St. Louis, MO
2023 Inducted into the Academy of Electrical and Computer Engineering
EDUCATION
1977 BSEE – University of Missouri – Rolla
WORK EXPERIENCE
1996 – 2022 Co-founder and CEO of Stone Technologies, an Industrial Systems Integration Engineering Company based in St. Louis (now part of Gray Solutions)
1988 – 1996 Sverdrup Corporation – Director of Advanced Manufacturing and Manager of Systems Integration
1978 – 1988 Field Engineer for Square D Company (Now Schneider Electric) in Grand Rapids, MI and St. Louis, MO
OTHER
While at Stone Technologies:
Company named Systems Integrator of the Year by Control Engineering Magazine
Listed in INC Magazine’s 500 Fastest Growing Private Companies
Awarded Control Systems Integrator Association SI of the Year
Named a System Integrator Giant by Control Engineering Magazine multiple years
St. Louis Post-Dispatch Top Workplace five years in a row
While at Sverdrup Corporation – Winner of the Master Builders Award for most successful project of the year
Board Member of the Control Systems Integrator Association and received the “Charlie Bergman – Remember Me” award
Founding member and past Chairman of the Automation Alliance Group, a consortium of 10 international Systems Integration companies.
Presented numerous papers on Strategies for Successful Systems Integrators, Benefits and Application of Overall Equipment Effectiveness Systems, and Industrial Automation Strategies
Member of Young Entrepreneurs Organization (now EO), Forum of Business Owners and mentor for growing companies