Scaling automation solutions for farming professionals and homesteaders. Shireware products can move and protect your pastured animals with lightweight automation that doesn’t require batteries or grid access.

Pioneered a two-year Industry 4.0 manufacturing technologies development program for AME immersions in controls, robotics, test systems, and equipment data collection.- Led controls projects in laundry, dish, refrigeration, and plastics manufacturing facilities across the United States while working with EHS, quality, maintenance, and production staff. - Enforced GEA controls and safety standards for equipment qualification and acceptance.- Completed safety risk assessments, per ISO 13849-1, for pre-existing and newly designed manufacturing equipment, including multiple servos, FANUC robots, and zoned safety.- Provided evaluation of control systems to cross-functional team for cost-savings, factory layout, GEA standard-compliance, supplier ability, and solution longevity. - Designed test control panels for servo drives, machine vision applications, and appliance firmware flashing while following industry design and safety standards. - Used Allen-Bradley programming software to troubleshoot plant PLCs and prototype new systems.

Completed controls system integration projects in various industries – including design, risk assessment, installation, and start-up of dozens of electrical power and control systems.Focus in electrical and controls design with responsibilities for - NFPA, U.L. 508A, and TÜV Rheinland compliance, documentation, and certification- Electrical contractor specifications creation - schematics, panel layouts, cable tray system, and construction documents- Field service engineering with modern and legacy Allen-Bradley control systems- Start-up support including PowerFlex750 series drives and Stratix 5700 Ethernet Switch configuration- Quality assurance in industrial control panel fabrication and motor control center design- Co-op program coordinator with University of Louisville J.B. Speed School

Design and build for electrical control systems on custom cooperage and railway machines. State-of-the-art automated cooperage systems for wood loading , barrel head rounders, charring processes, rollout machines, barrel croze cutters, hoop placement, and hoop driving. AutoCAD drafting, PLC programming, user manual creation, panel building, field wiring, and on-site commissioning.

Focus in power and control systems design, specifications drafting, electrical drafting, oil and gas industry standards, and NEC requirements.