Page 22 - HIWT World of Welding Spring-Summer 2021

HIWT Expands – Adds New Staff

RYLAND FOSTER
R YLAND FOSTER JACOBO RUIZ

Ryland Foster joined HIWT as an Evening Shift Skill Jacobo Ruiz also started at HIWT as an Evening Shift
Education Instructor. Ryland is a graduate of the HIWT Skill Education Instructor. Jake is a graduate of the HIWT
Combination Structural and Pipe Welding Program in 2012. Combination Structural and Pipe Welding Program in 2011
He joins us from Local 1090 Millwright union. There he and has been in the industry ever since. He joins us from GE
developed skill in not only welding but also other tradecrafts. Aviation. Jake started there as a welder but moved to the
These included mechanical maintenance, equipment quality department as an NDT technician. His knowledge and
operation, and rigging. Ryland’s mechanical aptitude, skill will be a great benefit to our students. Jake resides in
welding knowledge, and skill will be a great benefit to our Huber Heights with his wife. In his spare time Jake likes to
students. He is a proud addition to our family at HIWT. play music and spend time with his family.
Ryland resides in Clayton, OH. In his spare time, he enjoys
motorcycle riding, maintenance, and fabricating.

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