There are a number of
consultants in the field who can design and build custom instrumentation, design and write custom software for NIR, or help design entire IT networks for QbD/PAT applications:
Instrumentation:
John Coates, Ph.D. Coates Consulting
Many years of custom design and building spectrometers for specific uses. Numerous compact spectroscopic instruments now on the market have been designed by John.
Specialty Chemometric/Statistical Software, Statistical Design, Chemometrics:
Howard Mark, Ph.D. Near Infrared Research Corporation
Over 30 years of experience in Chemometrics, statistics, software writing, and instrument design for NIR, Howard is a world-class consultant, author and lecturer. My co-presenter for the ACS and CfPA NIR Short Courses and coworker for 25 years.