Branden Stucky has experience in the petrochemical and manufacturing industry from both a consulting and an owner-user perspective.  He has worked in the areas of Risk-Based Inspection (RBI) and inspection planning.  His primary emphasis has been on mechanical integrity issues for piping, pressure vessels, pressure relieving devices, and heat exchangers.  He also has experience in the optimization of process designs through the use of finite element analysis software.

While in the manufacturing industry, Branden created and oversaw projects pertaining to plant-wide fluid management and cost avoidance.  He also implemented new procedures to ensure the plant complied with EPA regulations and standards, and he managed a high-profile reclamation program of proprietary materials.

Greg Alvarado is the Founder and Chief Editor of Inspectioneering Journal as well as a consultant. He possesses over 40 years of experience in the chemical, petrochemical, and oil and gas industries. His roles have included positions as an owner-operator, consultant, Chief Chemist, and Corrosion/Materials/NDE applications engineer. He has specialized in risk-based inspection consulting training and project management since 1996. He is a 30-year member of the API Sub-Committee on Mechanical Integrity & Inspection and a long-time working member of the API RP 580 and API RP 581 task groups on risk-based inspection.