Eddie Jacob President Eddie has over 34 years of experience in NDT and the industrial field, including 21 years of experience with one of the largest NDT firms in North America as a senior-level manager. He completed his NDT training at Louisiana Technical College / T.H. Harris and was a Level II technician for 10 years and regional manager for 12 years. | Gary Fee Customer / Project Relations Gary has over 35 years of experience in the industrial field. He has been an an inspector and project manager in civil, offshore, petrochemical, and pipeline projects. He is an NCCER certified pipe fitter and rigger, and an AWS Certified Welding Inspector. He is responsible for growing the PSSI pipeline project from 1 to 12 inspectors. | | | Tom Williams Business Manager Tom is a licensed CPA and has over twenty years of experience in finance and accounting. He has been the CFO and Senior Administrative Officer for several major Oil & Gas service and supply chain organizations. Tom handles all administrative functions for PSSI. PSSI’s largest UT project, which increased from 2 to 17 technicians in fewer than 9 mos. | Jacob Aremu Customer / Project Relations Jacob has over 3 years of experience in the industrial field. With an engineering background in Petroleum Engineering, he has years of experience in petroleum services such as field operations, technical reporting and safety. He is a certified Level II inspector in MT PT UTT UTSW VT, and a certified pipeline welding Inspector (CPWI). | | | Eric Jones Project Manager Eric has 10 years of experience in industrial inspection. He completed his training at Louisiana Technical College / T.H. Harris. He has worked in various facilities including paper mills, petrochemical facilities, and fab shops. He is certified in MT PT UTT UTSW VT and holds an API QUTE certification. | Darren Harper Project Manager
Darren has 4 years of experience in industrial inspection. He completed his training formal training at Mayo Consulting Services in Opelousas, LA. He is a certified Level II technician in MT PT UTT UTSW and VT. He is responsible for the growth of PSSI’s largest UT project, which increased from 2 to 17 technicians in fewer than 9 mos. | Joshua Lazaro Customer / Project Relations
Joshua has 4 years of experience in industrial inspection. He completed his training formal training at Mayo Consulting Services in Opelousas, LA and through NDT Classroom in Buffalo, NY. He is a certified Level II technician in MT PT UTT UTSW and VT and holds an API QUTE certification. |
| Company History
2011 – Professional Staffing Services, Inc. opens its doors and begins staffing for permanent, temp-to-hire, and project assignments.
2012 – PSSI offers inspectors and NDT technicians to inspection firms on an as-needed basis with background checks, drug testing, and safety council courses completed. PSSI adds vendor surveillance to its list of business services.
2013 – With the guidance of Jim Treat and Chuck Hellier, PSSI develops a Quality Assurance Manual, a Written Practice, and NDT procedures and begins offering pre-certified NDT techs to inspection firms.
2014 – PSSI adds AWS CWI, phased array, shear wave, and API QUTE techs to its list of inspection personnel provided as needed. |