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NVI’s Brandon Babin Receives Chief Technology Officer Promotion
Gray, LA – February 15, 2019 – NVI, LLC’s Chief Executive Officer, James Cloutier, is pleased to announce the internal promotion for Brandon Babin as Chief Technology Officer. Brandon joined NVI in 2011 as the IT Director and President of NVI Technologies, a subsidiary to NVI. Throughout his eight years with NVI, he has shown his perseverance and dedication which has allowed him to showcase his specialty in application development, design, and implementation and received such an honorable promotion. Cloutier states, “NVI’s continued steady growth and its reliance on its people paired with the proprietary field applications developed by Mr. Babin has been a crucial part of our success as a technology leader in the NDT and compliance market.” With this new role, he will face new beginnings as well as challenges, but NVI is confident a job well-done will be the result. He will oversee the technology infrastructure of NVI, its subsidiaries, and advance automation and application development to achieve NVI’s growth strategy. With many years of experience, Brandon is fully capable of success in this new role. He graduated from Nicholls with a Bachelor of Computer Information Systems. After graduation, he hit the ground [...]
NVI Promotes Catherine Blanchard Jeanice to Chief Financial Officer
Gray, LA – February 15, 2019 – NVI, LLC’s Chief Executive Officer, James Cloutier, announced today the promotion of Catherine Blanchard Jeanice to Chief Financial Officer. With this new role, Catherine will oversee financial reporting and accounting, funding for growth, risk mitigation, and capital management. Mrs. Jeanice is the perfect example of NVI investing in its most valuable asset, its talented people. Catherine started as an Administrative Specialist in 2012. NVI knew immediately she would be an essential asset to the team. Because of her continuous determination, drive, and dedication, Catherine was promoted to Controller and has held this position for the past six years. This type of work ethic goes without saying and is admirable by many. NVI announces new Chief Financial Officer Catherine is a proud wife and mother of two young children. In 2008 she received her bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with a double major in Marketing and Management from Loyola University New Orleans. She then went on to earn her Master of Business Administration from Nicholls State University, becoming a Certified Public Accountant shortly after. “Catherine was the obvious choice to fill the role due to her strong character, unique skill [...]
June Spotlight Service: Heat Treatment
Gray, Louisiana – June 1, 2017 -- NVI, LLC, a privately held industrial solutions provider, offers both onsite and offsite heat treatment services to our clients. The key to this for us is flexibility. With highly-trained technicians and the latest technology, we can combine both approaches, designing customized solutions offsite for deployment onsite. This flexibility can save clients time and money. With many options to satisfy our client’s needs, we are confident that we are the best choice for your Heat Treatment needs. NVI performs on-site heat treatment services with portable furnaces ranging from 4 feet to 46 feet. We also have a fleet of self-contained mobile heat treatment rigs with up to 18 zones – expandable upon request. Our self-contained mobile units are generator-powered and include all of the latest generation in control equipment, enabling us to perform heat treatment services just about anywhere. In cases where there is a high density of welds, we can also transport small furnaces or bring furnace panel’s onsite and bolt them together in the most appropriate configuration for large projects as well as the internal firing of large vessels and boilers. NVI’s in-house engineering and metallurgist capacity allow [...]
Want a Career in NDE/NDT? Join our Team!
Gray, Louisiana - NVI, LLC, a privately owned industrial solutions provider, is continually accepting applications for both entry level and certified personnel - nationwide. Opportunities await individuals interested in building a career based on technology, growth, and continuous education. As our nationwide footprint and service lines continue to grow, it allows for unmatched career advancement. We believe that working together to accomplish personal goals and company objectives inevitably lead to a win-win situation for everyone. NVI offers full-time employees with a competitive benefits package in health care, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life insurance and retirement. Other competitive benefits including holiday pay, vacation, and educational packages that are designed to help individuals develop long-term, well-rounded careers with an experienced leader in the industrial solutions sector. NVI will not only allow you to gain technical experience in this industry, but it will also allow you to become part of something greater. NVI is a company with a culture that is based on great character, values, honesty, integrity, and perseverance, with the goal of surpassing industry standards of safety and quality. Our team always respects one another as family. So if your dream is in the Nondestructive Testing [...]
Congratulations 2015 LWCC Safest 70 Award Recipients
Gray, Louisiana – April 25, 2016 – NVI is pleased to announce that our company has been chosen, for the third year in a row, as one of the top 70 safest companies in 2015 by LWCC (Louisiana Workers' Compensation Corporation). The selection process for this award begins with companies purchasing more than $20,000 of workman's compensation insurance from LWCC for the last 5 years and has an Experience Modifier Rating Lower than 1.00 for the last 2 years. There are more than 16,500 policy holders of LWCC and there are only 70 awards issued making it a prestigious award. Companies are recognized for the excellence, outstanding performance, and commitment to workplace safety. NVI would like to thank all of our dedicated employees as well as our clients for their commitment to safety. Without teamwork, NVI would not be able to establish the safety culture it is able to maintain.
Advancing Mechanical Integrity Service Offerings
Gray, Louisiana - July 1, 2015 - Nondestructive and Visual Inspection has announced the strengthening of its Mechanical Integrity service offering. Executives within the organization have valued the commitment for expansion at over 5 million dollars in order to assist its clientele with complying with upcoming government regulation aimed at improving the monitoring and repair of aging pipeline and facility infrastructure. James Cloutier, NVI’s President and Chief Executive Officer, stated that the investment would encompass both “cutting edge technologies such as laser imaging, remote satellite monitoring, FAA licensed aerial surveillance technology combined with our long standing patent pending traceability programs to our best in class Mechanical Integrity programs.” Our goal is to partner with our customer for the life of an asset. NVI, LLC can document compliance, design criteria, and provide useful life for nearly any asset with a multitude of proprietary technologies. David Thoman, Director of Mechanical Integrity, has hired key employees such as, Mike Duffy, Director of Pipeline Integrity-- Direct Assessment and Kevin Tanner, Mechanical Integrity Operations Manager, to lead the ongoing development of its workforce specializing in both in-service inspection methods, risk based analysis, corrosion monitoring, and direct site assessment surveys. View Official Press Release [...]