David Lee Joyner P.E., MBA
Dave Joyner is a registered professional engineer and principal engineer of the Trinity Group, previously located in San Antonio and recently relocated to New Braunfels, Texas. The corporation serves many of the largest markets in the state of Texas with professional engineering and real estate services as well as commercial building construction. Mr. Joyner has over eighteen years experience in the engineering and construction industry and has maintained an engineering practice since 1993.
- Education
- M.B.A., Finance, University of the Incarnate Word
- B.S., Civil Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
- Memberships
- Licensed Professional Engineer, State of Texas
- Business and Professional Toastmasters, San Antonio, Certified Toastmaster
- National Society of Architectural Engineers, Founding Member 1984
- Registration
- Professional Engineer, State of Texas, 79569
- Experience
- Trinity Group -- San Antonio, Texas, 1992 to Present: Currently self employed as owner of Trinity Group providing services such as engineering design scheduling, estimates, inspection of commercial construction, claims review analysis and constructability reviews. Clients include USAA, Prudential, State Farm and other national insurance companies, attorneys, building owners, mortgage and real estate corporations.
- Gleason, Peacock & Roy -- Houston, Texas, 1992: Consultant, (San Antonio Branch Manager) performing construction management services such as scheduling, estimates, inspection of commercial construction, productivity assessment, claims review analysis and constructability reviews. Also functioning as marketing liaison throughout Texas developing extensive contacts in local construction, legal, development and engineering firms as well as city, state and quasi-government agencies. All Texas offices closed in November of 1992.
- DDJ Enterprises -- Orlando, Florida 1990-1992: Principal in a management and development consulting practice. Performed feasibility studies, site analysis, project management, and walk through for real estate and construction companies. Company closed due to family relocation in 1992.
- W.M. Saderlin Associates -- Orlando, Florida 1989-1990: Vice-President of this real estate development company with $11 million of land under development. Evaluated proposed acquisitions based on financial potential and construction suitability. Issued engineering & construction contracts, monitored contractors, and represented the projects before regulatory agencies.
- Centex Real Estate of Florida -- Orlando, Florida 1988-1989: Supervisor for a national home building company. Worked through 2 offices producing $35 million per year in the area. Managed land development and construction for subdivisions in a two-county district, interacting with contractors, government officials, engineers, architects, and attorneys.
- Cutler Galloway Services -- San Antonio, Texas 1985-1986: Design Engineer at an engineering specialty shop for pre-cast and post-tension concrete design work. Analyzed plans and prepared engineering calculations and specifications for construction. *Full-Time MBA student. (May 86 - December 87)
Between 1987 and 1993, Mr. Joyner worked as a Land Development Supervisor then move on to another position as a Vice President for Land Development for a Real Estate Developer in Central Florida. He has been involved in the development of over twenty single family and multi-use real estate tracts in Florida and Texas.
Mr. Joyner's formal training includes a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. In 1987, Mr. Joyner completed a Master of Business Administration from the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas and is currently undertaking doctoral level course work.
Over the years he has been a member of a number of professional and civil organizations and now chooses to only join those organizations which he can commit to a substantive participation in time and effort. Some of the organizations to which he has or currently is involved in are:
- National Society of Architectural Engineers - Founding member, 1984
- American Society of Civil Engineers
- Urban Land Institute
- Toastmasters International - Certified Toastmaster
Mr. Joyner has also been a member of the faculty at the McCoy School of Business at Texas State University - San Marcos, Texas, and at Saint Edwards University in Austin Texas. As a professor, Mr. Joyner has taught Corporate Finance to business majors from their junior year to masters level.
Richard Barbour
Richard Barbour is a licensed engineer who has studied with the University of Nevada with course work in Mechanical & Civil Engineering, Colorado A&M--Electrical Engineering, and Mesa College--General Engineering. Mr. Barbour has also received additional course work in Civil/Structural/Mechanical Inspection, Piping/Welding Inspection, Construction Claims, Advanced Construction Claims, Project Planning and Scheduling, Personnel Management, Contracting Methods, and Cost Control and Accounting. Mr. Barbour has also qualified, by examination, for a Contractors' Licenses in the states of Arizona, California, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Mr. Barbour has held positions of Senior Project Manager, Construction Manager, Manager of Engineering, and Superintendent. He has been self employed since 1995 and has supplied consulting services for Conveyor Engineering, Inc., Applied Thermal Systems, Inc. and Chevron Pipe Line Company as a project coordinator, supervisor, and manager and a field engineer.
- Experience
- Conveyor Engineering, Inc.: Project Supervisor/Field Engineer/lnspector on construction of dry material handling conveyor systems at San Roque Multipurpose Project, a hydro-electric dam project located in Northern Luzon, Philippines. Supervised and inspected, mechanical / structural / electrical / control assembly, minor field fabrication, instillation, PLC control design and field programming, start-up, check out and training of operators.
- Conveyor Engineering, Inc.: Project Supervisor/Field Engineer/lnspector on construction of dry material handling conveyor systems at Cerro Colorado Copper operations in Chile. South America. Supervised and Inspected mechanical/structural/electrical/control assembly, minor field fabrication. instillation. PLC control design and field programming, start-up, check out and training of operators for a heap leach copper mine located in Northern Chile, South America.
- Conveyor Engineering, Inc.: Project Coordinator/Field Engineer on construction of dry material handling conveyor system at Gold Fields Ghana. Ghana. West Africa. Supervised/Inspected mechanical / structural / electrical / control assembly, field fabrication. instillation, PLC control design and field programming, start-up, check out and training of operators for a heap leach gold mine located in western Ghana.
- Conveyor Engineering, Inc.; Project Coordinator/Field Superintendent and Engineer/Inspector for mechanical/structural/civil/electrical/control installation, field fabrication, assembly. Start-up and check out of overland, feeder and indexing dry material handling conveyor systems for the Amex Gold Mine in Fairbanks, Alaska. Programming of drive and HV AC PLC systems.
- Applied Thermal Systems. Inc.: Project field Construction Coordinator and Engineer/lnspector on shop/field fabrication, assembly and mechanical / civil / structural / electrical check out of a combined-cycle natural gas-fired power plant located at the Sparks. Nevada Sierra Pacific Power Plant.
- Chevron Pipe Line Company. Salt Lake City. Utah; Project Manager and Engineer/lnspector on Engineering and Construction of 15 miles of dual 8" petroleum pipe lines in southern Idaho. Inspected civil/mechanical/pipe fabrication/welding
- Education
- University of Nevada, Course Work in Mechanical & Civil Engineering; Las Vegas, NV, 1968- 1969
- Colorado A&M, Electrical Engineering; Fort Collins, CO, 1957-1959
- Mesa College, General Engineering; Grand Junction, CO, 1955-1957
- Additional course work in civil/structural/mechanical inspection, piping/welding inspection, construction claims, advanced construction claims, project planning and scheduling personnel management, contracting methods, cost control and accounting.
- Skills
- Computer literate in use of Window; 95, Quattro Pro, Excel, QuickBooks Pro. Project Manager Pro, Microsoft Project, AutoCAD LT, Biz Plan Builder.
- Qualified by examination for Contractors Licenses in the states of Arizona, California, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia and U.S. Virgin Islands.
- Experience in working with Government Agencies on permit questions, environmental considerations, and regulations requirements.
- PLC programming for Siemens (TI) 505 and S7, General Electric Logicmaster 90-20, 90-30,90-70. Allen-Bradley PLC-5.
- Project types included Natural Gas Compressor Stations, Chemical and Petrochemical Plants, Wastewater Treating Plants, Petroleum Pipe Lines, High and Low Density Polyethylene Plants, Crude Oil Isomerization Units, Slagging Kiln Hazard Waste Incineration Plants and various types of material conveying systems.
- Professional Affiliations
- Senior Member Instrument Society of America
- Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- Member, National Fire Protection Association (NEC)
Sharad Mehta
Sharad Mehta is a retired engineer who obtained a B.S. Mechanical Engineering Equivalent from C.E.I.E. Specs in Houston, Texas and studied Sheet Metal Technology at PTC in Rajkot, India. He has been a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers International P.E, a senior member of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers--USA, a senior associate of The Welding Institute-UK, and a Life Fellow Member of the Indian Institute of Plant Engineers and Institution of Mechanical Engineers-India. Mr. Mehta has over 15 years experience in sheet metal fabrication, construction, inspection and non-destructive testing. He has worked for one of the world's leading mechanical engineering consulting firms and has experience in fabrication, construction and inspection in oil refineries, power plants, and chemical industries.
- Experience
- Manager Maintenance (NDT) - Birla VXL Lid., India
- Developed, Established and Organized NDT Department for six years. Selected instruments for plant needs and suitability. Selected Deputy Managers, Engineers and other staff and trained them for necessity of the plant.
- Monitor plant machinery, rotating equipment for reliability, availability and safety for process needs.
- Thickness measurement survey for life assessment of stationery equipments e.g. storage tanks, pipelines etc. Advised maintenance management for corrective action.
- Reduced maintenance spares inventory. Standby equjpment3 and increased productivity resulting in low maintenance cost and high production. By way of which increased profitability of entire plant.
- Developed, established and organized vibration and pulse echo measurement and advised maintenance management for productive/collective maintenance of plant & equipment for reliability, availability and safety of equipment for process needs.
- Liquid Penetration Test (LPT): Extensive L.PT for surface crack detection for soundness of material and welded joints used in fabrication of equipment.
- Magnetic Particle Test (MPT): For Subsurface crack flaw detection for materials and parts used in plant.
- Ultrasonic Flaw Detection (UFD): Used to check soundness of Welded join IS and materials defects, flaw of surface and sub5urfacc.
- Implemented visual inspection for entire plant.
- Mechanical Inspector/Engineer - Motor Columbus, Kuwaiti
- As part of a multi minion dollar contract with a major Swiss engineering consulting firm, supervised mechanical, contractors, parts receiving inspectors, and site installation inspectors in the placement of a very large pumps, motors, pipelines, and related equipment needed in supplying seal cooling water to petroleum companies.
- Handled planning, scheduling, daily inspection, quality control, testing, adherence to specifications and schedule completion.
- Provided IN AC expertise and coordinated efforts with civil and electrical engineering contractors.
- Prepared deficiency lists, site changes and labor/material records.
- Assistant Foreman -Larsen & Toubro Ltd., Bombay, India
- Managed a team of over 100, including supervisors and technical staff, in fabrication of equipment for a leading manufacturer of pressure vessels for .petrochemical industries.
- Planned and scheduled projects, resolved technical problems and handled testing and inspection.
- Instituted new methods, which streamlined operations. Equipment included various dryers, evaporators, pasteurizers, vibrators, bottle washer, storage tanks, mixers, diffusers and pressure vessels.
- Welding including stainless steel with TIG and MIG processes.
- Various (India, Kuwait, and USA)
- Supervision for Fabrication of plant and equipment for process industries which included pressure vessels, shipbuilding, and automobile industries in India.
- Supervision and Inspection for Precision Sheet Metal Products (Gilroy, CA). Planned and supervised fabrication of Mechanical. Components for computer manufacturer. Implemented schedule on time.
- Manager Maintenance (NDT) - Birla VXL Lid., India
- Education and Training
- B.S. Mechanical Engineering Equivalent from C.E.I.E. - Houston, TX
- Sheet Metal technology - PTC. Rajkot, India
- Memberships
- Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers International, P.E.
- Senior Member, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, USA
- Senior Associate, The Welding Institute, UK
- Life Fellow Member, Indian Institute of Plant Engineers, India
- Life Fellow Member, Institution of Mechanical Engineers, India
Bob Rone
Bob Rone has 5 years experience as a licensed Real Estate Inspector and Insurance Property Casualty Adjuster. He is very knowledgeable in construction techniques and processes. Mr. Rone has received training from Houston Community College Home Inspection Program, Dearborn/Leonard's Texas Property Casualty and LCS Basic Property Claims Adjusting Seminar. Mr. Rone handles our West, Central, and North Houston Inspections.
Currently operating a small business as a real estate inspector and performing Insurance Inspections. Insurance Property Casualty Adjuster with Texas State License number 1126125 (No longer active). Texas Real Estate Commission Professional Real Estate Inspector License #6215. Preformed disaster inspections for PaRR and PB as a FEMA inspector following hurricanes Isabel, Katrina, and Rita. Detail oriented with skills in maintenance and remodeling. Perform foundation assessment and certification inspections since 2003 for Trinity Group. Knowledgeable in construction techniques and processes. Familiar with coastal property construction. Outstanding organizational and time management skills. Positive attitude with knowledge of inspection techniques, insurance, property and casualty regulations.
- Experience
- Insurance Reporting Service, Inc. Houston, TX: May 2003 to present, provide insurance inspections and reports with digital photos to underwriters on commercial and residential property. Updated many forms to electronic format.
- Trinity Group, Houston, TX:October 2003 to present, provide foundation assessment and certification information. Generate preliminary reports with digital photos to engineer on commercial and residential property in electronic format.
- B & C Inspections, LLC, Houston, TX:July 2002 to present, provide homebuyers with computer generated, professional, unbiased report including digital pictures within 24 hours of inspection.
- Xerox Corporation Houston, TX:October 1979 to November 2001 (Retired)
- Senior Printing System Analyst:
- Provided direct Technical Sales Support for High End Laser Printers.
- Developed best fit printing solution with connectivity to Mainframe and/or Client Server environments while considering total volume and print windows resulting in millions of dollars worth of printer sales.
- Planned, installed, implemented and provided customer training on software products and printing solutions.
- Mentored new and less experienced analysts which significantly improved productivity time line for new analysts.
- Reviewed and approved solutions by other analysts.
- Consistently generated new business through design of numerous new print applications.
- Printing System Analyst, 1995 to 1998
- Part of a National Host Software Installation Team (7 members) that successfully revitalized a host software product and shifted customers product recognition.
- Provided Sales Support and installation of the XPAF Product on large IBM Mainframes. Each XPAF install resulted in hundreds of printers sold.
- Developed and delivered the XPAF Customer Training Presentation that became the national XPAF Training Package.
- System Support Engineer
- Region Engineer
- Customer Engineer
- Senior Printing System Analyst:
- Training
- Houston Community Collage Home Inspection Program. 250+ hours theory and practice on real estate construction and real state inspections including Major Appliances, Electrical Systems, Plumbing, HVAC, Foundations, Roofs and Fireplaces.
- Dearborn / Leonards Texas Property Casualty Adjuster, 11-2001
- LCS Basic Property Claims Adjusting Seminar, 12-2001
- VIPP trained (2001)
- Solimar systems data converter (2001)
- Lytrod Form Creator and VIPP programming aid. (2001)
- Elixer Forms Creation. (2001)
- EPS Controllers, DP330 (2000)
- Many customer relations and Quality courses were attended over the years.
- Training by Amdahl on MVS fundamentals and other IBM protocols.
- Training on IBM AS400 advanced operator.
- XPAF and XDPE with many updates as products developed.
- Factory training on the following laser printers both hardware and operating system software: DP330, DP180, DP96, 4135/4635, 4850/4890, 4050/4090, 9700
- Technical Experience
- PC applications based on DOS, Windows 3.1, 95, 98, NT, 2000 and XP.
- Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
- Expert in programming Xerox PDL, FDL and developing print applications.
- Proficient with VIPP language.
- Familiar with, AFP, PCL, and PostScript.
- Performance Awards
- Presidents Club - Xerox (Twice)
- PAR Club - Xerox ( Four )
- Top Performer Awards - Xerox (Numerous)
- Top Performer Awards – NCR (Numerous)
Randall "Scott" Walker
Randall "Scott" Walker has over 25 years in the construction business. Mr. Walker has experience with the national home building company Jim Walters as well as operating his own custom home building company; in addition, he also has air conditioning, refrigeration and electrical training from Bee County College and is knowledgeable in welding, plumbing, electrical, and roofing. Mr. Walker conducts construction inspections for Trinity Group in the Corpus Christi Metro area.
- Experience
- Jeff Walker Construction, Runge, Texas2005, Supervisor, oversee day to day operations.
- Jim Walter Homebuilding Group, Jim Walter Homes, Inc., Dream Homes, Inc., Netherland Homes Inc. Located in Corpus Christi, Austin, New Braunfels, Seguin, San Antonio, and Rosenburg, Texas. Construction Manager, oversee the construction operations of the branch. This includes everything from ordering materials, scheduling jobs, documenting details with accurate paperwork, locating contractors, supervising contractors, performing quality control of work to ensure customer satisfaction, working with building inspectors to obtain approvals, dealing with and trouble shooting customer calls/complaints, etc. Meeting deadlines and quotas are also very important aspects of the job.
- S.E.C. Builder / 7 Oaks Ranch and Construction, Choate, Texas Owner and Manager. Complete management of entire operations. This included all of the paperwork and bookkeeping as well. The company provided a wide range of services in general contracting as follows: slabs, framing, electrical, plumbing, roofing, remodeling, interior finishing, etc. (All aspects of general contracting) In addition, the company also had a metal building operation that required welding activities. I was not only the owner but was also involved very heavily in the daily operations as well. I was responsible for everything from ordering materials, scheduling jobs, billing clients, collections, locating employees, supervising employees, performing quality control of work to ensure customer satisfaction, working with building inspectors to obtain approvals, dealing with and trouble shooting customer calls/complaints, etc. This is in addition to working along with the employees as the lead in construction of one of the crews. Handled both commercial and residential contracts.
- Training
- Windstorm Training School, Houston, Texas
- Bee County College, Beeville, Texas
Ron Hicks
Ron Hicks has 20 years experience in residential and light commercial construction. Mr. Hicks experiences range from the level of superintendent to owner of a residential general construction company. Mr. Hicks is experienced in wood framing, steel framing, as well as slab on grade structures. Mr. Hicks handles our San Antonio inspections.