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Operational Technology × Applied AI

I've spent thirty years
keeping pipelines running.
Now I build the AI that understands them.

Sr. Manager of OT Data Solutions at Williams. I own the governance and architecture that turn pipeline and facility telemetry into a trusted enterprise asset — and I build applied AI systems for industrial data problems personally, hands on keyboard.

Current
Sr. Manager, OT Data Solutions, Williams
Based
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Focus
Applied AI for industrial data
01The gap

Most AI practitioners have never sat in a control room. Most OT leaders have never trained a model.

Industrial AI projects rarely fail on the modeling. They fail on assumptions about the data — that tags are clean, that timestamps align, that a historian value means what its name says, that the field device was actually reporting that day. Those assumptions survive a demo and die in production.

I work on both sides of that gap. I've run the control-room systems that generate the data and the governance programs that make it trustworthy, and I build the systems that consume it — including the ones where the right engineering answer turned out to be not using a model at all.

  • 30+ yrs

    Operational technology

    Four SCADA teams across gathering, transmission, storage, and liquids. Multiple full system replacements sequenced to hold control-room availability through every cutover.

  • Hands on

    Applied AI practice

    Computer vision, locally hosted language and vision-language models, real-time voice pipelines, multi-provider inference routing, MCP tool interfaces. TensorFlow Developer certified. I write the code.

  • Enterprise

    OT data governance

    Pioneered the MQTT edge-connector and unified-namespace rollout streaming high-fidelity field data to enterprise analytics in real time — inside OT security boundaries.

02Selected work

Applied AI systems, built independently.

Systems I designed and wrote myself, aimed at problems I met in thirty years of operations. Each has a detailed writeup of the architecture and the decisions behind it.

Additional work lives in private repositories. Happy to walk through architecture, code, and tradeoffs in conversation — just ask.

03Experience

Thirty years of systems that are not allowed to fail.

Control systems supporting 24/7 pipeline operations, across four companies and every scale from field technician to multi-team leadership.

Williams

Current

Tulsa, OK

2009 — Present

Sr. Manager, OT Data Solutions

Apr 2022 — Present
  • Own the standards, governance, and delivery processes that turn pipeline and facility data into a trusted enterprise asset for analytics, reporting, and operations.
  • Pioneered the digital-transformation initiative deploying MQTT-based edge connectors and a unified namespace, streaming high-fidelity OT data from field devices to enterprise analytics platforms in real time.
  • Established governance frameworks that improved data quality and accessibility while holding compliance and OT security boundaries.
  • Operate at the seam between control-room operations and enterprise data teams, translating process constraints into architecture decisions both sides can live with.

Sr. Manager, SCADA

Dec 2009 — Apr 2022
  • Led four SCADA teams supporting pipeline control groups across Gathering & Processing, Transmission, Storage, and Liquids assets.
  • Directed multiple SCADA upgrade and full-replacement programs, sequencing cutovers to protect control-room availability throughout transition.
  • Owned system maintenance, availability, and lifecycle standards for control systems supporting 24/7 pipeline operations.
  • Coordinated DOT and FERC regulatory compliance activities, including documentation and audit readiness.

Atlas Pipeline Mid-Continent

Oklahoma City, OK

2005 — 2009

Director, SCADA & Telecommunications

Nov 2005 — Dec 2009
  • Directed design, implementation, and support of SCADA solutions and telecommunications infrastructure across midstream assets.
  • Managed vendors, technicians, and consultants delivering SCADA and telecom projects.
  • Developed and maintained procedures meeting SOX, DOT, and FERC compliance requirements.

TEPPCO

Houston, TX

2002 — 2005

Lead SCADA Analyst

Feb 2002 — Nov 2005
  • Installed, configured, and maintained Telvent and Wonderware SCADA systems.
  • Developed applications for leak detection, pressure monitoring, batch tracking, and ticketing.
  • Maintained DNS and Active Directory servers supporting the SCADA environment.

OGE Energy Corp

Oklahoma City, OK

1996 — 2002

SCADA Specialist

Dec 1996 — Feb 2002
  • Designed, installed, and maintained communication circuits and SCADA configurations.
  • Supported specification, installation, and commissioning of gas measurement and SCADA equipment.

Earlier

  • Electronic Technician

    Mason & Hanger Inc.

    1992 — 1996

    Installed and maintained electronic security systems protecting nuclear assets. Served on the OSHA compliance team.

  • Telecommunications Analyst

    Phillips Petroleum Co.

    1990 — 1992

    Installed and maintained conventional and trunking radio systems supporting field operations.

  • Sergeant — Avionics & Autopilot Technician

    U.S. Air Force

    1986 — 1990

    Maintained inertial navigation and autopilot systems on AWACS Boeing 707 airframes.

04Capabilities

What I work with.

AI & Machine Learning

  • TensorFlow
  • Locally hosted LLMs & vision-language models
  • LLM-as-judge evaluation
  • MCP tool interfaces & agent design
  • Real-time STT / TTS pipelines
  • Structured output (JSON schema, Zod)
  • Computer vision (OpenCV, contour geometry)

OT & Control Systems

  • CygNet
  • Telvent
  • Wonderware
  • Rockwell / Allen-Bradley
  • MQTT edge connectors
  • Unified namespace architecture
  • Pipeline control-room support

Engineering

  • Python · FastAPI
  • TypeScript · React · Node
  • PostgreSQL · PostGIS
  • Terraform · Azure · Docker
  • OT data governance & architecture
  • Telemetry & telecom — RF, satellite, LTE
  • OT cybersecurity

Leadership & Compliance

  • Multi-team leadership & org development
  • DOT, FERC, SOX compliance
  • Vendor & capital project management
  • Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
05Beyond the day job

Board service, teaching, and credentials.

  • ENTELEC Association

    2023 — Present

    Board Member

    Industry association for energy telecommunications and data professionals.

  • Atlas School

    Present

    Advisory Board Member — AI Curriculum

    Shaping how the next cohort of engineers is taught to build with AI.

  • International School of Hydrocarbon Measurement

    Ongoing

    Instructor

    Teaching measurement and SCADA practice to industry practitioners.

Education

  • M.S., Energy Management

    Oklahoma City University · 2016

  • B.S., Management & Ethics — Magna Cum Laude

    Mid-America Christian University · 2002

  • A.A.S., Electronics & Programming

    Clarendon College · 1986

Certifications

  • TensorFlow Developer Certificate

    Zero To Mastery Academy · 2023

  • Lean Six Sigma Green Belt

    University of Oklahoma

  • NCO Preparatory School

    Community College of the Air Force

06Contact

Let's talk about industrial AI.

Open to conversations about AI and data leadership roles in energy, manufacturing, and industrial software — and to comparing notes with anyone working the same seam.