EXHIBIT 32.1

                CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
      AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

         In connection with the Annual Report of HEI, Inc. (the "Company") on
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2003, as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Mack V.
Traynor, III, Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company, certify,
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to the best of my knowledge:

         (1)      The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section
                  13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

         (2)      The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in
                  all material respects, the financial condition and results of
                  operations of the Company.


                                     /s/ Mack V. Traynor, III
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                                     Mack V. Traynor, III
                                     Chief Executive Officer and President
                                     December 16, 2003