From the control cabinet to the front office.
I'm Trevor Brander, a Certified Engineering Technologist. I started out programming PLCs, went on to lead process control and optimization across a company, and then ran plants as a plant manager and general manager. Tec-For is where I put all of that to work for other manufacturers, in any industry, wherever the plant is.
Career
Four stages, one rungThat mix is uncommon. I can write the logic, and I have also carried responsibility for the safety, people and results of a whole site.
Controls
Started as a PLC programmer, writing and commissioning the logic that runs the line.
Process control and optimization
Led process control and optimization company-wide at Tolko Industries.
Operations
Ran plants as a plant manager and then general manager.
Tec-For
Now consulting independently, a Lean Green Belt who is still hands-on with the technology.
What that means for your plant
Three thingsI work at both ends
I am as comfortable in the control cabinet with your technician as I am in the budget meeting with your general manager, and I can translate between the two.
I have owned the number
I have been accountable for production, safety and cost. I recommend what I would have paid for myself.
Your people keep it
Improvements only last when the people running the process own them, so they are part of the work from the first day.
Credentials
For the record- Designation
- Certified Engineering Technologist (C.E.T.)
- Lean
- Green Belt, Lean Sensei International
- Education
- Post-Baccalaureate Diploma in Management, Athabasca University
- Education
- Diploma in Industrial Electronics Technology, Saskatchewan Polytechnic
- Experience
- Over 25 years in industrial manufacturing
- Background
- Controls and automation, company-wide process control and optimization, plant and general management
- Industries
- All manufacturing industries
- Worked in
- North America, Europe and Oceania
The company
Tec-For Group Inc.Tec-For Group Inc. is my company, based in Edmonton, Alberta. The name is short for technology for manufacturing, which is the work.
Tec-For is also a shareholder in Daemon Automation, where I am co-founder and CEO, and it supplies Daemon AI to Canadian customers. For anything about Daemon AI, please contact Daemon Automation directly.
Tell me about your plant
Replies come from me directlyDescribe what the line is doing and what you want it to do. You will hear back from me directly.