Senior Staff

  • John Gandy

    President and CEO

    John has more than 50 years experience with piping products and is the inventor of several piping innovations including heavy wall large diameter dual phase pipe.

  • Jaycie Paris

    Vice President & CFO
    Jaycie has more than 30 years experience in Business Operations and Financial's.

  • Patricia Gandy

    Vice President & Secretary
    Pat is responsible for office management, resource planning and procurement.

  • Wally McAfee

    Manager of Sales & purchasing
    Wally has more than 40 years marketing, sales and technical experience with tubular's for the Oil and Gas Industry. He specializes in Corrosion Resistant Alloys and Specialty Thread Connections.

  • Kris Church

    Manager of Engineering
    Kris has more than 35 years experience with Specialty threads for the Oil and Gas Industry and holds multiple patents for threading and tubing.

  • Scott Paris

    General Manager
    With background in quality control, Scott is certified in most disciplines of non-destructive testing and qualified in all phases of mechanical inspection of virtually all premium and API threaded connections.

company profile

  • Our Team of highly experienced professionals offer over 200 years of collective oilfield experience. Focusing on challenging projects is our specialty, whether our client has a need for a new, unprecedented product, or an improvement to an existing problem, Gandy Technologies staff can provide a solution. For more Information Contact Us

Fred Boyd

design engineer

Fred holds a Master of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Houston and has over 40 years oil field experience including NDT methods, CAD, and metallurgy. He is also a registered professional engineer.

Matt Clatworthy

design technician

Matt holds a Bachelors of Science Degree in Industrial Design. He has 8 years of experience in the fields of Computer Aided Design and 3D Visualization.

Michael (Kuo) Leng

design engineer

Kuo holds a Masters in Mechanical Engineering, a Professional Engineer Certificate, and a Doctorate in Industrial Engineering. He specializes in premium thread design.

Luigi Licitra

Master Machinist

Luigi has 20 years experience designing and machining. He provides custom, in-house proto-typing of premium thread connections.

Shane McWhorter

design technician

Shane holds an Associate in Computer Science Degree. He has 21 years experience in oil field operations and computer technologies. Oversees order processing, customer relations, and manages company network.

Javier Perez

outside quality control

Responsibilities include: oversight of all facets of pipe production and testing, liaison between international business partners.

Don Prather

design technician

Don holds an Associate’s Degree in Computer Aided Drafting and Design. He has 10 years of experience in fields of Computer Aided Design and Drafting and 2 years experience in premium thread design.

Plennie Vickery

sales

Plennie holds a Bachelors Degree in Business and is involved with Duracorr pipe sales.