Core Leadership
President and Chief Executive Officer, Dee Gillette-Spencer
Dee Gillette-Spencer, President/CEO
Dee Gillette-Spencer is the President/Chief Executive Officer of D. Gillette Industrial Services, Inc., a multi-discipline, fabrication, repair, assembly, and engineering firm that she founded in 2002. With a career spanning over thirty years, Dee is a certified Mechanical Engineer with expertise in project management, manufacturing leadership and innovations, Six Sigma, and lean management. Dee is a certified factory repair rep for companies including Ingersoll Rand, ARO, Graco Pump, Titan, and Flynn Burner Corp. She has made a name in the combustion field of operations and been responsible for fuel conservation and efficiencies increase for customers worldwide.
Dee Spencer is a member of the international society of engineers, she is FINRA Series 6 licensed, and has recently graduated from the Emerging Leader Streetwise MBA program sponsored by the SBA. Dee has also attended Churchman’s Business College with a concentration in accounting, Lehigh University’s Manufacturing Leadership Institute and Rutgers Business School (Skanska) building blocks.
Ms. Spencer is a member of the Women Business Enterprise National Committee, National Defense Industrial Association, and Women in Defense. She is a small business advocate and is currently working alongside of PA Representatives in DC to ensure the voices of US Small Businesses continued to be heard on the Hill. Along with son Paul Gillette, Dee leads a team of dedicated professionals who share their commitment to excellence making D. Gillette Industrial Services an industry leader in DOD Manufacturing.
Dee Gillette-Spencer is not only committed in support of our nation and our warfighters, but she is equally committed to serving her community at large. She is passionate about service and has worked with Boy Scouts of America as well as serving as Advisor for Order of the Rainbow for Girls. Dee is a member of the Riverside Rhythm Swing Band and an active member of the Belvidere United Methodist Church. Ms. Spencer believes in providing support for local and national causes from her work at the Childrens Home of Easton (a private orphanage), NORWESCAP (an organization that helps women in transition), to Cerebral Palsy of North Jersey and the Walk for Breast Cancer Awareness.
Paul Gillette, Vice President of Operations
Paul Gillette is a versatile and accomplished professional with a diverse background in both academia and business. He graduated from Ithaca College with a degree in history and went on to work in government contracting, where he made significant contributions in the area of quality management.
Paul developed a comprehensive Quality Approved Program (QAP) that helped contractors meet government standards for their products and services while streamlining the contracting process. He also has experience as an entrepreneur, having owned a business that manufactured and sold pharmaceutical processing machinery.
Currently, Paul serves as the Vice President of Operations at D. Gillette Industrial Services, Inc., where he leverages his expertise in quality management and government contracting to drive operational excellence and business success.
Michele Robert, Project Manager
Michele Robert is an Executive Advisor at JMR Program Management LLC. Michele effectively uses strategic thinking and integrated program management skills to mitigate risk, reduce cost and enhance customer satisfaction. She is highly proficient in integrated planning and ensures traceability between cost, schedule, technical and quality requirements. Michele developed several Program Management training modules that are being presented, and she has sponsored several Small Business Administrations, Procurement Technical Assistance Centers, and the National Defense Industrial Association. These courses are designed to grow capabilities of businesses that are pursuing contracts within the government sector.
Nicholas Hummer, Chief Financial Officer
Nicholas Hummer is a skilled Finance Officer with expertise in government contracting and financial management. He graduated with a bachelor's degree and has been involved in government contracting with D. Gillette Industrial Services, where he has demonstrated proficiency in Wide Area Workflow and the process of getting paid by the federal government.
Nicholas has facilitated the approval of D. Gillette Industrial Services' accounting system with the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) and has proven to be a valuable asset to the organization. With his extensive knowledge in financial management and government contracting, Nicholas is poised to continue making significant contributions in his field.
Steven LaCour, Director of Contracts
Steve boasts a rich history in the home medical equipment and medical device production sectors, having dedicated over a decade to Sunrise Medical and its affiliate, DeVilbiss. His tenure saw him excel in diverse roles, including account management, sleep therapy expertise, national business expansion, managing national accounts, and steering the Mid-Atlantic regional direction.
Now, as the contracts director, Steve leverages his extensive manufacturing insights. He is tasked with spearheading project initiatives, overseeing procurement processes, crafting proposals, and nurturing pivotal partnerships.
Josh Nierer, Lead Engineer
Josh Nierer has focused a significant portion of his education and career on the research and development of the Electrical grid system. During his Master’s degree in Energy Systems Engineering at Lehigh University, he worked hand and hand with PPL, the local electric utility, to create an algorithm to predict the best locations based on hosting capacity of electrical lines and devices for the installation of solar farms in the Pennsylvania territory. He then independently sought out the leading research professors in electrical systems, material selection, and renewable resources (Rudy Shankar, John N. DuPont, Arindam Banerjee) and worked with them to create new technology in the field of Micro-Hydro Grid generation technology. After graduating Josh went on to work as a Distributions Systems Operator at PPL, controlling the Distribution grid for 1.5 Million Customers. There he got hands on experience reprograming line devices, communication cable design and installation, cable testing techniques, inspecting equipment, and installing electrical lines.
After joining the DGI Team as Lead Project Engineer, Josh has worked on a multitude of projects both government and commercial. Most notable are the QEC NP2000 Propeller Dolly and the ARS Pod Preservation. The QEC NP2000 Propeller Dolly is a common store dolly used for the T-56 and AE2100 Engines to be maintenance while the propeller remains installed. This project followed and met all program and design review requirements. The ARS Pod Preservation project pushed the boundaries of technology by using a FARO Laser Line Scanner to Measure and assess the condition of damaged or obsolete ARS Pods and create quality analysis to be used for the recreation or restoration of these pods. Josh has worked with FARO and Polyworks to create a new system that will revalorize the obsolescence of Parts so that even without drawings parts can be scanned and recreated in three dimensions with seconds.