Our Team - Industrial Parts Specialties

Brailyn Schexnaildre

Meet Brailyn Schexnaildre

Functions Filled

Brailyn handles the front desk as our receptionist. She coordinates phone communications with customers, suppliers and employees. The maintaining/updating of critical administrative schedules is a task that she handles. She supports the putting together of repair reports and the formalizing of a more professional quality system. She does purchasing for selected items.

Background Experience

IPS team member since 2024, Brailyn looks forward to contributing her desire to getting things done to the IPS administrative team.

Educational and Personal Background

Brailyn is a graduate of False River Academy.

Marlanda Dobson

Meet Marlanda Dobson

Functions Filled

Marlanda is currently being trained to take over all aspects of accounts receivable.

Background Experience

Marlanda joined the IPS team in July of 2024 after fifteen years in management in the retail grocery business.

Educational and Personal Background

Marlanda and her family reside in Jackson, LA

Brittany Dupont

Meet Brittany Dupont

Functions Filled

Brittany handles all aspects of accounts payable and assists with company payroll.

Background Experience

Brittany joined IPS in October of 2023 after nine years in management in the retail grocery industry.

Educational and Personal Background

Brittany resides in Lakeland, LA.

Chelsea Fleming

Meet Chelsea Fleming

Functions Filled

Chelsea is currently being trained to take over all aspects of accounts receivable.

Background Experience

Chelsea joined the IPS team in April of 2024 after seven years in customer service in the auto repair industry.

Educational and Personal Background

Chelsea resides in Erwinville, LA.

Dustin Westmoreland

Meet Dustin Westmoreland

Functions Filled

Dustin works in the Engineering and quality control department at IPS.

Background Experience

IPS team member again since 2024, Dustin worked in our CNC shop previously as a machinist/programmer in our CNC milling department.

Dustin brings his great technical knowledge and experience to the table to help us grow our quality and engineering department.

Educational and Personal Background

Dustin lives in Zachary, LA.

Therese Miller

Meet Therese Miller

Functions Filled

She is the person who is responsible for maintaining/monitoring the general ledger, accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll, job costing, and purchasing systems. She handles the initiating/updating of the personnel functions relating to the benefits and payroll of our people. The regulatory reporting tasks such sales taxes, 941s, and 401ks are handled by her. She monitors our business banking relationship = operating account, payroll account, and receivables lockbox. The maintaining of the company’s business software programs is a critical part of her job. The internal go to person when we have problems with our business software.

Background Experience

IPS team member since 2013. Her duties over her career and here at IPS gives her the experience required to fill the function.

Educational and Personal Background

She lives in Baton Rouge, LA.

Taylor Fowler

Meet Taylor Fowler

Functions Filled

Taylor handles the front desk as our receptionist and helps create quotes for parts when needed. She coordinates phone communications with customers, suppliers and employees. The maintaining/updating of critical administrative schedules is a task that she handles. She supports the putting together of repair reports. She supports the formalizing of a more professional quality system. She does purchasing for selected items.

Background Experience

IPS team member since 2021, Taylor pretty much grew up at IPS as her grandmother Carol worked her for 14 years. Taylor has experience in operations at a local chemical plant.

Educational and Personal Background

Taylor is a graduate of Zachary high school and she and her husband and son live in Zachary, LA.

Meet Randy Jeansonne

Functions Filled

Randy performs the customer service role for the repair shop at IPS. He He expends considerable time interfacing with shop supervision and customers. He works closely with Sales and Operations to ensure that information and resources flow smoothly between the customers, vendors and the shop at IPS.

Background Experience

IPS team member since 2020, Randy has worked in the customer service/inside sales roles in the machinery service industry since 2005, and brings OEM experience with high pressure multi stage pumps and systems to our team.

Educational and Personal Background

Randy is a graduate of Scotlandville Magnet High School in Baton Rouge and DeVry University. He is an avid fitness enthusiast and an expert fantasy football gamer. He and his wife currently reside in Central, LA.

Meet Josh Rogers

Functions Filled

Josh currently handles the role of customer service manager. He previously was the repair shop planner scheduler assisting the repair shop supervisor manage the resources of the repair shop. Before that, Josh managed the CNC manufacturing shop after he joined the company as the CSR for CNC and manual manufactured parts at IPS. Josh has a solid foundation in the day to day operations of IPS and he works closely with Sales and Operations to ensure that information and resources flow smoothly between the customers, vendors and the shop at IPS.

Background Experience

IPS team member since 2010, Josh worked during college as a welding inspector at several sites in the Baton Rouge area. His educational background is heavily fortified with the use of modern technologies in today’s manufacturing and industrial environment.

Educational and Personal Background

Josh is a graduate of the Industrial Technology program at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He is from St. Francisville, LA.

Meet Joe Duboulay

Functions Filled

Manages the sales function of the business and manages key accounts in South Louisiana.

Background Experience

Joe has been in the machining and machinery repair industry since 1986 as a machinist/millwright, customer service representative, outside sales representative and sales manager. He has experience working in the sugar, petrochemical and production machining industries.

Joe has been an IPS team member since 1994 and in his current role since 2003.

Educational & Personal Background

Graduate of Redemptorist High School in Baton Rouge and the University of Southwestern Louisiana (now ULL) with a bachelor’s in Business Administration. He lives in Port Allen, LA.

Meet Russell LeFleur

Functions Filled

He performs all of the drafting at IPS. He researches parts and repair jobs to assist in selecting alternate materials for the plant to use. He updates and maintains the drawing library. He manages the business relationship with Exxon Refinery/Chemical here in Baton Rouge. He supports our sourcing of engineered cast parts. He supports the modification of pump bowls/impellers.

Background Experience

Russell has more than 30 years experience in our industry. He comes to us after having spent almost 25 years with a major alternate parts supplier. He has worked in production, engineering, quality control, drafting and sales assignments.

Educational and Personal Background

Meet Janise Braud

Functions Filled

She is the person who is responsible for maintaining/monitoring the general ledger, accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll, job costing, and purchasing systems. She handles the initiating/updating of the personnel functions relating to the benefits and payroll of our people. The regulatory reporting tasks such sales taxes, 941s, and 401ks are handled by her. She monitors our business banking relationship = operating account, payroll account, and receivables lockbox. The maintaining of the company’s business software programs is a critical part of her job. The internal go to person when we have problems with our business software.

Background Experience

IPS team member since 1979. The actual doing at different times during her career here at IPS is the experience required to fill the function.

Educational and Personal Background

She lives in Gonzales, LA.

Meet Carol Mayeux

Functions Filled

She handles the front desk as our receptionist. She coordinates phone communications with customers, suppliers and employees. The maintaining/updating of critical administrative schedules is a task that she handles. She supports the putting together of repair reports. She supports the formalizing of a more professional quality system. She does purchasing for selected items.

Background Experience

IPS team member since 2007, Carol comes to us with more than 20 years work experience. She spent 18 years with a specialty paper company filling operations and administrative assignments.

Educational and Personal Background

She lives in Zachary, LA.

Meet Gary Gibson

Functions Filled

Supervision of the shipping and receiving done by the plant. He is involved in directing and scheduling internal/external resources to handle pick up/delivery tasks needed by our customers and suppliers. He monitors consumables used in shipping/receiving and maintains their level. He maintains the vehicles assigned to the plant. The Safety Program monitoring is a direct task that he performs.

Background Experience

IPS team member since 1997, he has more than 20 years experience in our industry. He started his career as a welder’s helper. He accumulated more than 10 years experience involved with employee safety conditions before joining us. He started at IPS as a truck driver.

Educational and Personal Background

Denham Springs

Meet Jordan Fontenot

Functions Filled

Jordan handles the customer service functions for the CNC manufacturing department and also fills the role as Field Service Coordinator and CSR. He is responsible for the estimating, purchasing and ERP functions for all aspects of the CNC shop. He also handles some manual parts as well as repairs as needed. In his role as CSR and Coordinator for Field Services, Jordan is responsible for estimating, purchasing and ERP for field service operations. He works closely with the manufacturing shop manager and the Field Services supervisors.

Background Experience

Jordan came to IPS from the University of Louisiana – Lafayette where he finished his Bachelors degree in Industrial Technology. He brought some CNC manufacturing experience with him from his job as a machinist while in college. He started with IPS in June of 2013.

Educational and Personal Background

He resides in Breaux Bridge, LA.

Meet Charles Jarreau

Functions Filled

He handles the CSR function for repairs at IPS, which includes estimating, planning, scheduling and purchasing for most of the repair jobs in the shop. He expends considerable time interfacing with support shops and material suppliers. He works closely with Sales and Operations to ensure that information and resources flow smoothly between the customers and departments at IPS.

Background Experience

IPS team member since 1992, Charles has more than 30 years experience in the machinery repair business. He has an extensive background in parts manufacturing, machinery repair and service. His is always a ‘can do’ approach.

Educational and Personal Background

Denham Springs, LA

Meet Tiger Holt

Functions Filled

Supervisor – Field Service

Background Experience

Tiger has extensive experience in field machining and millwright work. He recently came back to IPS after a few years stint with a major field machining and millwright service company.

Educational and Personal Background

Central, LA

Meet Paul Bennett

Functions Filled

Operations Manager

Background Experience

Paul has been with IPS since 2002 and has worked as a truck driver, saw operator, machinist, leadman and now as the supervisor of our manual machining and repair departments. Paul has a can-do attitude and will do what it takes to make sure that jobs get done right and on time.

Educational and Personal Background

Deon Landry

Functions Filled

Deon is a long time sales rep in the field machining and field services business.

Background Experience

He worked as a field machinist prior to going into sales and has extensive knowledge and experience in that area. Deon was hired to replace Bill Boudet who recently retired after almost 13 years with IPS.

Educational & Personal Background

Deon is originally from Central, LA and currently resides in the South Baton Rouge area.