RTS Inc., Management
RTS was founded in 1984 by Paul Tim Weiss. In 2005 Reliable Turbine Services merged with Critical Path Turbine services to form one company that is now recognized as Reliable Turbine Services Inc.
Paul “Tim” Weiss, President
Tim began his career in the turbine industry as a certified welder and worked as a subcontractor for the majority of turbine repair companies. He opened RTS and together with Ed Campbell progressively began to offer more and more repair services to build RTS to the full service repair company we are today.
Homero Garcia, Vice President
Homer’s career started at Preco turbine services in 1990 and eventually worked for many of the facilities in the Houston area gaining experience in steam and gas turbine repairs, before he went into business as Critical Path, in much the same way as RTS began. The two companies worked together for a number of years and saw the potential to benefit their customers as a single full service repair provider.
Ed Campbell, Manager of Field Services
Ed’s resume describes over 35 years of experience beginning with GE in Charlotte N.C, where he worked and received training in a variety of disciplines. His ability to perform virtually any repair is a real benefit when managing large field projects.
His attention to all of the smallest details on site and his commitment to working tirelessly to provide the best service to our customers has made him a great asset to our company.
Chuck Kent, Operations Manager
Chuck started his career in the turbine repair industry with GE in 1976. Chuck has also completed numerous OEM training programs in a large spectrum of repair and management disciplines including rotating equipment, balancing, six sigma, pump and compressor training, metalizing etc.
With the 34 plus years of being directly involved in the turbine service industry as a technician and then as a manager of service and manufacturing facilities, Chuck leads our repair facilities with experience and wisdom.
Ingo Schulz, Director of Engineering
Ingo leads the pack with 49 years of experience in the turbine repair industry! Ingo has a thorough knowledge of all phases of Alstom, GE, Siemens/ Westinghouse and many other OEM steam turbine repair work. Ingo has managed operations for Alstom, H&E Stork and others.
Ingo is another RTS manager that fits the “hands on experience” statement! He started in the industry as a turbine technician, with extensive experience in complete turbine installation, rotating and stationary blade installation, welding techniques, sealing, alignment and many other types of repair techniques. Ingo has both written and implemented many repair procedures that are now accepted practice in our industry. He has a thorough understanding of metallurgy and stress analysis and is a member in good standing with the ASME.
Dave “Slim” Simmons , Production Manager
Dave’s turbine repair experience spans over 25 years both as a technician and as a manager. Dave’s hands on experience, management & organizational skills along with his knowledge and ability to implement QA/QC procedures learned while working with companies such as H&E Stork and Dresser-Rand provide our customers the assurance that their components are in good hands.
Joel Saenz, Director of Sales and Marketing
Joel brings many years of steam and gas turbine experience to RTS. He began working with Preco Turbine Services in Houston in 1980 and has since been directly involved in building several successful companies through the years. His commitment and integrity are a great benefit to RTS and our customers.