My name is Daniel T. Daley. Friends call me Dan. I am from Omaha Nebraska. I attended the University of Nebraska and graduated in 1971 with a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering and a commission in the US Air Force. After serving a tour as an Air Force officer (in Selma Alabama and Osan Korea), I returned to school at the University of Missouri, Columbia. There I received a MS in Mechanical Engineering.

My career began with Shell Oil Company where I held a variety of positions in engineering, maintenance and operations. I held the position of Director of Maintenance and Reliability for several companies including Shell, OxyChem and Valero. I retired from Union Pacific railroad were I was the Director of Locomotive Engineering and Quality. For the last five years I have been providing consulting services through my company My Reliability Team based on concepts contained in my books to a variety of clients. I am always looking for more clients.

All of my assignments have focused on reliability and maintenance engineering. In these roles, I have had the opportunity to supervise some very good young engineers. During those experiences, there were frequent occasions I wished I have some brief yet direct books for them to use to supplement the person-to-person training I was providing. The books I have written are intended to fill that void.

Services in support of applying the concepts described in these books are available from My Reliability Team.