Linus Vallery, Project Manager, 25 years in offshore blasting and painting industry
Linus was born in Lafayette, Louisiana and graduated from Abbeville High School. He immediately started working offshore in production operations. His blasting and painting career began in 1985. Linus worked his way up through the ranks and has worked on virtually every type of offshore facility in the Gulf of Mexico. In 1999 he began using Ultra High Pressure (UHP) water blasting techniques. He is considered one of the most competent people in that field. He joined CleanBlast, LLC in 2006.
Linus is married with three children and four grandchildren.
Mike Taylor, Project Manager, 40 years in offshore blasting and painting industry
Mike was born along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. His career started in 1960. Over the next 20 years, Mike worked his way through the blasting and painting ranks to Foreman and Operations Manager.
In 1991 he became Paint Technical Representative and became NACE Certified that same year. In addition, he regularly developed application procedures for specialty coatings. As a result, he understands how paint is manufactured, how it is distributed, and how it is applied.
Mike joined CleanBlast, LLC in 2009 as Project Manager.
Mike is married with five children and twelve grandchildren.
Richard Dodd, Procurement Manager/Shop Manager, 30 years in the painting industry
Richard was born in Kinder, Louisiana and graduated from Oberlin High School. After graduation he began his career in the industrial blasting and painting offshore industry. Richard worked his way up to the Supervisor position where he worked for seven years before moving into coatings inspection as a NACE Level 1 Inspector in the paper-mill and petrochemical industries. He then opened his own blasting, painting and inspection company where he operated for several years.
Richard is married with one son, three step children and one grandchild.