President
Anthony Heinz is the President of Leak Testing Specialists. He has over 30 years of experience in Nondestructive Testing (NDT) working in commercial and government testing programs as Field-Testing Supervisor, QA Manager, Safety Officer, and NDT testing consultant. Mr. Heinz is a certified ASNT NDE Level III in Visual, Magnetic Particle, Liquid Penetrant, Ultrasonic, Radiography, and Leak Testing methods.
Mr. Heinz has been with Leak Testing Specialists since 1995. He provides years of experience with leak rate test support and nondestructive testing consulting services. Mr. Heinz was elected President of the American Glovebox Society in 2018-2019. He joined the NDTMA Board of Directors in 2019 as well.
Vice-President
Mr. Shaw is the Vice President of Leak Testing Specialists and provides corporate leadership to the company’s project management team. Mr. Shaw is the Instructor for LTS’s training program and supports the business development efforts for LTS.
He has over 40 years of experience in Nondestructive Testing (NDT), Quality Assurance (QA), and Welding Engineering working in many arenas as a technician, engineer, principal scientist, principal engineer, supervisor, manager, and consultant. He is a certified ASNT NDT Level III in Radiographic, Penetrant, Ultrasonic, and Leak Testing methods.
Mr. Shaw holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Welding Engineering Technology and a Master of Divinity, Cross-cultural Ministry Degree. Also, he is an active member to several industry committees: ANSI, N14.5 Revision Subcommittee; ASNT, Leak Testing Technical Committee; and ASME.
He holds the patent for Time of Flight Measurement/Rate of Rise Measurement Method for Remote Leak Detection in Evacuated Spaces and has several publications including:
Director of Engineering
David is a licensed Engineer with over 30 years of experience in product design, manufacture, inspection, and field support working within the US Navy’s Nuclear Propulsion Program (NNPP) and at Leak Testing Specialists. In the last 20 years, Mr. Kuhn has focused primarily in the quality assurance and inspection areas with a specialty in Nondestructive Testing (NDT).
At Bechtel, Mr. Kuhn worked initially with design and manufacturing efforts involving M-140 Irradiated Fuel Shipping and the Dry Storage Program Spent Fuel Canisters. Mr. Kuhn also worked in the field technical support area for aircraft carrier and submarine refueling/defueling effort and Irradiated Fuel Shipping Cask maintenance. Later, Mr. Kuhn became the lead for the NNPP NDT Level III qualification program for NAVSEA 250-1500-1 and MIL-STD-2132. He also was the lead author for NNPP qualification program specification, NSTR-99, and the NDT portions of the NNPP Welding Standard, NAVSEA 250-1500-1. Mr. Kuhn was the lead instructor for the NNPP N-series Government Inspector NDT training where he taught up to nine courses a year. In addition, Mr. Kuhn acted as one of the primary technical NDT experts for the evaluation of the NNPP vendor and shipyard/prototype facilities.
Mr. Kuhn joined LTS to become the principal procedure writer for the company and occasionally instruct leak test training courses. Mr. Kuhn provides a specialty with 10CFR50 Type B Package Shipping Cask leak testing. Also, Mr. Kuhn has been the lead for several thermal testing studies for various Type B Casks and developed the LTS liquid penetrant and visual inspection DFS programs. He is a member of the ASTM E07 committee for leak testing and the ASNT LT committee.
Mr. Kuhn is a certified ASNT Level III in Leak, Ultrasonic, Radiography, Liquid Penetrant, and Visual Testing methods. He is an American Welding Society (AWS) Certified Weld Inspector, NNPP Qualified Radiation Worker and Dimensional Inspector, and NNPP NDT Specification Certified Examiner in Visual, Liquid Penetrant, Magnetic Particle, Ultrasonic, and Radiography testing methods.
Mr. Kuhn holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering Science and Mechanics and a Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering. He has a Pennsylvania Professional Engineering License in Mechanical Engineering.
Senior Staff, NDT Level III
Brian is a Certified Welding Engineering Technologist with 25 years of experience in Welding Engineering, QA/QC, and Nondestructive Testing (NDT) activities for various materials, processes, and projects worldwide. Mr. Laite is a certified ASNT NDT Level III in Leak Testing, Magnetic Particle, Liquid Penetrant, Radiographic, Ultrasonic, and Visual methods.
Mr. Laite is also a certified CGSB, NDE Level II in Magnetic Particle, Liquid Penetrant, and Ultrasonic Testing methods and a Qualified Exposure Device Operator of the Canadian Atomic Energy Control Board, and holds a CSA W47.1 Welding Supervisor for the Canadian Welding Bureau.
He is a contributing member to various industry committees such as the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Section V Standards and Surface Examination Method committees, and working groups for Radiographic and Ultrasonic Testing. He has also been a member of the American Welding Society (AWS) for over 20 years. Most recently, Mr. Laite has joined several committees within the American Society for Nondestructive Testing (ASNT), including an Associate Member of the Certification Management Council (CMC) for all methods and Technical and Education committees for Leak, Magnetic, Liquid Penetrant, and Ultrasonic Testing.
Ph.D. Scientist
Dr. Harris provides engineering and scientific consulting, performing leak testing services, and assisting in the research and development of procedures. He has extensive knowledge of biology, chemistry, and physics, with professional experience in their extensions in both wet lab and computational research. He is adept in experimental techniques and applications, as well as scientific computing development and its applications.
Dr. Harris is a certified ASNT NDT Level II in Mass Spectrometer Leak Testing (MSLT) and Pressure Change Measurement Leak Testing (PCMT). He holds a Bachelor of Science Degrees in both Biology and Chemistry, as well as a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry.