Year: 2022

Thank you to all the GAWDA Members who attended the Fall Professional Compliance Webinar and Seminar at Weldcoa’s Innovation Center from October 18-20, 2022. For the first time, the event was held in-person with a simulcast option via GoToMeeting Webinar. Attendees were treated to the latest certified DOT Function Specific Training, FDA Food/Drug CGMP and critical OSHA Training. More than 2/3rds of this year’s registrants were new attendees to this year’s event. “How exciting to see so many new participants at this fall’s Hybrid GAWDA Professional Compliance Seminar. And a large portion of this new crowd is young and emerging…

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Effective October 24th, AWG is pleased to welcome Vanjia (Vanya) Thomas to her new role as Vice President of Human Resources at American Welding & Gas, Inc. Vanjia has extensive human resources experience, holding regional and global roles at a publicly held company in the industrial gas industry. She brings a wide range of knowledge in organizational development, team building, talent management, talent recruiting, and benefits administration to AWG.  She also has experience as an outside sales representative selling packaged gas and welding supplies.  Vanjia will report directly to our CEO, Jason Krieger. Vanjia and her husband, Michael will be…

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