Kevin Smith

Business Development Manager@Vertech
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Automate, Control, and Track Your Distillery Production. 🍺+⚙️+💻=📈😊 No one who runs a distillery says, “I want to do things the hard way.” 💪 But let’s get real: not including automation and real-time tracking in your distillery IS the hard way. Unfortunately, for many distilleries, not much has changed since the Prohibition era! Without a comprehensive automation system, you’ll likely find: 🔎 You struggle to track inventory 😫 Scheduling is a headache 😥 You can’t see what’s happening on the plant floor 🤔 You’re always piecing together data from Excel and paper logs There’s a better way. Distillery automation with an Ignition-based solution improves profitability, planning, and product quality and gives you the real time data to help you meet changing market demands. Other benefits include: • Full process control • Full visibility into grain inventory and ingredient lot tracking • Batching and recipe management in one central location • Real-time measurements and data 24/7/365 • Efficiency tracking and optimization (OEE) • TTB Reporting • Less downtime with streamlined maintenance As one of our clients said: “Before the system was implemented, we relied on paperwork to track everything. I now have records of everything that goes on. . . tank transfers, times, weight readings, inventory readings. . . and I have it all in real-time. I can’t tell you how nice it is not to have to open up a spreadsheet and grab a bunch of information. Instead, I have a report basically delivered to me every morning that says what happened in the last 24 hours, or the last week, or the last month. To have it always running in the background and delivering [data] to us is beneficial and time is money.” – Frank Corea, Plant Manager at Four Roses Bourbon Send me a message to learn how Vertech’s proven 5D method ensures your existing process can be supported with a robust industrial automation solution built in Ignition. Learn more at https://www.vertech.com/solutions/food-beverage/spirits

Work experience

  • Business Development Manager

    Vertech
    2019.10-Current(7 years)
  • Automation Sales Manager

    Dynalectric/ KDC Systems
    2016.09-2019.10(3 years)
  • Business Development Manager

    Caltrol Inc., Emerson Process Management LBP
    2013.11-2016.09(3 years)
  • Solution Architect

    Rockwell Automation
    2011.02-2013.11(3 years)
  • Senior Commercial Engineer

    Rockwell Automation
    2008.08-2011.02(3 years)
  • Contract Engineer

    Rockwell Automation
    2007.05-2008.08(a year)
  • Automation Engineer

    Shiloh Industries
    2006.04-2007.05(a year)
  • Project Engineer

    Rockwell Automation
    1998.10-2006.04(8 years)
  • Automation Engineer

    Eaton
    1996.09-1998.10(2 years)

Educational experience

  • CWRU - Weatherhead School of Management

    MSM-IS, Management Information Systems
  • University College Dublin

    Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Electrical Engineering
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