Certifications are not easy to come by; they are intended for those who operate at the top of their field and who aren’t afraid of hard work. These individuals have the work history and skill set to back-up their subject matter expert status – not to mention passing a series of rigorous exams. We wanted to highlight those who have achieved some of our most extensive certifications: the Protective Coatings Inspector (PCI) Level 3, the Protective Coatings Specialist (PCS) and Master Coatings Inspectors (MCI). Below are all of those who have become certified this year to date:
| PCI Level 3 | PCS | MCI |
| Gregory Brown, San Juan Construction | Troy Blatchford, KTA-Tator, Inc. | Mohamed Elhamalawi, Alfa Egypt Academy |
| Juan Cabellero, Naval and Industrial Solutions, S.A. | Judy Cheng, Pacific Gas & Electric Company | Jose A. Valdes, Manufacturas Metalicas AJAX, SA de C.V. |
| Maher Refaat Abd Elwahab, Egyptian Maintenance Co. | Peter Engelbert, Level 3 Coating Inspection, LLC | Michael E. Wells, Newport News Shipbuilding |
| Wael Abo Alftooh Taha, Alex Shipyard | Charles Katshuhiro, PPG Protective & Marine Coatings | Patrick Sweeney, CSI Services, Inc. |
| Aaron Bode, Aegion Coating Services | Chuck Jamison, HII Newport News Shipbuilding 2 | |
| Kristopher Kemper | Michael Abraham, AEIS, LLC | |
| Jamie Laird, Rodda Paint | Guillermo Loayza, Productos Setmix | |
| Quilyam Casallas Salinas, ASCOR | Jack Jackson, Northwest Coating Inspection Service | |
| Jose Kamigami, Hunt Ing | Richard Leber, Robinson Engineering | |
| Melissa Edith Vega Reynoso, CPPQ S.A. | Bryce Perry, Woyt Industries, LLC | |
| Jeff Theo, Vulcan Painters, Inc. | Joshua Payton, Pond & Company | |
| Jeremy Rice, Veritas Steel LLC | Nelson Randall, West Coast Industrial Coatings | |
| Rameshbabu Rajendran, Petrofac International | Hassan Al Sagour, Saudi Aramco | |
| Alejandro Lagler, AkzoNobel |