Ryan Severson P.L.(Eng.), CMSE®

• Solo PLC-5 to ControlLogix/PlantPAx migration, end to end — reprogramming, network redesign, and server build
• Built an automated sampling station from scratch — design, controls, and commissioning
• Supported controls-side design reviews, HAZOPs, and LOPAs for polypropylene plant upgrades against machinery safety standards (CSA Z432:23, ISO 13849)
• Worked with the OT cybersecurity team to segment and harden the plant network
• Took over a legacy HVAC BMS and dropped in a BACnet/Modbus converter to get modern air-compressor controllers talking to it
• Was the controls SME when vendors came in to work on the extrusion machinery — checked their work and signed off FAT/SAT

Developing new automated products for the micro canning industry

• Designed and commissioned CodeSys and TwinCAT PLC systems for high-speed beverage canning machinery, taking products from concept through to commercial deployment
• Built and deployed an IIoT data platform across a 10-site pilot, giving customers real-time fill-volume metrics and automated daily production reports — and the technical foundation for remote diagnostic access by the support team
• Developed C# and PowerShell tooling to automate PLC configuration and data staging during commissioning, cutting in-house deployment time from 12 hours to 1 hour at 100% configuration consistency
• Rewrote legacy PLC code to integrate modern servos and HMIs, and authored software release processes and electrical documentation for version management and site deployments
• Designed and tuned motion control profiles for high-speed packaging machinery, optimizing acceleration curves to reduce mechanical shock and extend component life
• Led CE certification — hazard reviews and functional safety assessments — for OEM machinery sold into international markets

• Authored control narratives, functional design specifications, and technical bid packages for modular heavy process plants with capital budgets exceeding $500MM
• Designed electrical and control proposals for fire-safety systems and power distribution for a remote northern Alaska plant facility
• Conducted design reviews for electrical and automation systems against client specifications and Alberta regulatory requirements

• Designed, programmed, and commissioned Beckhoff TwinCAT and Siemens control systems for a novel autonomous 3D ASRS platform — a product with no established industry precedent — from initial prototype through commercial customer deployments
• Identified and proved a firmware defect in a third-party power supply causing intermittent failures every 2–4 days on a subset of deployed machines — an issue with no obvious pattern that required systematic elimination across hardware, software, and communications before isolating the root cause to the vendor’s firmware
• Built C# utilities to automate PLC code loading and configuration across robot fleets, eliminating manual entry errors and significantly compressing deployment timelines
• Integrated PLC systems with custom C# warehouse management software and peripheral devices including RS-232 barcode scanners and managed power supplies
• Developed fabrication, testing, and commissioning procedures and documentation for a first-of-kind product as the platform scaled from prototype to production

• Commissioned three major O&G process facilities end-to-end on DeltaV and Rockwell FactoryTalk — from control narrative development through loop checking, FAT, SAT, and startup support on assets operating at up to 80,000 BPD
• Handled the controls integration for large screw-refrigeration compressors and the fluid-distribution loops they fed — shutdown keys, sensor redundancy, ISO 13849 functional safety, all on cooling systems the plant couldn’t lose
• Led the planning and execution of a control system upgrade and capacity expansion at an LNG facility — scoping the project, coordinating with operations during a live plant, and delivering the expanded system through to restart
• Redesigned a plant fiber optic network after the original engineering design proved unworkable during commissioning — diagnosed the fault, developed a revised architecture, and implemented it under project schedule pressure
• Designed and deployed virtualized server environments (Hyper-V, VMware) for high-availability DCS and SCADA platforms on remote facility operations — specifying the architecture and configuring the systems from scratch
• Integrated third-party skid packages — boilers, generators, compressors, gas processing equipment — using Modbus, EtherNet/IP, Profinet, and OPC into unified site SCADA systems
• Diagnosed and resolved critical failures across MCCs (to 600V) and generator systems (to 4160V) during live plant operations, minimizing unplanned downtime on high-value production assets