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You get a written assessment of where AI actually pays in your document production — and where it does not.
I am a licensed Professional Electrical Engineer. I ran a 100-person electrical and I&C firm for 20 years, and I build and run AI tools in my own production engineering work: opinions of probable cost from single-lines and panel schedules, control narratives and submittal packages from P&IDs, drawing QA/QC against NEC and NFPA 70E, fee proposals from estimating spreadsheets.
That matters because the hard part is not the technology. It is knowing which outputs an engineer will sign, which need a human in the loop, and where a model hands you a confident number you cannot defend. A developer can wire up a model. Judging engineering deliverables takes someone who has produced and reviewed them for a living.
Two weeks, fixed fee. You get a ranked inventory of your document workflows, three to five candidate automations with estimated time saved and build effort, an honest list of what you should not automate, and one tightly scoped first build to prove or disprove the value.
No software purchase. No platform commitment. No obligation to hire me for the build.
I am a licensed Professional Electrical Engineer. I ran a 100-person electrical and I&C firm for 20 years, and I build and run AI tools in my own production engineering work: opinions of probable cost from single-lines and panel schedules, control narratives and submittal packages from P&IDs, drawing QA/QC against NEC and NFPA 70E, fee proposals from estimating spreadsheets.
That matters because the hard part is not the technology. It is knowing which outputs an engineer will sign, which need a human in the loop, and where a model hands you a confident number you cannot defend. A developer can wire up a model. Judging engineering deliverables takes someone who has produced and reviewed them for a living.
Two weeks, fixed fee. You get a ranked inventory of your document workflows, three to five candidate automations with estimated time saved and build effort, an honest list of what you should not automate, and one tightly scoped first build to prove or disprove the value.
No software purchase. No platform commitment. No obligation to hire me for the build.
AI Algorithms
Large Language Model, Multimodal Large Language ModelAI Applications
AI-Generated Code, Image Analysis, Image Recognition, Text RecognitionAI Development Language
C++AI Tools
NVIDIA AI PlatformAI Models
ChatGPT, GPT-3, GPT-4, LLaMA, OpenAI CodexWhat's included $6,000
These options are included with the project scope.
$6,000
- Delivery Time 10 days
- Number of Revisions 5
- AI Model Integration
- Model Deployment
- Model Documentation
- Model Tuning
- Prompt Engineering
- Setup File
- Source Code
Optional add-ons
You can add these on the next page.
Additional Revision
+$500Frequently asked questions
About Brian
Licensed PE (Electrical) | Water/Wastewater Power, SCADA & Controls
Tucson, United States - 4:52 am local time
My career has been on the electrical side of water infrastructure — pump stations, wells, boosters, treatment plants, and wastewater reclamation facilities. I co-founded an electrical and I&C engineering firm in 1997, ran it as President for 20 years, and grew it to roughly 100 people. I now consult part-time and take the projects I enjoy most: the hard ones.
WHAT I DO
• Power distribution design — MCCs, switchgear, panelboards, feeder and conduit sizing, motor and VFD circuits, generators and ATS, load and voltage-drop calculations to NEC
• Short-circuit, protective device coordination, and arc flash hazard analysis to IEEE 1584 and NFPA 70E — ETAP modeling, coordination curves, label schedules
• Instrumentation and control design — P&IDs, control narratives, I/O lists, loop diagrams, panel schematics, specifications
• PLC, SCADA, and telemetry — Allen-Bradley ControlLogix/CompactLogix, Modicon, Modbus register maps, HMI and SCADA tag databases, alarm rationalization (ISA-18.2), operator screens (ISA-101), Wonderware, radio and cellular/IoT remote monitoring
• Owner's engineer and review support — independent design review and QA/QC against NEC, IEEE, ANSI, ISA, and NFPA 70E, basis of design reports, opinions of probable cost, equipment evaluations
• Construction phase support — submittal review, RFIs, factory and site acceptance testing, startup, commissioning, training
AI TOOLING FOR ENGINEERING FIRMS
I build and run AI tools in my own engineering practice, and build them for other firms. Not prompt-writing advice — working tools that produce deliverables an engineer will sign:
• Opinions of probable cost generated from single-lines, P&IDs, panel schedules, and BOMs, in the firm's own report format
• PLC and SCADA configuration generated from P&IDs and control narratives — Studio 5000 L5X logic, Modbus register maps, HMI tag databases, ISA-18.2 alarm schedules, ISA-101 screens, plus submittal narratives and test plans
• Electrical drawing QA/QC review against NEC, IEEE, and NFPA 70E, returned as a written findings report
• Fee proposals, work packages, and project descriptions from the firm's own spreadsheets and templates
• ERP and back-office automation — Deltek Vantagepoint data extraction, invoice processing, payroll and billing workflows, contract ingestion
• AI-assisted engineering modeling, including micro-grid design, and RFP response generation
Why a PE rather than a developer: the tool has to encode engineering judgment and fail in safe ways. I know which outputs a reviewer will trust, which need a human in the loop, and where a model will hand you a confident number you cannot defend.
SCOPE NOTE — READ BEFORE INVITING ME
I do not seal or stamp drawings for third parties. My deliverables are unsealed design, analysis, calculations, and review products, prepared under the responsible charge of your engineer of record — a normal arrangement for design support, studies, and QA/QC. If your project needs a sealed set, hire me for the engineering and have your EOR seal it.
BACKGROUND — 47 YEARS, STARTING WITH A TEST STATION
1979–1991 — U.S. Air Force Integrated Avionics Specialist (AFSC 326X5A) on the F-111 fighter-bomber at Mountain Home AFB and RAF Upper Heyford; honorable discharge, grade E-5. Then B-52 and F-15 simulators for Singer-Link, senior instrument technician for the City of Glendale, Arizona water utilities, and controls contracting through Downing Controls — while earning a BSEE at Arizona State University, 1991, no grants and no loans.
1992–1997 — I&C Engineer at Carollo Engineers, panel shop engineer at Keller Electrical, project coordinator at CR Engineers.
1997–2017 — Co-founder and President, Delta Systems Engineering. Electrical, I&C, SCADA, and automation integration for water utilities, contractors, civil firms, and manufacturers across the Southwest.
2018–2025 — Managing Member, Etellimetrix. Named inventor, U.S. Patent 11,586,158 B1 (industrial IoT).
2017–present — Managing Partner, VMG Enterprises. Consulting engineering and management services to NCS Engineers and Delta Systems Engineering.
CREDENTIALS
• Professional Engineer, Electrical — Arizona #31724 (1997), Nevada #13999 (1999), California #E17607 (2005)
• IEEE member since 1992
• U.S. Patent 11,586,158 B1 (industrial IoT), named inventor
• Standards: NEC/NFPA 70, NFPA 70E, IEEE, ANSI, ISA, IEC
HOW I WORK
I state my assumptions in writing. I do not guess, and I will tell you plainly when something is outside my expertise. You get a defined scope, a schedule I hold to, and clear deliverables.
Available part-time. Start me small and paid — one drawing review, one load study, one arc flash model, one automation pilot — and judge the work before committing further.
Steps for completing your project
After purchasing the project, send requirements so Brian can start the project.
Delivery time starts when Brian receives requirements from you.
Brian works on your project following the steps below.
Revisions may occur after the delivery date.
Kickoff call, 45 minutes
We walk your document workflows end to end and I confirm which two or three to focus on.
Document and template review
I work through your sample deliverables and blank templates against the systems you named, and map how each document actually gets built today.