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IHEA Organization - Committees

Education Committee
The Education Committee is in the process of developing the IHEA Industrial Heat Processing Course which will serve as a valuable program for individuals interested in learning or advancing their knowledge in heat processing technology. The Committee is also engaged in the review and updating of the Association's Combustion Technology Manual and Heat Processing Manual.

  • Committee Chair: Max Hoetzl, Vice President, Engineering, Surface Combustion
  • Max Hoetzl, Vice President, Engineering Surface Combustion, Inc.
  • Brian Kelly, General Manager, Sales Hauck Manufacturing Co.
  • Hans L. Melgaard, Vice President, Despatch Industries, L.P.
  • Don Miller, District Sales Mgr., George Koch Sons LLC,
  • Thomas S. Passek, Associate Managing Director, ASM Heat Treating Society
  • Lachlan L. Perks, President & COO, Eclipse, Inc.
  • Preston L. Roberts, Applications Engineering Consultant, Electrotechnology Applications Center - Northampton Comm. College
  • Michael Shay, President, Hauck Manufacturing Co.
  • John Sultzbaugh, Engineering Manager, Hauck Manufacturing Co.
  • Christopher Thomas, Nat'l. Sales & Mktg Mgr, Process Thermal Dynamics Inc.

Government Relations Committee
The Committee is involved in several initiatives evolving from the U.S. Department of Energy/Office of Industrial Technologies and IHEA joint development of the DOE/IHEA Roadmap of Industrial Heat Processing. The Association is also working with OIT under an Allied Partnership Program. The Committee provides support of the DOE "Process Heating Advisory Committee" which was formed by DOE and IHEA to meet specific needs of user companies in heat processing technology.

  • Committee Chair: Bill Pasley, Southern Co.
  • David Boone, Process Heat Manager, Alabama Power Company
  • David Bovenizer, CEO, Selas Heat Technology Co.
  • Larry E. Dunlap, President/CEO, Fostoria Industries, Inc.
  • Douglas Perks, Chairman & CEO, Eclipse, Inc.
  • Wayne Pettyjohn, Engineer, Georgia Power Company
  • Brian Russell, President, Dry Coolers Inc.
  • Michael Shay, President, Hauck Manufacturing Co.
  • Steve Sikirica, Assoc. Dir., Process Heating, Gas Technology Institute
  • Jim Tebbs, Eurotherm Ltd.
  • Dave Toocheck, Regional Manager, Elster-Kromschroder Inc.
  • Sandra K. Tuttle, Product Manager Duke Energy
  • Dr. Michael V. Vasilik, Director - ETAC, Electrotechnology Applications Center - Northampton Comm. College
  • Virgus Volertas, Marketing Manager, Honeywell International

Marketing Communications & Membership Committee
The Committee is involved in the communications and public relations activities of the organization, covering the association's publications, association on-line website activities, media relations, membership promotion, educational seminars promotion and other related industry programs.

  • Committee Chair: Doug Glenn, Publisher, Industrial Heating Magazine
  • Anne Armel, Publisher, Process Heating Magazine
  • John A. Barry, President, Ajax Electric Company
  • David Boone, Process Heat Manager,Alabama Power Company
  • Brian Bunkenburg, Custom Product & New Product Development Director, Despatch Industries, L.P.
  • Michelle Caplinger-Cherry, Owner, Wellman Furnaces Inc.
  • Jay H. Cherry, President/Owner, Wellman Furnaces Inc.
  • John Devine, Vice President - Sales & Marketing, Fireye Inc.
  • Andrew Dudas, Eurotherm, Eurotherm Inc.
  • Larry E. Dunlap, President/CEO, Fostoria Industries, Inc.
  • William R. Gasbarre, Marketing/ Sales Director, C. I. Hayes, Division of Gasbarre Products, Inc.
  • Robert F. Green, President-USA Business Unit, Bloom Engineering Company, Inc.
  • Dr. Gutmann Habig, General Secretary, CECOF
  • Paul Huber, Chairman, Seco/Warwick Corp.
  • Roy Hardy, Spinworks, LLC.
  • Scott Kinney, National Sales Manager, Rolled Alloys
  • Vin LeGendre, ASM Heat Treating Society
  • Sara Madugula, Industrial Marketing Manager, TVA
  • Gary Metzger, Sales Engineer, ITW BGK Finishing Systems,
  • David Miller, General Sales Manager, Duke Energy
  • Bob Narang, Radiant Energy Systems, Inc.
  • Patrick O'Keefe, Marketing Manager, Eclipse, Inc.
  • Tim Proctor, Sales Manager, Duke Energy
  • Kevin Riley, President, Fireye Inc.
  • John Searle, VP Strategic Marketing, Eclipse, Inc.
  • Donna Stelman, Vice President, Ajax Electric Company
  • Christopher Thomas, Nat'l. Sales & Mktg Mgr, Process Thermal Dynamics Inc.

IRED Committee

  • Committee Chair: Mark R. Gentry, Account Engineer, Advanced Energy
  • Hamid Abbasi, Exec. Dir., Energy Utilization Center, Gas Technology Institute
  • Larry Ahle, VP Manufacturing, Fostoria Industries, Inc.
  • Anne Armel, Publisher, Process Heating Magazine
  • Thomas S. Bannos, President ,Red-Ray Manufacturing Co., Inc.
  • Robert G. Beattie, President, Process Thermal Dynamics Inc.
  • David Boone, Process Heat Manager, Alabama Power Company
  • Brian Bunkenburg, Custom Product & New Product Development Director, Despatch Industries, L.P.
  • Jerry Donaldson, Treasurer, Fostoria Industries, Inc.
  • Ken Dulaney, Mechanical Engineer, Advanced Energy
  • Larry E. Dunlap, President/CEO, Fostoria Industries, Inc.
  • Edward Eckhart, Sr. Sales Engineer ,ITW BGK Finishing Systems
  • Steve W. Fruth, V.P. & Division Mgr., Process Heat Div. Fostoria Industries, Inc.
  • Doug Glenn, Publisher, BNP Media
  • Mort Hansen, Fostoria Industries, Inc.
  • Dale Holroyd, Sr. Vice Pres., Catalytic Industrial Systems
  • Tim Lee, General Sales Manager, Maxon Corp.
  • William Liss, Managing Director, Gas Technology Institute
  • Sara Madugula, Industrial Marketing Manager, TVA
  • Cheryl McFarland, AL Power Co., Tech Application Ctr. Southern Co.
  • Hans L. Melgaard, Vice President, Despatch Industries, L.P.
  • Gary Metzger, Sales Engineer, ITW BGK Finishing Systems
  • David Miller, General Sales Manager, Duke Energy
  • Don Miller, District Sales Mgr., George Koch Sons LLC
  • Bob Narang, Radiant Energy Systems, Inc.
  • Steve Oman, International Sales Director, Despatch Industries, L.P.
  • Tim O'Neal, Vice President, Red-Ray Manufacturing Co., Inc.
  • W. E. Pasley, Consultant, Southern Co.
  • Wayne Pettyjohn, Engineer, Georgia Power Company
  • Rich Philip, Industrial Segment Manager, Duke Energy
  • John Podach, Application Sales Engineer, Fostoria Industries, Inc.
  • Tim Proctor, Sales Manager, Duke Energy
  • Preston L. Roberts, Applications Engineering Consultant, Electrotechnology Applications Center - Northampton Comm. College
  • Steve Sikirica, Assoc. Dir., Process Heating, Gas Technology Institute
  • Christopher Thomas, Nat'l. Sales & Mktg Mgr, Process Thermal Dynamics Inc.
  • Sandra K. Tuttle, Product Manager, Duke Energy
  • Dr. Michael V. Vasilik, Director - ETAC, Electrotechnology Applications Center - Northampton Comm. College
  • Sam Woehler, Director of Sales Koch Sons LLC, George

Program Planning Committee
The Committee is involved in developing the program and related activities for the Association's Annual Meeting, including recommendations for subject matter, speaker designations, and other functions of the meeting. Development of the Annual Fall Conference is also a responsibility of the Program Planning Committee.

  • Committee Chair: Gary Berwick, Vice President, SBS Corp.
  • Thomas S. Bannos, President, Red-Ray Manufacturing Co., Inc.
  • Jeffrey W. Boswell, President, Seco/Warwick Corp.
  • Robert Edwards, President, Custom Electric Manufacturing Company
  • Steve W. Fruth, V.P. & Division Mgr., Process Heat Div., Fostoria Industries, Inc.
  • Anne Goyer, Executive VP, Industrial Heating Equipment Association (IHEA)
  • Arthur Russo, Treasurer/Secretary & CFO, Seco/Warwick Corp.
  • Jeffrey Smith, President, SBS Corporation
  • Donna Stelman, Vice President, Ajax Electric Company

Safety Standards and Codes Committee
The Committee reviews all standards standing and proposed by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and other organizations relating to industrial furnaces and ovens. Changes to the NFPA 86 Series Standards proposed by the Committee are submitted to the NFPA 86 Committee for review and approval. A current program of a special Sub-Committee involves a review of U.S. and European industrial heat processing standards to determine possible differences and effects.

  • Committee Chair: Ted Jablkowski, PE, North America Manufacturing Co.
  • Larry Ahle, VP Manufacturing,F ostoria Industries, Inc.
  • Alan Benz, VP Sales, Eclipse, Inc.
  • Thomas Blanchard, Exec VP, Wellman Furnaces Inc.
  • Thomas Bovalina, Vice President Operations, LOI, Inc.
  • Brian Bunkenburg, Custom Product & New Product Development Director, Despatch Industries, L.P.
  • Sid Cannon, Product Mgr. - Process Ovens, Steelman Industries, Inc.
  • Kevin Carlisle, Approvals Engineer, Karl Dungs, Inc.
  • Sean Caton, Industrial/OEM Market Mgr, Honeywell International
  • John B. Clarke, President, Diamond Engineering Co.
  • David Collier, Vice President, Engineering Eclipse, Inc.
  • John Dauer, Sales Manager, Siemens Building Technologies
  • Mike Debier, CECOF
  • Robert Edwards, President, Custom Electric Manufacturing Company
  • Fred Fuhrman, Controls Engineer ,Hauck Manufacturing Co.
  • Brian Hall, Vice President, Sales, Elster-Kromschroder Inc.
  • Morihiko Imada, GM, R&D Chugai Ro Co., Ltd.
  • Mike Kasprzyk, President, INEX Corp.
  • William M. Keough, President & CEO, AFC-Holcroft L.L.C.
  • Tim Lee, General Sales Manager, Maxon Corp.
  • Steven Mickey, Engineering Manager, WS Thermal Process Technology Inc.
  • Craig Moller, Chief Engineer, Ipsen International, Inc.
  • Steve Ogonek, President, Elster-Kromschroder Inc.
  • John Podach, Application Sales Engineer, Fostoria Industries, Inc.
  • Jeff Rafter, Mgr. - Application Engineering, Maxon Corp.
  • Taketo Sasaki, Mgr., Technical Office, Japan Industrial Furnace Manufacturers Assoc.
  • Tom Scheck, Director of Solutions, Eurotherm Inc.
  • James Stefko, Project Engineer, Bloom Engineering Company, Inc.
  • Mark Stender, Electrical Engineer, Surface Combustion, Inc.
  • Thomas D. Taylor, Fostoria Industries, Inc.
  • Jim Tebbs, Eurotherm Ltd.
  • Paul Wisnieski, Regional Sales Manager, Fireye Inc.
  • William Wolfe, President, LOI, Inc.
  • Dr. Joachim G. Wuenning, President, WS Thermal Process Technology Inc.


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