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 Quarterly Report of HEI, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended February 25, 2006, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Mack V. Traynor, 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 Mack V. Traynor, III
Chief Executive Officer and President

Date: April 10, 2006