New Appointments at CWB Group

B.J. McQueen, President of CWB Group, recently announced the following appointments. The changes are intended to strengthen the Organization’s core services to allow it to better respond to the needs of clients and the Canadian welding industry.

	Doug Luciani to the position of General Manager, the Canadian Welding Bureau. Doug is a graduate Mechanical Engineer and has held positions of increasing responsibility since joining the company in 1991. Doug’s most recent assignment was General Manager of QUASAR, the Group’s Registration Division.
	Ed Whalen to the position of General Manager, QUASAR. Ed holds a B.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering and previous to this assignment, was the manager at the Ontario Region of the Canadian Welding Bureau. Ed joined the company in 2001.
	Kelvin Longden to the position of Manager of Procedures Verification. Kelvin holds a B.Sc. in Metallurgical Engineering and an M.Sc. in Welding Technology and Management. Kelvin has held positions of increasing responsibility since joining the company in 1981. His most recent assignment was Manager of Special Projects, Canadian Welding Bureau.
	Richard Bonneau to the position of General Manager, the Gooderham Centre for Industrial Learning. Richard is a graduate in Mechanical Engineering and holds an M.Eng. in Welding Engineering. He has held positions of increasing responsibility since joining the company in 1980. Richard’s most recent assignment was General Manager of the Canadian Welding Bureau, the Group’s Certification Division.
	Craig Martin to the position of Regional Manager, Ontario of the Canadian Welding Bureau. Craig holds a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering and has held positions of increasing responsibility since joining the company in 1993. Craig’s most recent assignment was Manager of Procedures Verification Department.
	Slavko Panezic to the position of Director of Business Development for the CWB Group. Slavko is a graduate of Metallurgical Engineering and holds an M.Eng. in Welding Engineering. He has held positions of increasing responsibility since joining the company in 1985. His most recent assignment was Manager of Market Development

The CWB Group is an independent not-for-profit organization providing services to the fabrication, manufacturing, construction and maintenance sectors of industry through its Certification, Registration and Education Divisions.

Canadian Welding Bureau, CWB Group’s Certification Division, provides certification for: welding consumables, manufacturers of steel building systems, welding inspection organizations and individual inspectors, metal products inspectors and company welding operations using steel, aluminum, reinforcing bars and resistance welding. Since its inception in 1947, the Bureau has helped thousands of companies with their certification needs.

QUASAR, the Group’s Registration Division, provides ISO 9000, 14000, and CISC quality-program registration services. An independent survey placed QUASAR among the top client-growth registrars in Canada. QUASAR’s customer satisfaction surveys constantly rank its service as superior.

CWB Group’s Education Division, Gooderham Centre for Industrial Learning (GCIL), is dedicated to helping companies improve their welding skills, knowledge, quality and productivity. They offer various training programs such as the classroom or self-study modular systems, in-plant training, seminars, as well as computer-based training.