Speakers - ScadaFest

Meet The VTScada Experts

We’re a group of passionate people helping you to solve your toughest challenges.

Glenn Wadden

Glenn founded Trihedral in 1986 with a vision to create software to simplify the creation of human machine interfaces and still holds the role of Chief Software Architect for VTScada. A life-long Nova Scotian, he earned degrees in Engineering Physics at Dalhousie University, and a Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering with a minor in Computer Science at the University of Minnesota.

President

Barry Baker

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.

Vice President

Devraj Sen

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 Chief Technology Officer encompasses overseeing the R&D and Engineering team as well as serving as the liaison between these teams and the rest of the company.

Chief Technology Officer

Keith Donaldson

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.

UK Business Development

Lawrence MacNeil

Lawrence has been part of the Trihedral team since 1989. In that time, he’s developed VTScada- based solutions for a wide variety of industries including power generation, food and beverage, oil and gas, and municipal water and wastewater. He manages the engineering team across all offices and serves as the engineering architect for large industrial projects and solutions.

Engineering Manager

Luc Ouellet

Eng Manager Western Canada

Steve Pomeroy

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.

VTScada Software Developer

Samer Mansour

VTScada Software Developer

Ryan MacPherson

VTScada Software Developer

Paul Dexter

Paul graduated from Dalhousie University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering and started at Trihedral in 2011. His expertise involves designing, building and supporting hosted systems using VTScada in energy and water/wastewater applications, and has conducted training courses to large OEMs. He continually develops and supports these OEMs to add custom communications drivers and special device tag structures and graphics.

Project Engineer

Joseph van de Kieft

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.

VTScada Software Developer

Victor Smeenk

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.

Project Engineer

Doug Spurrell

Technical Support

Greg Hicks

Greg has a background designing hardware and software in the telecommunications industry. He holds several patents related to data communications and has been a representative to ANSI and CSA committees for developing communications standards. Greg has an engineering degree from the University of Waterloo. He has been with Trihedral since 2008 and has been coding for 45 years. Greg’s focus at Trihedral is primarily on our Alarm Notification system.

VTScada Software Developer

Andrew Harvie

Lead Technical Writer

Peter Nock

VTScada Software Developer

Graham Bloice

Graham has been a member of the VTScada R&D team since the Aberdeen, Scotland, office opened in 1998. He previously worked on control systems in the oil and gas industry and in the Royal Air Force as a simulator technician. Graham’s work on VTScada includes alarms, security, drivers, graphics, historian, and engine internals. Graham is also responsible for such internal systems as source code control, bug tracking, network administration, and security. Graham is a Wireshark Core Developer and presents at the SharkFest User and Developer Conferences.

VTScada Software Developer

Andrew McKim

Senior Lead VTScada Software Developer

Guest Speakers

We’re thrilled to be joined by these industry titans.

Dave Morse

Dave Morse is VP and GM of Industrial Automation Regional Business Unit at Delta Electronics (Americas). His career at the company spans nearly 26 years, having first joined Delta in 1997. Morse has held several roles for the Power Supply and Industrial Automation Business Groups, including product manager, sales manager and director of sales and operations. Morse is based out of Delta’s office in Raleigh, North Carolina. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in both Electrical Engineering and Civil Engineering.

VP and GM of Industrial Automation Regional Business Unit ~ Delta Electronics

Dave Ubert

Mr. Ubert is an Automation specialist with 30+ years of experience in process control and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) in the water and wastewater, pulp and paper, food processing and Department of Defense industries. His experience includes designing and implementing safe and secure control/communication systems using fiber optics, licensed/unlicensed radio, cellular, satellite, and phone line – as well as programming multiple PLC and HMI platforms. Mr. Ubert recently acquired a patent for leveraging artificial intelligence to improve energy efficiency in pumping systems. He is a Senior Automation Professional at Electrical Design Associates (EDA) and President of ISA Tampa Section.

President ~ International Society of Automation – Tampa Section

Ian Schmertzler

Ian’s focus is on making cyber physical systems efficient at scale. By training, Ian is an Industrial Engineer. By profession, Ian is the President of Dispel, the Vice President of the National Defense Industry Association’s New York-Connecticut Chapter, and a Principal Investigator for Dispel on three projects at the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence.

President and CEO ~ Dispel

More guest speakers to be announced!

Even More VTScada Experts

Alan Hudson

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.

US Sales Manager

Chris Little

Media Relations, Marketing Lead

Natashia Lutz

Marketing and Events Coordinator

Bryan Sinkler

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.

Technical Sales – FL

Dave Spencer

Dave received his degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2008 and began his career designing electromechanical transmission and communication components for military and renewable energy applications. In 2016, Dave transitioned into the automation industry at Trihedral headquarters in Bedford, Nova Scotia, and supports Atlantic Canada customers through his LiveChat and forum developments.

Technical Sales & Marketing

Tim Donaldson

Technical Sales – MA

Mike Stark

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.

Technical Sales – OH

Andrew Green

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.

Technical Sales – AL

Blair Sooley

Blair has been with Trihedral since 2003, starting as a liaison between the engineering and marketing teams and eventually moving 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 24 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.

Technical Sales – TX

Dan Naughton

Technical Sales – IL