Albert is a Mechanical Maintenance Engineer with over 38 years of professional evolution in the oil and gas industry, encompassing maintenance, turnarounds, construction, and reliability engineering. Over the past 12 years, he has focused on Bolted Flange Joint Integrity, leading the development and implementation of comprehensive management programs across refineries in the United States and Canada. He also contributed to the API team responsible for creating the Individual Certification Program (ICP) for Bolted Flange Joint Inspectors (BFJI). Albert maintains an active global network of joint integrity professionals and continues to engage with advancing industry standards and practices.

Bradey Baird is a leading expert in bolted joint integrity and the founder of Fastened.app flange management and calculation software. As the Global Director of Mechanical Services at TEAM, Inc., he oversees Onsite Machining, Controlled Bolting, and Isolation and Weld Testing services.
Bradey helps shape industry-wide best practices as a contributing member of the ASME PCC-1 Subcommittee and the API BFJI Committee. His expertise has been instrumental in driving technical and reliability initiatives across a broad range of critical industries.
Bradey holds B.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering, as well as an MBA. As a recognized SME and patent inventor, he is dedicated to advancing the industry's collective expertise through innovation and shared knowledge.

Nathan Ash is a Professional Engineer working for Cenovus Energy in Lloydminster Alberta/Saskatchewan. Over the last 9 years he has provided technical support to Cenovus' Upstream, Midstream, and Downstream assets in Western Canada, primarily in the areas of static equipment including piping, pressure vessels, tanks, and heat exchangers. In that time he has supported operations and maintenance with troubleshooting numerous leaking flange joint assemblies and has been responsible for the development and implementation of bolted flange joint assembly programs and procedures across multiple assets. As a field engineer he understands the importance of applying a practical and fit for purpose approach when addressing joint integrity issues, with the goal of improving asset reliability.

Global Advisor, Static Equipment

Principal at Altech