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Edward R. Sherwin is a Senior Engineer with IIT Research Institute, where he has worked on a variety of reliability projects for both government and industry. Before joining IITRI, he spent 25 years with Carrier Corporation, a division of United Technologies, as the Program Manager of Manufacturing & Process Technologies for Carrier's worldwide manufacturing operations. He also was an adjunct professor and taught Engineering Economy at Syracuse University.

Mr. Sherwin holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Dayton and a M.S. in Engineering Science from Pennsylvania State University. He is also a registered professional engineer.