Brad has more than six years experience in the construction field in the food and beverage, distribution and industrial markets including international experience working in China. His responsibilities include construction and design scheduling, coordination, material procurement, project estimating and hiring of subcontractors. He has worked on projects for H.J. Heinz in Guangzhou, Guangdong and Heinz China in Shanghai, PRC. He has worked on a number of projects in the U.S. including Heinz, Kraft Foods, Nestlé and Starbucks.

Brian leads day-to-day operations at Stellar and has more than 20 years of experience in the food and beverage industry. His responsibilities have included overseeing all business relationships, project development, and execution of projects in the prepared foods, sliced meats, poultry, dairy and beverage industries. He previously oversaw all of Stellar’s global food and beverage operations including US, Canada, Mexico and China. He previously served as a division vice president and executive vice president.  He has worked on high-profile projects for General Mills, Heinz, Kraft Foods, Nestlé and Starbucks, among others.

Clint has more than 20 years of accounting and financial experience in construction, development and real estate throughout the commercial, hospitality, institutional and residential marketplace. His responsibilities include analyzing, tracking and managing overall financial performance of Stellar, in addition to facilitating the company’s financial and legal strategies for international growth and future technology strategies. He has worked on a large number of Stellar’s projects providing business development and planning assistance for project financing, leasing and payment options.

Darren has over 20 years of construction experience as an estimator, field engineer, assistant superintendent, assistant project manager, superintendent, project manager and senior project manager. His responsibilities include project estimating and scheduling, material procurement and subcontractor coordination. His project experience includes Dot Foods, Hillshire Brands, Keystone Foods, Nestlé, Sara Lee Foods, and Starbucks, among others.

Don has over 35 years of engineering experience in the food industry in building maintenance and renovation, process equipment installation, and design and installation of refrigeration, steam, compressed air, water and HVAC systems.

Grayson Avery has experience in the construction field with positions including project manager, assistant construction manager, assistant superintendent and assistant project manager. He has exceptional organizational and communication skills, and his experience encompasses both residential and commercial construction in the areas of military projects, educational, automotive and healthcare. Grayson has 15 years of industry experience, including 10 years with Stellar.

Jacob Roberts has experience in the process engineering field with a focus on food and beverage, pharmaceutical and industrial processes. He has knowledge in technical sales, process estimation, CIP and equipment specification. Jacob has eight years of industry experience, including two years with Stellar.

Jeffrey has extensive experience in industrial refrigeration, including plant operation and maintenance, with an emphasis on Process Safety Management for the last six years. Jeffrey has 26 years of industry experience, including seven years with Stellar.

Jim has more than 30 years of experience in project engineering and project management. His responsibilities include interfacing with regulatory agencies concerning design and permitting documentation, hydraulic and hydrogeologic design and analysis, civil engineering, design of roadway and drainage systems, utilities and computer modeling applications for design analysis. He has worked on projects for Tropicana, Nestlé, General Mills, Boar’s Head Provisions and many others.

Jon has more than 16 years of experience in electrical design and construction of commercial, institutional and industrial buildings. His responsibilities include development of electrical documentation for schematic and detailed design, cost studies and interfacing with other engineering disciplines to integrate electrical power, fire alarm system, control, instrumentation and data/voice communication system requirements. His projects have included Burris Refrigerated Logistics, Columbus Foods, Keystone Foods, Maple Leaf Foods and Sara Lee Foods, among others.

Jose Mergulhao is the Director of Business Development for Stellar Industrial Solutions (SIS). He has more than 25 years of experience in the industrial and recreational refrigeration industry, including expertise in cold storage, ice rink and food/pharmaceutical production facilities. Jose’s responsibilities include new business development, sales and marketing for Stellar’s SIS group. He has worked on projects for the National Hockey League and their teams, as well as Kraft, Sysco and numerous other industrial clients. He is also well-versed in AutoCAD, HVAC, pumps, and energy efficiency and design.

Karishma has extensive experience as a project architect with a focus on residential, institutional, corporate and interior work. Her knowledge extends from conceptual design and development to construction administration, and she has received commendations for design, team work and communication skills. Additionally, she worked on a few award-winning projects and competitions, and has been recognized by mentors and clients as a rare, gifted individual. Karishma has 14 years of industry experience, including three years with Stellar.

With more than 28 years of experience in mechanical systems ranging from refrigeration to material handling, Kevin understands what goes into designing facilities that are as safe as they are efficient. Every day, he puts his 13 years of expertise in food and beverage plant applications to work as he organizes, directs and installs process and packaging design development requirements for manufacturing facilities. Prior to joining Stellar, Kevin worked as in-plant corporate project and plant engineer for nine years. He also spent 15 years designing commercial and non-food related industrial facilities.

Mark Momberg has extensive experience as a senior project manager for both dry and refrigerated distribution facilities. Mark has over 30 years of experience in all phases of industrial and commercial construction.

Michael Davis has extensive experience in all phases of design-build construction, managing both the Design and Construction of a variety of Industrial and Commercial projects. His experience encompasses management of design and construction projects in industries such as food & beverage, distribution, refrigeration, industrial and commercial. Michael has more than 21 years of industry experience, all with Stellar.

Michael has experience in manufacturing and process design as a manufacturing engineer. He also has experience in product design. Michael has five years of industry experience, including three years with Stellar.

Mike has more than 37 years of food plant engineering, maintenance and operational experience in the industry. His responsibilities include organizing and directing process design and packaging and automation requirements for food and beverage manufacturing facilities. Mike has expertise in beverages, condiments, frozen foods and baby foods, and has successfully led teams through plant acquisitions and integrations, closures and consolidations throughout his career. 

Nathan has experience in the food and beverage, distribution and industrial markets in the construction field. Nathan has more than 13 years of industry experience, all with Stellar.

Peter directs and coordinates all engineering and fabrication activities including design review, equipment selection, project development and project execution. Peter has extensive experience with structural and power piping engineering with emphasis on the structural steel, piping stress and plant design for turbine inlet air chilling, district energy and power generating simple cycle and combined cycle plants. Peter has more than 20 years of industry experience, including 14 years with Stellar.

Rao Kolla is a highly experienced engineering controls executive who has led teams that have implemented sustainability practices in more than 80 factories worldwide. Rao has also contributed to the increased production efficiency and multi-million dollar decreases in operating costs of multiple production facilities. He has extensive knowledge in new plant start-ups, productivity improvements, operations streamlining, process control and automation, and process management. Rao has more than 30 years of industry experience.

Bob has extensive experience in the refrigeration services field managing key components of the field including services, aftermarket parts, compressor services and more. He has worked in the roles of division manager, engineering refrigeration manager, director of engineering, and industrial refrigeration service and engineering president.

Scott has more than 20 years of design and construction experience. He has held the positions of field engineer, project superintendent, project manager, senior project manager and project developer. Scott’s responsibilities include working as a team mentor to ensure project success and client satisfaction. He oversees the project throughout planning, construction, pre-construction and warranty period. Scott has worked on projects for Boar’s Head Provisions, Nestlé, Sara Lee Foods and many more.

Taylor is responsible for sales, marketing, development and product application support as well as accounts management at Southern Waters Company.  His career in the water treatment industry began in 2000.  He started out working in filtration and sanitation installing softeners, reverse osmosis systems, carbon filters, UV and chlorination systems. In 2007, Taylor began practicing chemical water treatment of industrial and commercial boilers, and cooling systems. His experience with water treatment includes industries such as food, beverage, HVAC, and potable water treatment.

Tony has more than 35 years of experience in the design of domestic and international commercial, industrial and institutional projects. His responsibilities include the architectural design, space planning, master planning, programming, coordination of code analysis and overview of architectural department and the delivery process. He works closely with our in-house engineering professionals to integrate sustainable strategies and forward thinking to obtain high-level project efficiencies and carbon footprint reduction. He also performs feasibility studies and analysis for both new and existing facilities, detailed design, value engineering, research, project coordination and management. His project experience includes Starbucks, Heinz, Nestlé, Kraft, Mondelez, General Mills, US Cold Storage and others.