The WIA Society is a not-for-profit organization led primarily by volunteer members elected from within the industry.
Jay Williams is a founding member of the Well Integrity and Abandonment Society (WIA) with a Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Alberta. He began his career in the wireline sector and has spent three decades working across technical sales, operations, and technology commercialization within the energy industry. Jay’s work today focuses on extending the economic life of mature oil and gas assets through the deployment of small-scale gas-to-power initiatives. By converting previously stranded or uneconomic natural gas into usable power, these solutions help operators reduce emissions, offset operating costs, and delay or mitigate abandonment liabilities on late-life wells. He is passionate about advancing practical, technology driven pathways that improve wellbore integrity outcomes while supporting responsible resource development. Jay is known for bringing a pragmatic and solutions-oriented perspective to complex end-of-life well challenges.
Hailee Traa is the Vice President of the Well Integrity Association and has spent most of her 15-year career in oil and gas selling services related to asset retirement. She currently serves as Director of Sales at Capstone Well Integrity, where she focuses on well testing and monitoring programs that give operators clearer data on their wells before remediation or closure. Through her role with the Association, she aims to make well integrity discussions more approachable and useful for both technical and non-technical audiences. In her spare time, you can find her at a hockey rink, or on a golf course, acting as her 9-year-old daughter’s personal assistant!
Corey Quirion is a Certified Engineering Technologist working as a Technical Sales Representative for Voltage Wireline Inc. He began his career working as an Open Hole Wireline Field Supervisor in 2005 logging wells in North America, later moving to the international market where he broadened his skills by Managing Open/Cased Hole wireline operations in the Middle East and Australia. In 2013, Corey joined Voltage Wireline Inc. as a Log Analyst, later moving into a Technical Sales role. Currently working as a Technical Sales Representative for Voltage Wireline Inc.
Shawn currently resides at Husky Energy as the manager of the Well Abandonment group specifically in well remediation. Prior to this position (also at Husky) he was part of the geoscience team for a thermal SAGD project. Trained in the black arts of Geology, Shawn graduated from the University of Windsor in 2001 with a Bachelor of Science degree. From an early age the importance of the environment resonated with him and to that end, being part of a group that restores land to its natural state is a perfect fit! In his spare time Shawn can be found cycling, hiking, napping or taking his dogs for a walk.
Josh started his career in oil and gas in 2012 after completing his Petroleum Engineering Technology diploma from SAIT. Starting in Wireline, Josh was a supervisor for 5 years in the field until he moved into a Calgary Wireline operations manager role. He reluctantly joined the technical sales team in 2021 and has never looked back. He has been involved with 3 seperate companies throughout his career, all of which were Wireline service providers. In his spare time you will find him snowboarding in lake louise or playing organized sports when weather permits
Shanna started her career in Oil and Gas in 2010 as a completions and well interventions engineer for Shell’s Heavy Oil assets in Northern AB. She has since supported various assets in Shell North & South America as both an engineer and a wellsite supervisor. Since 2017 she has been focused on well integrity and abandonment, and is currently a superintendent for decommissioning, abandonment and reclamation in Northeast BC. Her #1 hobby outside work is doing reckless things for good stories.
Leah is a past President of the WIA Society. She has a Petroleum Engineering Technology diploma from SAIT and a BSc in Physics from the U of C. Leah has been working in the well decommissioning space for over 20 years at various operating companies and started her career with the regulator back when it was the EUB. She believes that decommissioning a wellbore is the most important thing done to a well and has a lot of passion for her role in this space.
With a background in Computer Engineering, Kyle has spent his entire career of more than 20 years employed in the downhole measurement sector. This includes 4 years in a leadership position at Tucker Energy (Wireline) Services, and over 16 years in his current role as Chief Data Controller with Roke Technologies. Kyle’s focus for two decades has been to oversee efficient application of custom software for petrophysics and log data analysis, acquired by novel downhole technologies. In his spare time, since its inception, Kyle has facilitated the general hosting and management of the WIA Society online platform. He also managed the platform for society that proceeded it, the Canadian Society for Gas Migration (CSGM), dating back to 2010.