Heat Treat Consultant: Herb Dwyer
Name: Herbert (Herb) E. Dwyer
Location: University Place, WA
Years in Industry: 50+
Company: Herb Dwyer & Associates LLC Consulting
Consulting Specialties:
- International business development
- Electromechanical manufacturing
- Reshoring
- Solar technology and related infrastructure
- Quality systems
- Zero defect processes
- Manufacturing readiness
- Sourcing of technology based products and systems including IP licensing and patents
- “Greenfield” manufacturing facilities
- Heat treating furnaces optimization
- Implementation of “lean mfg”
- Thermal measurements up to 4172°F
Briefly:
Herbert Dwyer is the CTO of Nanmac and the president of Herb Dwyer & Associates LLC Consulting. Herb has a total of 50+ years in product development including thermal and pressure sensors for aviation, power plants (coal and nuclear), solar (utility 50+ MW), and molten salt storage plants. Herb has a BS in Marketing and Materials Science from Northwestern University and an MBA from Boston College, as well as additional studies at RPI (Troy, NY) in Operations Management, with a focus on Statistics and Electronics. With over 150 consulting assignments throughout the world, Herb is a wealth of information on international manufacturing, quality, lean processes, process development, root cause identification, sales and marketing of technology-based products, and systems including IP licensing and patents.
Publications or Significant Accomplishments:
- President, Herb Dwyer & Associates LLC Consulting
- CTO, Nanmac
- Organizing Chair of the ITS10 Symposium/Tutorials in April of 2023, and the Vice Chair of the ASTM E20 Temperature Measuring Committee
- Co-Author, “Exploring Thermal Sensors in Hydrogen Atmosphere for Turbines,” Heat Treat Today December 2021 Medical/Energy print edition
- Sr. Advisor/Lead Consultant, Kevin Kennedy Associates, Inc.
- Sales & Marketing Manager, Military Group (Consultant Basis)
- Acting Sales & Marketing Manager, Piconics, Inc. (Consultant Basis)
- Acting VP/Operations & VP Sales and Marketing, SatCon Electronics
- VP Sales & Marketing/Co-Founder, later Acting VP Manufacturing, Zecal Corporation
- VP Sales & Marketing/Co-Founder, later acting VP Engineering, AMTX, Inc.
- President/Founder, Hybrilonics, Inc.
- Member, Vice Chair, ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials) E20 Committee
- Member, Propulsion Instrumentation Working Group (turbines)
- Qualified HACCP Auditor
- Certified GM Mark of Excellence Auditor
- ISO Auditor
- Qualified Six Sigma trainer
- Member of ASQ
References (contact info available upon request):
- Elnik
- MICC
- Rhenium Alloys