I studied mechanical engineering at Louisiana Tech, but the roles that followed pulled me steadily toward automation and controls.
The path
- Valveworks USA — designed API 6A certified wellhead and christmas-tree equipment in Autodesk Inventor, and led strength analysis and testing on a new hydraulic actuator product line. This is where I first got hands-on with the gap between a CAD model and a part that has to survive real pressure and cycling.
- Prolec Energy (Manufacturing Process Engineer) — moved from designing parts to improving how they get made: process flow, throughput, and the manufacturing systems around a production line.
- Prolec Energy (Controls Engineer) — now focused on the automation layer itself — the logic, sensors, and control systems that keep a manufacturing process running without a person babysitting every step.
Why this matters for KaizenEdge
The instinct is the same whether it's a production line or an outbound pipeline: find the bottleneck, instrument it, automate the repeatable part, and leave judgment calls to a human. KaizenEdge's outreach pipeline is, in a sense, a controls system for demand generation.