Engineering professionals in Industrial automation
IMI Industrial Automation has two of these industrial automation engineers, and Yokogawa, TARGAN Inc., CAN-ENG Furnaces International Ltd., Integrion Automation, Tri Tech Automation, Stevia Automation, NKE Automation and Ernst Pennekamp GmbH & Co. OHG one each, from PLC programming to vice president of engineering. A call fits decisions on control system design, automation projects and commissioning, pneumatic and motion systems or machine vision on a line.
Professionals to explore
Chris Mulholland CET
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Automation Engineering · CAN-ENG Furnaces International Ltd.
CAN-ENG Furnaces International Ltd. is where Chris Mulholland CET has worked as Vice President of Automation Engineering since 2013, Vice President of Engineering (2003–2013), Engineering Manager, Standard Products (2000–2003) and in electrical engineering supervisor and project leader roles (1994–2000). Mulholland describes a background in complex machine building and industrial automation in the OEM field.
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Christoph Heimansberg
LinkedInExperience: Head of Industrial Automation · Ernst Pennekamp GmbH & Co. OHG
Head of Industrial Automation at Ernst Pennekamp GmbH & Co. OHG since 2024, Christoph Heimansberg held Application Engineering Manager (2023–2025) and Sr. Automation Controls Engineer (2019–2023) at Parker Hannifin, Technical Manager - Industrial Automation at Delta Electronics (2016–2019) and Head of Machinery Software Development and Cabinet Design at Pennekamp GmbH & Co. OHG (2009–2016). Motion systems and IoT are the focus areas Heimansberg names.
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Danilo Frammartino
LinkedInExperience: Technical Director · NKE Automation
Bringing an automation product into production suits Danilo Frammartino, Technical Director at NKE Automation since 2023, who describes a long career in industrial automation across product development, R&D, industrialization and manufacturing engineering. Frammartino was Technical Director - Tubiflex at Interpump Group S.p.A. (2021–2023) and Manufacturing Engineering Director at Merlo Global (2020–2021).
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Gurbej Singh
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering · IMI Industrial Automation
Global engineering organizations that deliver platforms across commercial vehicles, life science and industrial automation are what Gurbej Singh describes leading, a fit for questions on product platform engineering. Singh has been Director of Engineering at IMI Industrial Automation since 2022, with Sr Engineering Manager (2021–2022), Senior General Manager (2019–2021) and General Manager (2016–2019) roles at the same company.
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Igor Pułanecki
LinkedInExperience: Technical Director · Stevia Automation
Igor Pułanecki has been Technical Director at Stevia Automation since 2022, with Software Team Manager (2018–2022) and PLC Programmer (2014–2018) roles there and Automation Engineer at Unilever (2012–2014). Pułanecki describes designing and implementing control systems for intralogistics and automotive, a fit for PLC software and control system questions.
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Matt Mekschun
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Engineering · TARGAN Inc.
Machine vision is among the focus areas for Matt Mekschun, Vice President of Engineering at TARGAN Inc. since 2025, who describes more than three decades designing and developing advanced machinery. Mekschun's other TARGAN roles were Director of Controls and Electrical Engineering (2021–2025), Controls Engineering Manager (2020–2022) and Senior Controls Engineer (2019–2021).
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Paul Mackay Pereda
LinkedInExperience: Former Director of Systems Engineering · Yokogawa
Since 2026, Paul Mackay Pereda has been Director of Systems Engineering at Yokogawa, and was Engineering Manager I (2020–2026) and Lead Engineer (2015–2020) at Yokogawa Corporation of America, with Control Systems Engineer (2011–2013) and Engineering & Services Supervisor (2013) roles at Yokogawa. Mackay Pereda describes more than 20 years in industrial automation and systems engineering.
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Santhosh Thangavelu
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering and Project Management · Integrion Automation
Santhosh Thangavelu has been Director of Engineering and Project Management at Integrion Automation since 2025. At ATS Corporation, Thangavelu was Division Director, NASC (2024), Director of Operations (2023–2024) and Director of Project Management (2022–2023), and was Manager, Project Management at HORIBA INSTRUMENTS (2015–2022), a fit for automation project delivery questions.
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Stephan Merkelbach
LinkedInExperience: Engineering Director - Technical Centre Alpen · IMI Industrial Automation
Simulation and thermodynamic analysis of pneumatic systems are the specialties Stephan Merkelbach, Dr.-Ing., names. Merkelbach has been Engineering Director - Technical Centre Alpen at IMI Industrial Automation since 2024, with Technical Manager - Application Engineering (2023–2024), Teamleiter Industrial Controls Centre (2021–2023) and Application Engineer (2019–2021) roles there, and was a research associate at the Institute for Fluid Power Drives and Systems (2013–2018).
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Wayne Noblin, PE, MSOM
LinkedInExperience: Managing Director, Engineering Professional Services · Tri Tech Automation
Wayne Noblin, PE, MSOM has been Managing Director, Engineering Professional Services at Tri Tech Automation since 2024 and was Senior Automation Manager at Gray AES (2021–2024). Noblin also worked as Lead Controls Engineer at Tyson Foods (2015–2021) and Controls Engineer at John Zink (2013–2015), and names smart manufacturing, CAPEX and PLC/SCADA among areas, a fit for plant controls questions.
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Choose the right perspective
For machine design and controls engineering, Matt Mekschun, Chris Mulholland CET and Igor Pułanecki; for automation projects and professional services, Santhosh Thangavelu and Wayne Noblin, PE, MSOM. Paul Mackay Pereda fits control systems engineering at Yokogawa, Gurbej Singh global product engineering at IMI Industrial Automation, Stephan Merkelbach pneumatic system simulation, Christoph Heimansberg motion and IoT, and Danilo Frammartino product industrialization.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01Which PLC or control architecture choices cause the most trouble when a machine has to be modified or expanded later?
- 02How do automation integrators and plant owners split responsibility for commissioning and acceptance testing?
- 03Where has machine vision or IoT monitoring paid off on a production line, and where did it add complexity without value?
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