Founder & CEO
Jennifer Herron, CEO of Action Engineering, spearheads a Women-Owned Small Business empowering 3D Data adoption and cultivating a future-focused workforce. With her adept team, she’s counseled 180+ organizations since 2008, offering holistic coaching and training. A driving force behind Model-Based Enterprise (MBE) transitions through Model-Based Definition (MBD), Jennifer actively shapes industry evolution by engaging in leading standards bodies. Notably, she contributes to the Digital Metrology Standards Consortium (DMSC) Board, shaping QIF and ISO 10303 for digital twins. Possessing extensive expertise in hardware design for spaceflight and military systems, she’s also the holder of a snake propulsion mechanism patent. Leveraging her diverse career, she’s developed CAD modeling best practices, having worked across platforms like Creo, NX, SOLIDWORKS, and Inventor. Her pragmatic insights culminated in “Re-Use Your CAD: The Model-Based CAD Handbook,” the singular guide of its kind.
EXPERIENCE:
- 27 years in the Aerospace & Defense Industry
- 19 years of MBD/MBE Experience
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:
- Engineer in Training (EIT), Missouri
- Board Member, Digital Metrology Standards Consortium (DMSC) since 2017; Committees involved in: Model-Based Characteristics (MBC) Committee, QIF 4.0 Committee, Strategic Planning Committee
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) since 2014; Committees involved in: Model-Base Enterprise (MBE) Standards Committee, Y14.46 Product Definition for Additive Manufacturing, Y14.47 Model Organization Practices, MBE/Y14 Harmonization Committee
- AIAA 2014-2015: S120A and RP-A-3 Mass Standards Committee
- DEDMWG Member since 2016: MIL-STD-31000B
- Dept of Defense Manufacturing Technology Program; Joint Defense Manufacturing Council, Joint Additive Manufacturing Working Group, DME Panel
- AIAG – 3D TDP Committee since 2020
- Patent for Toroidal Propulsion and Steering System (Snake)
- Certified Scrum Product Owner®
- Certified SolidWorks Associate