Nondestructive Testing (NDT)
Consulting Team

Rick Bourdon, Director of NDT Training & Consulting
Rick has over 36 years of NDT experience in RT, MT, PT, UT, VT/CWI and related chemical processes as an inspector, facility manager and operations manager. His broad experience includes NDT applications ranging from IGT and Aerospace to Petrochemical and Automotive as well as a variety of others and currently holds ASNT Level 3 certification in RT, UT & MT. Rick joined X-R-I Testing in 1977 and has worked within all of our operations, and has an extremely diverse perception of NDT applications for any material type or form.

Staci Patterson, Staff Level 3 Consultant & Instructor
Staci has an Associate’s degree in NDT from Spartan School of Aeronautics, and a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Phillips University. She has 13 years of Quality/NDT experience and holds NAS410 and ASNT Level 3 certifications in both RT and PT. Staci spent several years as the Responsible Level 3 in our Portland, OR facility with a primary focus on investment casting RT, including Computed Radiography of medical implants and significant fracture critical experience on the F22 aerospace casting program.

Brad Kraai, Staff Level 3 Consultant & Instructor
Brad has been in the NDT industry for over 25 years, with extensive RT experience. He’s held numerous certifications including X-R-I NAS 410 Level 3, Examiner, ASNT, PWA, Navy Nuclear, Allied Signal, and IRRSP. He also has broad experience in gamma field radiography, aerospace investment casting radiographic interpretation, Level 3 RT department leadership, sales engineering for RT systems, equipment, and consumables, and facility management. Brad is an RT and Radiation Safety Instructor as well as X-R-I Testing’s Corporate Radiation Safety Officer.

Chris Kitchen, Process Technology Engineer & Consultant
Chris has over 13 years of NDT expe rience in UT, MT, ET, PT and RT. Chris received his initial NDT training at the College of Oceaneering. He is currently a Level 2 in PT and a Level 3 in RT. Chris was RT Level 3 in our Zeeland Michigan facility, and was promoted to Facility Manager. He is primarily a Radiography Consultant, and is currently leading the XRI Testing Digital Initiative.

 Joseph Franco, Staff Level 3 Consultant & Instructor
Joe has over 34 years of NDT experience. He has 30 years as MT and PT Level 3 and holds numerous certifications. Current certifications include: PT Level 3 I.A.W. ASNT, Boeing, Honeywell, NAS 410, Pratt-Whitney, Rolls Royce (Indy); Certified MT Level 3 I.A.W. ASNT, Boeing, Honeywell, NAS 410. In addition, Joe has performed Quality, Method and Safety audits for over 25 years.

Call our NDT Training & Consulting Group today at (248) 244-1560 or email us at tcginfo@xritesting.com