Jennifer Herron

Founder and CEO at Action Engineering, LLC

Jennifer Herron is the CEO of Action Engineering, a registered Women-Owned Small Business specializing in guiding organizations through their transformation into a Model-Based Enterprise (MBE) using Model-Based Definition (MBD). She serves on the Digital Metrology Standards Consortium (DMSC) Board of Directors, which maintains the QIF and DMIS standards. Ms. Herron has extensive experience with the hardware design for spaceflight and military systems, and as such, is an expert in multiple CAD packages (e.g., Creo, NX, SOLIDWORKS, Inventor). She holds a patent for a snake propulsion mechanism and is the author of Re-Use Your CAD: The Model-Based CAD Handbook. Because standards are the lynchpin to a digital transformation, she also serves on the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) to write standards that empower all industries to do business differently. EXPERTISE - MBD and MBE Solution Architecture - MBD Pilot Planning - MBD Modeling Standards and Best Practices - Multi-CAD MBD Authoring and Publishing - Multi-CAD MBD and GD&T Coaching - Strategic MBD and MBE Implementation Coaching - MBD Supply Chain Readiness Coaching CREDENTIALS - Board Member, Digital Metrology Standards Consortium (DMSC) - Certified Scrum Product Owner® - MBE ASME Committee - Engineer in Training (EIT), Missouri - Certified SolidWorks Associate - Patent for Toroidal Propulsion and Steering System (Snake)