Jason Lavalley

About Jason Lavalley

I spent the majority of my early adulthood working in the directional drilling industry. I started out as a general laborer; slinging bags of mud around and eventually, worked my way up to be the Superintendent of my own crew. On job-sites, my crew and I often worked as human \"deckhands\" loading and unloading drill pipe. Over the years, I witnessed numerous accidents as workers performed this dangerous work; resulting in broken hands, broken legs, pinched fingers, etc. I kept asking myself,\"Why don\'t we have better tools to do this basic job?\" I could never understand why we were working in the 21st century with 19th century technology. One night, my crew and I found ourselves on a particularly difficult job. It was raining and there was mud everywhere. We were performing our usual duty as human \"deckhands\" when a pipe rack support gave way and one of my crew members caught his leg between the pipes; crushing his ankle.When I got back to my hotel later that night, I sat down and sketched out the original design drawing of what would one day become the \'DECKHAND ®\' and the rest. is still making history.

Experience

1. Member Board of Directors

   Iploca

   Sep 2024 — Present · US

   IPLOCA is governed by a volunteer board of directors made up of 24 owners and senior executives of major pipeline contractors and service companies. Directors representing Regular Members, divided into geographic regions, and directors representing Associate Members are elected by the members of the Association and generally serve a term of two years.

Skills

• Gas
• Welding
• Contract Management
• Construction Management
• Construction Safety
• Supervisory Skills
• Oil & Gas
• Petroleum
• Metal Fabrication
• Heavy Equipment
• Construction
• Onshore Operations
• Oil/Gas
• Energy
• Safety Management Systems
• Inspection
• Pipelines
• Onshore
• Project Estimation
• Hydraulics
• Piping