Gregory Dexter is a metallurgical consultant with over 53 years of experience in performing failure analysis, materials evaluation and remaining life assessments involving equipment and components used in mining, oil / gas drilling, power generating stations, marine environments, pulp & paper plants and petrochemical refineries. He is the owner of a commercial heat treatment company and consulting engineering firm that specializes in the heat treatment of high speed and tool steel components. Experienced in trouble shooting captive and commercial heat treatment equipment and processes, preparing heat treatment specifications for manufactured components and establishing quality assurance and quality control programs in manufacturing plants.Gregory has extensive experience in the metallurgical inspection of ferrous and non-ferrous castings, piping, tubing, forgings, weldments, and other components to the requirements of ASME, ASTM, API, AWS and other National Standards; as well as Military and Federal Specifications.He has been qualified as a Level II Nondestructive Examiner in accordance with ASNT, SNT - TC - 1A in Visual, Liquid Penetrant and Magnetic Particle Examination procedures.Gregory Dexter has authored and presented technical papers at ASM International and IHEA Conferences involving the heat treatment of tools and components, as well as articles on heat treating for trade publications. He has been a member of the Salt Bath Committee of ASM International and is active in ASM’s Rhode Island Chapter, having served as the chairman from 2003 to 2005.