by Tom | May 11, 2026 | Saga Updates
Sometimes you walk into a new customer and have to figure stuff out! This particular customer wanted me to get a metal forming and shear machine that had stopped working to run again. The challenge was no documentation and the control system was unbranded printed... by Tom | Jan 25, 2023 | Saga Updates
Saga Automation has moved to Delaware! While we still have clients on the West Coast, family has brought me home to where I graduated high school, so I am bringing my project management and control system / automation work to the mid-Atlantic region. I hope to help... by Tom | Feb 16, 2022 | Saga Updates
What a year! Many of you know that I worked 15 years at the Irwindale brewery, so when it sold and re-opened, I was involved in this transition. I am helping lead the capital project engineering effort at the brewery, and this takes much of my time, so I have added... by Tom | Jan 3, 2021 | Saga Updates
2020 was a great year for Saga Automation. Our second full year of operation led to a doubling of revenue and 23 new customers. We did some advertising and picked up some new customers that way, but our best new customers mostly came from people that were referred to... by Tom | Sep 19, 2019 | Saga Updates
It is in the books. One year ago my employer offered a voluntary severance and I decided to make the jump to consulting as a control systems engineer. In that year I have worked for four different customers and met with another eight potential customers, and the thing...
by Tom | Oct 18, 2018 | Saga Updates
When I was racking my brain for a name for this new venture, I went to the industry magazine Control Engineering and searched its database of systems integrators. I read through 100’s of names. The names fell into some categories for me. First...
