ALLEN PLYMON is President of Plymon Vibration Consultants, LLC. He provides consulting and training to many industrial clients including acceptance testing, root cause failure analysis, advanced testing methodologies and analysis, and troubleshooting, balancing, remote monitoring and reliability concepts. Allen is a Category IV Vibration Specialist, through the Vibration Institute. He has over 30 years of experience identifying and solving complex machine, process, and structural issues both in a variety of OEM and Repair Centers and a wide variety of industrial plant applications. He serves as Executive Vice President for the Vibration Institute Board of Directors, is member of the Vibration Institute Training Committee, and a current Vibration Institute Instructor.