Adam has experience in the meat processing industry, specifically packaging and manufacturing of pork, chicken, turkey and beef. Adam has held positions including manager of plant engineering, superintendent of plant engineering and maintenance, project manager, reliability engineer, maintenance engineer and associate maintenance engineer.

Brad has over seven years of experience with Stellar in all phases of industrial construction. His responsibilities include coordination of all issues pertaining to budgets, schedules, quality control and site management. He also oversees material procurement and site delivery, project logs, submittals, progress reports, quality assurance/control, field inspections and safety issues. His project experience includes DOT Foods, Food Lion, Nestlé, Sysco and many others.

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.

Chuck is president of CRT Design and Engineering Inc. in Jacksonville, Florida. He has over 30 years of experience in the design, construction and maintenance of large scale industrial refrigeration systems with specific expertise in natural refrigerants (NH3 and CO2), hygienic food plant HVAC systems, packaged solutions and synthetic refrigerant mitigation. Chuck has worked on projects for Campbell’s Foods, Keystone Foods, Smithfield Foods, Tropicana, Sara Lee Foods, Nestlé and many others.

With more than 20 years of experience in the food and beverage industry, Dale has extensive knowledge of mechanical design for beverage, dairy and bakery, as well as process prepared and frozen foods. Customers count on him for everything from overseeing the initial development of critical project layout design to managing equipment installation and commissioning. Dale’s expertise has been put to work for some of the biggest names in the business – General Mills, Kraft Foods, Nestlé, Heinz and Starbucks, to name a few.

Derek has over eight years experience in the construction field. His responsibilities include construction and design scheduling and coordination, material procurement, project estimation, subcontractor hiring and ensuring that construction quality, safety and progress proceed according to the owner’s requirements.  He has worked on international projects for Heinz in Shanghai, China, and numerous projects in the United Arab Emirates including Jebel Ali, Jumeirah Lake Towers, and Limitless Modular Chiller Plant.

Freida has architectural design experience including educational institutions, commercial buildings and projects in the food & beverage industry. She has transitioned from Project Architect to Design Project Manager for food & beverage projects. Her previous training as an architect makes her uniquely qualified to lead the design team from conceptual design through construction. Freida has more than 10 years of industry experience, including five years with Stellar.

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.

Jason has more than 5 years of experience in design project management both in the research and development field and industrial refrigeration. He currently manages coordination of refrigeration engineers and designers through the execution of the refrigeration design process. He has also been a lead engineer in a combined $9.4 million, federal-contracted product research and development project with the Department of Defense and Department of Energy. This project included the initiating of analysis strategies, coordinating cross discipline design efforts and the execution of design product testing.

Jesse works with Stellar’s Food and Beverage Process Engineering group and has led multiple projects with both large and small customers. These have ranged from pilot programs and remodeling to full-scale greenfield plant builds. 

Johnnie has more than 18 years of project management and design experience within the design-build, engineering and business community. His responsibilities include performing all aspects of design in the plumbing and HVAC fields, including AutoCAD and Revit design documents and specification selections. He also works with in-house accredited LEED professionals to obtain the highest level of project certification, produces engineering documentation, adheres to code parameters, works with customers and contractors directly, and performs on-site project coordination. He has worked on projects for Anheuser-Busch, Frito-Lay, Maple Leaf, Pillsbury Bakeries and Starbucks, among others.

Jonah has held the positions of field engineer, assistant superintendent, assistant project manager, project manager and is currently a senior project manager. Jonah has 14 years of industry experience including 12 years with Stellar.

Joe has more than 28 years of experience in the design, engineering and construction of food processing plants. Joe develops architectural and engineering standards to ensure compliance with client procedures, government codes and standards. Joe has managed projects for Burris Refrigerated Logistics, General Mills/Pillsbury Bakeries, Kraft Foods, Nestlé, Sysco and many other brand-name food companies.

Kevin has more than 34 years of experience in the design and construction of food processing and distribution facilities throughout the US. His responsibilities include complete oversight of Stellar’s Thermal Construction Division, including design details, project estimating and project execution with a specific emphasis on building thermal integrity. His project experience includes United States Cold Storage, Columbus Foods, Keystone Foods, Kraft Foods, Nestlé, Starbucks, and many others.

Kurt has more than a decade of experience in the food industry, with extensive project work in prepared foods, beverage, dairy, bakery and frozen foods. A recognized expert in food process design and engineering, Kurt designs food process layouts; specifies processing equipment; oversees the proper execution of construction documents; and manages equipment installation and commissioning. He has worked on projects for General Mills, H.J. Heinz, and Nestlé among others.

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 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 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.

Mitch holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Purdue University and has nearly 15 years of fire protection industry experience. After spending 12 years with other prominent national contractors, Mitch came to Wiginton in 2011. As a great addition to the Wiginton team, Mitch provides qualified experience in every facet of the fire protection design/build process. Mitch is also TYCO Quell Certified with a NICET Level III certification in Water Based Fire Protection Engineering Technology. Previous experience and expertise includes fire sprinkler design, project management and project estimating.

Neil has extensive construction and heavy industrial experience in training and application of safety practices including development and implementation of job site, trade specific and corporate safety and training programs. His experience encompasses direct supervision in facilities such as military, aerospace fabrication, paper and pulp mills, power plants and food & beverage plants. Mr. Ross has 32 years of industry experience.

Phil has more than 36 years of refrigeration and mechanical contracting experience, including job site quality control, general oversight and safety program management. His responsibilities include the coordination of all mechanical services and refrigeration contracting personnel, including superintendents, field engineers and foremen. Phil has worked on projects for Keystone Foods, Nestlé, Tropicana, Food Lion and many other industry leaders.

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.

Rick Ross has more than 22 years of experience in CAD Design and CAD Management, and has previously consulted on BIM solutions for design firms. He is responsible for creating and maintaining the CAD and BIM standards for Stellar, and oversees the CAD related software to ensure proper integration between Stellar’s multiple areas of expertise and software platforms. His project experience includes Maple Leaf Foods and Starbucks Coffee.

Sam Simkowski has over 16 years of experience in the papermaking industry. He has knowledge with processes involving steam, hydraulics, pneumatics, electrical and mechanical systems.

Steve has more than five years of experience in refrigeration design for new facility construction, renovations and expansions. His duties also include refrigeration equipment and piping design, and specifications for energy efficient equipment based on design parameters. He is also responsible for ammonia inventory calculations, ventilation calculations, safety relief calculations and relief header design. His project experience includes Bahamas Foods, Dot Foods, Kellogg’s, Kraft Foods and many others.

Tom has over 20 years of design and construction experience. He has held the positions of field engineer, project superintendent and project manager. His responsibilities include project oversight, project development, design management, scheduling, and project estimating. He has managed projects for Bar-S Foods, Carolina Food Processors, Keystone Foods, Kraft Foods and Maple Leaf Foods among others.

Wyatt has more than 22 years of experience in the design, engineering and construction fields. Wyatt’s responsibilities include project development and management of construction personnel, which involves client relations, cost estimating, scheduling, constructability analysis, value engineering and proposal preparation. He has worked on projects for Keystone Foods, Tropicana, Maple Leaf, United States Cold Storage, Dot Foods and many others.