Gary W. Wamsley, PE, CEM, an engineering consultant with expertise in industrial energy management and plant-utility-system optimization, is the newest member of HPAC Engineering's Editorial Advisory Board.

As president of Alpharetta, Ga.-based JoGar Energy Services (www.jogarenergy.com), Wamsley, who has 40 years of plant-operation and management experience in the tire, aerospace, and paper industries, specializes in on-site utility-system reviews for commercial and industrial clients. Also, he conducts boiler-operation inspections, performs ASME boiler-efficiency testing, and provides specialized training related to HVAC, energy management, and boiler, pump, compressed-air, and water systems. His industrial-boiler-system experience ranges from small fire-tube units to 1,500-psig coal-fired cogeneration plants.

Recently, Wamsley served as a technical consultant for a Fortune 100 company, coordinating its corporate energy program, conducting plant energy reviews, optimizing boiler plants, performing process-equipment utility evaluations, implementing energy projects, and conducting technical training.

As engineering technical leader for Kimberly-Clark Corp. from 1988 to 2006, Wamsley provided staff support in all phases of plant utility operations, utility-project support, and energy-management oversight and process-systems optimization at more than 120 facilities worldwide.

Wamsley has a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from West Virginia University and is a member of ASME, the American Institute of Plant Engineers, the National Society of Professional Engineers, and the Association of Energy Engineers.

HPAC Engineering's Editorial Advisory Board is comprised of 32 distinguished professionals serving the HVACR industry. Possessing expertise in various engineering and scientific fields, they provide valuable assistance to the magazine's editors.

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