI products.… Read more: Williams, Holly
• Wright, Ron
  Ron Wright is responsible for the Automated Airblast and Peening Equipment Sales and Design for Wheelabrator Group. Born and raised… Read more: Wright, Ron
• Young, Kevin
  Kevin Young is the Process/Product Development Manager for Progressive Surface. Upon completion of his BSME in 1995, he joined Progressive… Read more: Young, Kevin