Meet the Minds Behind the Magic: The VTScada Team at ScadaFest

Every year at ScadaFest, the brightest sparks from VTScada light up the room—not just with their expertise, but with their passion for all things SCADA. Whether they’re leading sessions, answering your toughest questions, or just sharing a laugh over coffee, these are the folks who make the magic happen behind the screens.

Who’s Who at ScadaFest?

From software developers who dream in code to support pros who can troubleshoot in their sleep, our team brings a mix of talent, experience, and personality that makes ScadaFest more than just a conference—it’s a community.

  • The Architects – The visionaries who shape the future of VTScada. Ask them about what’s next—you might just get a sneak peek.
  • The Problem Solvers – Our support and engineering gurus who love a good challenge. Got a tricky setup? They’ve probably seen it (and fixed it).
  • The Storytellers – Trainers, marketers, and documentation wizards who turn complex tech into clear, compelling stories.
  • The Connectors – Sales and partnership pros who know how to match the right solution to the right need—and make it look easy.

ScadaFest isn’t just about learning—it’s about connecting. And there’s no better way to connect than by meeting the people who build, support, and believe in VTScada. So come say hi, ask a question, or just share your SCADA story. We’re all ears.

Alan Hudson
Sales Manager

About

Based in Birmingham, Alabama, Alan brings an extensive background in the monitoring and control industry with 30 years of experience with companies such as Revere Control Systems, Bristol Babcock, Control Microsystems and various key positions within Schneider Electric. Over the years, including his time in college pursuing degrees in Mathematics and Electrical Engineering, Alan has received numerous awards for his presentations and white papers.
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Alex Kaminski
Technical Writer and Trainer (Assistant)

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Alex is a graduate of the IT Programming Diploma from NSCC with almost 5 years of experience as a software generalist and joined Trihedral in 2025.

Andrew Green
Regional Account Manager, GA, AL, MS, AR, Panhandle

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Andrew Green has been working in the water and wastewater industries since 2016 as both a manufacturer and a contractor. He is currently serving as Technical Sales in the southeast for VTScada by Trihedral and his prior experience includes industrial manufacturing, system integration, distribution systems, and smart city initiatives. Andrew has a Bachelor of Science in Marketing from Louisiana Tech University and lives in Birmingham, AL with his wife and two adopted children.

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Andrew McKim
Lead VTScada Software Developer

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Andrew joined Trihedral in 2006. His areas of expertise include the script execution engine, tag and type management, configuration management and the repository, master applications, and the Anywhere Client. Andrew graduated from the University of New Brunswick with a Master’s in Computer Science (computational biology).
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Andrew McRae, Ph.D.
VTScada Software Developer

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Andrew has been a member of the VTScada R&D team since 2018. Prior to this, he studied physics at Concordia University in Montreal, obtaining a PhD in nanoelectronics, where he also honed his skills in data processing and programming. Andrew’s work on VTScada includes Global tag and area filtering, designing the PLC Alarm tag, I/O and calculations tag, tag importing, and implementing custom server lists for drivers. His interests are travel, music, camping, cooking, and disc golf.
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Barry Baker
Vice President, Trihedral

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Barry’s passion began with Trihedral in 1993, after graduating with an Electrical Engineering degree from Dalhousie University and working worldwide with Michelin Tires. Starting as a member of Trihedral’s engineering group developing application code and communications drivers, his responsibilities grew to managing large customer projects and contracts. In 2001 he became a Vice President and is the President of Trihedral’s US operations.
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Blair Sooley
Regional Account Manager, Texas

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Blair has been with Trihedral since 2003 and moved to Houston in 2016 to manage a growing client base in the US Southwest. He earned a Bachelor in Electrical Engineering from Dalhousie University and an MBA from Saint Mary’s University. Blair’s experience includes 30+ years in automation and SCADA across a wide variety of industries. Blair has received awards for public speaking, has appeared in engineering publications, and has served as a Director of the Consulting Engineers of Nova Scotia.
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Blake Curry
Regional Account Manager, SoCaNevUt

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Blake has been a dedicated professional in the industrial automation industry since 2000, specializing in the sales of PLC, HMI, SCADA, and industrial networking products across a wide range of vertical markets in California, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona. His expertise is built on a strong foundation of hands-on experience, having previously served as an automation manager for a drywall manufacturer and as a project manager for a system integrator, where he managed water and wastewater projects nationwide.
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Bryan Sinkler
Regional Account Manager, FL, South GA, NC, SC, VA

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Bryan is a native of Florida, a graduate of the University of Florida, and has been a member of the Trihedral team since 2007. In his current role of Technical Sales, his territory includes Florida and South Georgia. Bryan was previously employed by the City of Ocala, Florida, for 13 years; the last 7 of those years as the SCADA Administrator for the Water and Sewer Department. Bryan has over 20 years of automation and controls experience and has been involved in the water/wastewater industry for 25 years. Bryan is very active supporting many associations in Florida, including: FSAWWA Sections, FRWA, FWEA, FWPCOA Regions, ISA Tampa and ISA WWID. Bryan was recently recognized by the ISA, receiving the Outstanding Service Award, and by the FWPCOA, receiving the Pat Flanagan award. Bryan was also a proud member of the military, having served 9 years.
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Chris Little
Media Relations

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Chris has been with Trihedral since 2007. He serves as Trihedral’s communications expert producing a variety of marketing resources including webinars, articles, press releases, and brochures. His articles have been featured in numerous print and online water/wastewater publications.
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Dan Naughton
Regional Account Manager, Midwest US

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Dan is a mechanical engineer with years of experience selling industrial computers to monitoring and control customers in a variety of industries. Based in the Chicago office, Dan is responsible for VTScada sales across the Midwest United States and has been with Trihedral since 2018.
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Danielle Bellefeuille
Technical Writer

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Danielle joined the Trihedral team in 2024. She has seven years of experience in technical writing, working across various roles, and a background in electrical technology. She believes in the power of clear communication to bridge gaps between professionals from different backgrounds.
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Dave Spencer
Marketing, Technical Sales

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Dave, long time VTScada lurker, joined the VTScada team in 2016 and enjoys applying his skills and knowledge to help customers create innovative and efficient solutions. He is also a wilderness first responder, applying his training and experience to provide emergency care in remote and challenging environments. He loves spending time outdoors, whether it’s cycling, skiing, hiking, or fishing. You might have even seen him on a billboard. He is thirty nine years old and always looking for new adventures and opportunities to learn and grow.
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Devraj Sen
Chief Technology Officer

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Devraj started out at Trihedral as a co-op student. After graduating from Dalhousie University at the top of his class with the University Medal in Computing Science, he joined Trihedral as a Software Developer. Since 2003, he has been involved with developing key features such as the Historical Data Viewer and the Historian. His role as CTO encompasses overseeing the Technology team (developers, engineers and support personnel) and serving as the liaison with the rest of the company.
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Doug Spurrell
Technical Support

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Doug started with Trihedral in 2005 doing support – assisting customers with VTScada and the various interfaces from PLC’s to networks and modems. As his most recent hobby, he has become interested in tropical fish, both marine and freshwater. He is presently using VTScada to monitor the parameters of two of his larger saltwater aquariums.
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Fouad Kaadou
VTScada Software Developer

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Fouad started with Trihedral in 2022 and working as a developer has been a change of pace from what he is used to with his background in physics. Nonetheless, that has served to keep things challenging and exciting. Some of his work with VTScada has been developing new control features to allow customers to limit and regulate who can operate their systems. When not in the Bedford office, he can be found at the gym or in the dark room developing black and white photographs.
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Glenn Wadden
President, Trihedral

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Glenn founded Trihedral in 1986 with the vision to revolutionize automation by creating software to dramatically reduce the complexity of deploying the highest quality SCADA systems. A focus on people and creating leading technology are his key motivators. He maintains the role of chief software architect with the help of exceptionally talented staff. A lifelong Nova Scotian, he earned degrees in Engineering Physics at Dalhousie University, and a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering at the University of Minnesota.
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Hugh Thomson
VTScada Software Developer

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Hugh graduated from Dalhousie with a bachelor’s of Computer Science and joined Trihedral in 2023. Outside of work he loves listening to music, staying active and getting outdoors. He’s always up for a game of basketball, a hike, a round of golf or any sport that keeps him moving.
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Jake Speiran
VTScada Software Developer

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Originally from the Annapolis Valley, Jake got my Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Computer Science at Acadia University in Wolfville and has been with Trihedral since 2023. When he’s not in front of a computer, he loves to go walking, swimming, or exercise at the gym. He’s only slightly embarrassed to admit that hundreds of hours have been spent playing Super Smash Bros Ultimate for the Nintendo Switch.
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Joseph van de Kieft
VTScada Software Developer

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Joseph has been with Trihedral since 2007, he is one of our R&D programmers and has been involved in many large features such as the DriverMUX, the MultiWrite Tag, and the Ribbon-based Idea Studio to name a few. He is an amateur archer and has been involved in fencing for over 30 years, including one Bronze-medal trip to the Canada games. When he’s not shooting or stabbing things you can find Joseph on the softball field, tinkering with Arduino projects, playing the guitar (poorly), or just spending time with his family.

Karson Weaver
VTScada Software Developer

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Karson is a computer science honors graduate and a member of the Trihedral development team since 2022. His favorite contribution to the product is the improvement of various graphics and updating control widgets to a new standard. Outside of work, and even at work on Wednesdays, he love games of all kinds ranging from table-top, to sports, to VR. When he need an escape from the indoors, his go-to hobbies include rock climbing, snowboarding and swimming in the local lake. A current passion is to create a workshop where he can turn scrap materials like metal and wood into useful things like cutlery, art or other tools.
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Keith Donaldson
Director of Business Dev UK

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Keith began his career overseeing telemetry and communication assets for Mobil North Sea Limited. At Kvaerner FSSL (now Aker Solutions), Keith progressed to Senior Software Engineer supporting monitoring and control systems for subsea oil and gas production (written using WEB – an early version of VTScada). As Director of Business Development, Keith supports Trihedral’s European customers and OEMs, writes drivers (AB, CIP, IEC 60870-5-104), presents training courses, and attends trade shows.
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Luc Ouellet
Regional Engineering Manager, Western Canada

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Since 2000, Luc has been using VTScada to create advanced, highly-specialized, industrial applications for the oil and gas, energy, and many other sectors. In 2015, Luc relocated to Calgary, Alberta, to become the Regional Engineering Manager in the new Calgary office where he supports Trihedral’s large partner network of SIs, OEMs, and End Users.
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Mark Neily
Project Engineer

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Mark has been with Trihedral since 2008 and is based in the Bedford office. He works as a project engineer, and much of his focus has been on large systems in power, oil and gas. Mark is an avid board game player who has travelled abroad for competitions. He recently captained his summer ultimate frisbee team, the Raging Rambos, to their first ever league championship.

Mike Stark
Regional Account Manager, Mid Atlantic US

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Mike is a knowledgeable and experienced SCADA professional with a long history in one of the largest regional markets in the American water industry. He joins us with extensive experience promoting successful VTScada applications including his work with Rawdon Myers. With over 30 years experience in process technical sales, Mike is excited to bring his last 15 years experience promoting VTScada to customers in the Mid Atlantic.
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Natashia Lutz
Marketing and Events Coordinator

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Natashia has been with Trihedral since 2010 and is based out of the Bedford HQ. She dreams of one-day competing in an amateur BBQ competition. Besides Christmas, she loves Madonna, big earrings, and changing her hair colour. One of Natashia’s many accomplishments is conceptualizing, organizing, and executing ScadaFest, our annual SCADA User’s conference!
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Paul Dexter
Project Engineer

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Paul started at Trihedral in 2011 and is based in our Bedford office. An electrical engineer by training, Paul works with large VTScada systems, OEMs, and hosted systems in our project group. Paul is also a competitive curler, an avid skier, and a lifelong sailor, completing his first ocean crossing (the Atlantic) in 2023.
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Peter Nock
VTScada Software Developer

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Peter has worked as part of the VTScada R&D team since 2013. Peter’s work on VTScada includes the Excel Add-in, JSON/XML Driver, OpenID Connect, the REST Interface, engine internals, and several upcoming features including VoIP and camera support.

Rod Tonietto
Project Engineer

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Rod joined Trihedral in 2017 after moving from Brazil to Canada. Moved to the Orlando office recently, claiming that it had nothing to do with the weather. His life changed drastically in the early 90’s, after discovering Heavy Metal, as other kids started to think he was kind of cool, instead of just another Star Wars nerd. Loves spending time with his family, making (and drinking) beer, watching movies. Part of the Engineering Team, he spends most of the time working on communication drivers, particularly Rockwell and BACnet, fixing Historian issues and assisting on large projects.
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Ryan MacPherson
VTScada Software Developer

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As part of the VTScada Technology Group, since 2001, Ryan has helped to design some of the core components of VTScada such as the Idea Studio, the Alarm Manager, the Display Manager, the Historical Data Viewer, Operator Notes, and Slippy Maps.

Samer Mansour, Ph.D.
Consultant

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Samer worked as a member of the VTScada R&D team in the period 2008-2010 and rejoined in 2018. Samer’s work on VTScada includes SNMP, MQTT/SparkPlugB, and MultiSpeak.
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Steve Pomeroy
Managing Director

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Steve joined Trihedral in 1998 from Kvaerner FSSL, when Trihedral UK was established, bringing 18 years of software development experience with him, largely with SCADA systems. Steve has been a major contributor to the VTScada RPCManager, Source Debugger and VTScada Internet Client, among others. More recently he has been leading the procedural and workflow changes for compliance with IEC 62443-4-1. He is also a keen highly-ranked bridge player in the UK.

Tim Donaldson
Regional Account Manager, Northeast US

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Tim brings over 25 years of industrial automation experience to the Trihedral team and is a native of New England. He has held account manager positions for major software vendors who develop SCADA, HMI and manufacturing intelligence software solutions. Tim enjoys working with system integrators, OEMs and end users to find the best solution in any application.
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Trent Hilliard, Ph.D.
VTScada Software Developer

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Trent is an engineer with a background in the building controls and automation sector prior to joining Trihedral in 2018. He has a Bachelor of Engineering, Master of Applied Science, and Doctorate of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering from Dalhousie University. He enjoys solving complex technical problems and sees the advancement of advanced controls and data acquisition as key elements to a more energy efficient and sustainable future.
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Victor Smeenk
Project Engineer

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Victor graduated from McMaster University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering. Before joining Trihedral in 2007, Victor worked for a chemical company in St. Louis (The P. D. George Co.) implementing and managing the instrumentation and controls for several large chemical reactors. He also worked for American Computer Technologies, a systems integrator in Maitland, Florida, where he first encountered VTScada.
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“Our ability to build trust with our customers has set us apart in this industry for almost 4 decades,” says Trihedral President, and Chief VTScada Architect, Glenn Wadden. “ScadaFest is a tremendous opportunity to spend quality time with our developers and puts a face on our software. That helps our users feel confident that they can create customized solutions that will last for decades.”