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Dr. Dobbs, Ph.D., P.E., has worked at every level from design engineer to technical director of an Army Major Commodity Command at the two-star level. He has worked as a hands-on engineer and scientist in industry and government, commanded field units, managed Army R & D programs and laboratories, and Guided development of a new family of tactical vehicles for the Army, including the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) now known as the "Hummer", which uses Vernon Gleasman's Torsen® differential.
At the end of 1985, Herbert H. Dobbs left government service and started his own consulting practice and began working with the Gleasmans to develop and market Vernon Gleasman's inventions. He holds several patents of his own and, among many affiliations, is a member of SAE, ASME, NSPE, AAAS, Sigma XI, AUSA, NDIA and the U.S. Army Science Board. The last named organization is a small group of senior technical and managerial people chosen from industry and academia to provide direct advice to the Secretary of the Army, the Chief of Staff, and the Department of the Army concerning issues of policy, budgets, doctrine, organization, training and technology. | 