EXHIBIT 23.8

                  CONSENT OF PERSON NAMED TO BECOME A DIRECTOR

      Pursuant to Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Act"), I hereby consent to the use of my name and any references to me as a
person nominated to become a director of Innovative Valve Technologies, Inc.
("Invatec") in the Prospectus constituting a part of Invatec's Registration
Statement on Form S-1 to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
pursuant to the Act.

      Dated:  July 30, 1997

                                               /S/ T. WAYNE WREN, JR.
                                               Name: T. Wayne Wren, Jr.