Dr. Michael Beller has worked in the pipeline industry for over 35 years.
After completing his degree in Mechanical Engineering and subsequent research, Dr. Beller joined Preussag AG in 1988 in it’s pipeline construction division and, in 1991, the ILI vendor Pipetronix GmbH.
At Pipetronix, Dr. Beller held various positions in the Engineering, Sales, and Marketing Departments. In 2001, he joined NDT Systems & Services AG as a co-founder, where he held the position of Corporate Marketing Manager. In June 2013, he joined the ROSEN Group, initially in the Corporate Marketing Department and later in the Corporate Strategy Office.
Recently, Dr. Beller founded Beller-Consulting, an organization mainly focusing on training and coaching for the pipeline industry. He is based in Southwest Germany.
Dr. Beller has published more than 80 technical papers on pipeline inspection and integrity and is a co-author of several books on pipeline inspection and integrity. He is a former President of the International Pigging Products & Services Association (PPSA) and is active on a number of conference advisory boards. Currently, he is the Chairman of the Editorial Board of the Pipeline Technology Journal.
Dr. Beller has been delivering training courses to the pipeline industry for over 20 years, covering pipeline inspection, pipeline integrity, and material defects in pipeline steels. He is also a lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences as well as at the Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University in Karlsruhe, Germany, where he teaches material science and strentgh of materials.