Andy has more than 30 years of experience in engineering and construction of commercial, institutional, and industrial buildings. He is responsible for the development and management of project design scheduling in addition to ensuring conformity with structural code and permitting requirements.  He has managed projects for Nestle USA, Smithfield Foods, Starbucks Coffee Company, Schreiber Foods Inc., General Mills, and other large corporations.

Brad has extensive automation experience in several areas, with expertise in industrial and recreational refrigeration systems, large HVAC applications as well as heat recovery. His combined field experience along with proven team management skills allows Stellar to develop and deliver the cutting edge, best of breed automation systems and customer experience. Brad has nearly 30 years of industry experience.

Christine has more than 10 years of experience managing all phases of website development for digital PSM customers. Her responsibilities include the development of PSM management software to assist clients with document storage and tracking, preventive maintenance of ammonia process equipment and online training. Christine also ensures all documentation is posted to the client’s satisfaction, develops end-user procedures relative to the website, trains clients on the use of the web site, maintains client contact to ensure documentation remains current and resolves issues in a timely manner. She has managed PSM projects for Food Lion, Heinz, Johnsonville Sausage, Keystone Foods, and Smithfield Foods, among others.

Dale has more than 32 years of experience in the industrial refrigeration and mechanical fields, including service, maintenance and installations. His responsibilities include managing all parts and services for refrigeration services in the Eastern United States, including seven maintenance, parts and operations offices and two compressor reconditioning facilities. Dale has worked on projects for Nestlé, Kraft Foods, Keystone Foods, Miller Brewing Company and many others.

David has more than 20 years of experience in engineering, construction, and operation of commercial and industrial refrigeration systems, including coordinating new refrigeration systems, as well as engineering service department’s refrigeration system renovations.

Donald A. Hicks is the founder, president and CEO of LLamasoft, Inc. Don is a supply chain industry visionary, specializing in strategy and technology issues and is a highly sought after speaker and author. Over the last 20 years, he has personally consulted with and coached supply chain professionals at hundreds of companies around the world to optimize and improve their operations. Don has a BS in Systems Engineering from the US Military Academy at West Point, and an MBA from the University of Michigan.

Greg Standridge, a VDC technician at Stellar, has extensive experience in the construction industry, including survey, 3D scanning, construction layout and project management. In his role, Greg’s primary focus is augmented reality development, drone imaging, field scanning and APL (Autodesk Point Layout) quality inspections. His body of work involves projects in the commercial, food & beverage, medical, military, residential, multi-residential and nuclear industries. Additionally, he is a commercially licensed drone pilot. Greg has more than 20 years of experience, including one year with Stellar.

John “Jake” Jakowitz has more than 30 years of experience in industrial manufacturing, including food processing, distribution, parts and service.  He has spent the last three years as a business developer with Stellar where he cultivates and manages relationships between the industrial refrigeration division and large, well-known food and beverage clients to ensure their needs are met.

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.

Marc has over 12 years of mechanical design experience and has specialized in HVAC and utility engineering in the commercial, healthcare and industrial marketplace. His responsibilities include proposal preparation, engineering calculations, preparation of detailed construction drawings and specifications and field inspections. He is also responsible for coordination with local building officials and other engineering disciplines. He has managed projects for H-E-B, Heinz, Nestlé, Starbucks and Tropicana, among others.

Matthew has more than 20 years of civil engineering and project management experience with an emphasis on civil site design and storm water management. His experience covers the industrial, food & beverage and commercial industries. Matthew’s responsibilities include development and implementation of project engineering requirements, project coordination with in-house architectural and engineering disciplines and outside engineering consultants. He oversees the development and maintenance of the project design schedule, design budget and permitting requirements from initial project development until certification of occupancy.  He has worked on projects for Bahamas Food Service, Burris Refrigerated Logistics, Sara Lee and United States Cold Storage, among others.

Michael McCollum is a project engineer in manufacturing. He is experienced in project management, sanitary process design, piping system construction and CAD software. Michael has four years of industry experience, including one year with Stellar.

Mike has over 35 years of experience in the refrigeration and process gas industry. As the division manager of compressor services, his responsibilities include overseeing all business relationships and repair standard practices such as quality assurance procedures and the execution of all repair and remanufactured compressors in the refrigeration, process gas, CO₂ gas, nuclear safety related cooling,and compressed air industries. Mike has worked on projects for Nestlé, Sara Lee Foods, Tropicana, AirGas, Valero, Bayer, Honeywell and many others.

Morris has experience in the food and beverage industry, with emphasis on coffee, prepared/frozen foods and bakery processes. He has experience developing, managing and delivering unique project solutions with a focus on GMP and food quality/safety standards. He has performed the roles of an automation engineer and project manager throughout his career. Morris has 13 years of industry experience, all with Stellar.

Paul has more than 30 years of experience in architecture, encompassing food & beverage, distribution, industrial, commercial, housing and retail. In the past, Paul had been a project architect and a project manager.

Phillip has more than five years of refrigeration design, packaged refrigeration and 3D printing experience. His responsibilities include refrigeration system design and retrofits, machine room ventilation designs and PSM compliance calculations. Phillip’s project experience includes Kraft, Nestlé, Bolthouse Farms, Boar’s Head, Hillshire Farm and many others.

Rex has more than 26 years of experience in all phases of industrial, institutional and commercial building design and construction. His responsibilities include initial development of critical project criteria and preliminary budgets, design criteria, technical aspects of proposed projects and proper execution of construction documents. Rex has managed projects for Frito-Lay, Kraft Foods, Nestlé/Gerber and Cuisine Solutions, among others.

Ryan has experience in both engineering and construction project management. He has effectively managed construction projects of self-performed refrigeration work ranging in size from $1M to $10M. He currently leads a team of experienced engineers and designers in the refrigeration design group. Ryan has 11 years of industry experience including six years with Stellar.

Sean is experienced in the food and beverage industry and has worked extensively in Package Engineering for beverage, dairy and dry foods. Sean has nine years of industry experience including more than half a year with Stellar.

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.