Heat Treat Consultant: Doug Glenn
Name: Doug Glenn
Company Name: Heat Treat Today
Location: New Castle, Pennsylvania, USA
Years In Industry: 30+
Consulting Specialties:
- Marketing
- Business Development
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Leadership & Sales Training
Briefly:
Doug spent 20 years as the publisher of Industrial Heating magazine where he and his very competent team tripled the magazine’s revenues including the start of a Chinese edition, a Brazilian edition, and an India edition. Doug and former Industrial Heating publisher, Dave Lurie, are responsible for founding Furnaces North America which is now owned and operated by the Metal Treating Institute. Doug’s has served on the board of directors of both the Metal Treating Institute and the Industrial Heating Equipment Association. Doug loves helping people and is a lover of Jesus Christ.
Publications or Significant Accomplishments:
- Tripled the size of Industrial Heating magazine during my tenure from roughly $1million to $3 million in annual sales (1994-2013)
- Along with Mr. David Lurie, co-founded (1995), produced (1995, 1996, 1998), and then sold (1999) Furnaces North America (FNA – furnacesnorthamerica.com) conference and trade show. FNA is still operational today and is owned and operated by the Metal Treating Institute (heattreatonline.com).
- In cooperation with Arcadis and Georgia Tech, co-founded and produced the first two RemTec Summits (remtecsummit.com) (2009). RemTec is still operational today and is owned by BNP Media (bnpmedia.com). “RemTec” stands for “remediation technology” – and is a leading environmental technology conference.
- Published a 400+ page book entitled From Hitler to Christ: A Journey from Darkness to Light by Karl H. Heller, PhD (2013). This book is available on Amazon. This was a personal project and was not associated with any previous employer. It was done pro bono.
- In cooperation with BNP Media, published the technical book entitled Vacuum Heat Treatment by Mr. Daniel Herring, the Heat Treat Doctor. This book is available at www.industrialheating.com.
- Founded Forging Engineering & Technology (FE&T) magazine, a supplement to Industrial Heating magazine (1997). FE&T folded after 3 years in existence.
- With Mr. Steve Roth, co-founded FORGE magazine (January 2007).
- Founded FORGExpo (2011), the global forging industry’s first virtual tradeshow.
- In cooperation with Chinese publishing partner, Mr. Arlen LUO, Founded and developed Industrial Heating China (February 2005). This special international edition of Industrial Heating is still published, now bi-monthly.
- Founded and developed FORGE China (October 2008).
- Founded Pollution Engineering China
- Founded Process Heating China
- Founded Industrial Heating Brazil (April 2008)
- Founded FORGE Brazil (September 2008)
- Founded Pollution Engineering Brazil (July 2009)
- Founded FORGE India
- Founded Industrial Heating India
- Founded Industrial Heating Economic Indicators (April 2002).This industry resource still exists today.
- List of 15 articles published while I was the publisher of Industrial Heating magazine: http://www.industrialheating.com/authors/1956-doug-glenn/articles
- Along with Mr. Tom Morrison of the Metal Treating Institute, co-founded and produced “Global Heat Treat Summit” (November 2007)
- Founded “Furnace Controls and Sensors Conference” (2006 & 2007)
- Served on the Board of Directors of the Metal Treating Institute (2005-2011).
- Served on the Board of Directors of the Industrial Heating Equipment Association (2007-2013)
- Served as President of the Metal Treating Institute (2009-2010)
- Keynote speaker at Brazil’s largest thermal processing conference, “Temas em Tratamentos Térmicos” (June 2012).
- Keynote speaker at a Polish thermal processing conference, Świebodzin, Poland (August 2013).
Links to Heat Treat Today or Other Online Resources
- Heat Treat Radio interview with John Hubbard. John Hubbard, longtime CEO of Bodycote who retired in 2009, has recently re-enter the market with an aggressive capital investment company located in Baltimore, Maryland. This 20-minute Heat Treat Radio interview gives you all the important news about what Mr. Hubbard and the Calvert Street Capital Partners (CSCP) are planning. (Click here to listen.)
- Heat Treat Radio interview with heat treat consultant, Thomas Wingens. Doug Glenn and Thomas Wingens discuss heat treat industry mega-trends. (Click here to listen.)
- Heat Treat Radio interview with Heat Treat Australia’s Karen Stanton. Karen Stanton, Director–Corporate & Strategy of Heat Treatment Australia (HTA), explains how a growing Australian aerospace and defense market propelled HTA’s launch of their first non-Australian heat treating shop, which is today located in Sante Fe Springs, California, within a reasonable distance of customers and suppliers alike. (Click here to listen.)
- Heat Treat Radio interview with Virtual Visual Survey’s Peter Hushek. An Interview with Peter Hushek about Virtual Visual Surveys a new 3D software that will help minimize temperature uniformity survey failures. Listen to Peter’s description of how this innovative new tool can help aerospace heat treaters know what’s going on inside the furnace during a TUS. (Click here to listen.)
- Click here for other Heat Treat Radio episodes.
References (partial list):
Solar Atmospheres | Solar Manufacturing | Magnetic Specialties | SECO/WARWICK Corp. | SECO/VACUUM Technologies | SECO/WARWICK Group | Bloom Engineering | INEX Incorporated | Custom Electric | Dry Coolers | Industrial Heating Equipment Association | Tenova