Our People
Alex Zuran III, P.E.
President & General Manager
Mr. Zuran III has over 30 years experience in the Engineering, Testing and Inspection fields, providing services for clients in the construction, power generation, manufacturing, steel, refinery, fabrication, aerospace, and machining industries. His current responsibilities include managing overall projects, training and certifying inspection and test personnel, implementing procedures and determining testing methods as applicable to the specific projects, and overseeing quality systems at PNL.
Kellie Watson
Executive Director
Mrs. Watson is a multi-talented individual whose primary responsibility is to coordinate clients needs with PNL’s diversified technical staff. She handles this often difficult task with great patience, understanding and flair. She is exceptionally skilled at organizing and distributing project documentation including time sheets, service orders, test reports and invoices. She has been with PNL since 2001.
Gil Mendez, PhD
Chief Technology Officer
Mr. Mendez has over 13 years of experience in data technology and data science within industries ranging from engineering, finance, credit card, marketing, and health care. At PNL, he is responsible for the short- and long-term technology needs for the organization and ensures that the tools and infrastructure that are purchased or developed closely aligns to the company's goals. He has been with PNL since 2002.
Joseph Krywicki
Project Manager, Quality & Safety
Mr. Krywicki has over 10 years of experience working in the inspection and testing industry. He has worked as a Project Manager, Quality manager, and as an NDT technician. He has been with PNL since 2012.
Roberta Gordon
Business Development Manager
Mrs. Gordon brings 20+ years of sales and marketing experience from the manufacturing, staffing and engineering sectors. She leads sales and marketing strategic partnership initiatives and implements website and social media marketing campaign strategy and branding. She produces and manages the company quarterly newsletter Quality Examiner, directs high school presentations, industry networking opportunities, as well as conferences and public relations events. She has been with PNL since 2021.
Korey Dwyer, AAS
Project Manager, Nondestructive Testing
Mr. Dwyer graduated from Ridgewater College with an AAS in nondestructive testing in 2002 and has been employed with PNL since then. He has gained inspection and testing experience working on several power plant and construction projects for PNL including high strength bolting, visual weld inspection, ultrasonic and radiography of structural, vessel and piping components.
Kyle Fleege, P.E.
Project Manager, Physical/Mechanical Testing
Mr. Fleege graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2007. He began his career in construction, engineering, and materials testing at PNL since 2008. In 2011 he helped develop PNL’s procedures that led to our ISO/IEC 17025:2005 accreditation. He currently oversees quality control of the physical laboratory, training of laboratory personnel, and continued development of test procedures.
Amber Trees, P.E.
Project Manager, Metallurgical & Materials Testing
Ms. Trees graduated from ASU with a degree in Material Science Engineering and obtained her professional engineering certification (PE) in 2015. She has worked in the materials and metallurgical field primarily involved in failure analysis and material characterization. She joined PNL in 2019 to head up the metallurgical/materials department, expanding the lab capabilities to compliment the other departments as well as incorporate new technologies to allow for complete materials testing.
Matthew Sorce
Project Manager, Advance Nondestructive Testing
Mr. Sorce graduated from Nondestructive Testing Program of Spartan College in 2012 and has been employed with Phoenix National Laboratories, Inc. since then. Mr. Sorce has gained inspection and testing experience working on a variety of projects including power plant and heavy construction projects. He has achieved proficiency with our advanced testing equipment and software and is responsible for performing and overseeing testing and inspection using ultrasonic phased array, computed radiography, eddy current examinations and other exams.
IN THE NEWS
Bridges, stadium roofs & airports: Phoenix company makes sure steel and other material won't fail
Arizona Republic: PNL tests the steel and other materials that go into bridges, buildings, factories, power plants, mining installations, pipes, street lights, stadium roofs and more. Many of the projects we support are high-profile construction projects across the country.