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Bunn Automation Consulting

Bunn Automation Consulting provides

System Integration
ICS Networking/OT
Troubleshooting
Document Development
Training

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The Team

Patrick Bunn

Owner / Consultant

Patrick Bunn has over twenty years of experience in industrial/heavy automation. He has designed, programmed, tested, and implemented many projects in multiple industries including metals, food and beverage, textile, wood, pulp & paper, oil & gas, chemical, pharmaceutical, and nuclear. He has taught AC Theory at a local technical college, Intro to Motor Controls, PLCs, and Control Networking to countless co-ops and interns through the years, and presented a 3-part series on Control Networking. With 9 years plant maintenance experience and 12 years System Integration experience, he currently owns his own business, Bunn Automation Consulting. His experience includes PLC and Servo Programming, HMI and SCADA Development, VFD and Soft Starter Configuration, and IT/OT Logical and Physical Control System Network Design and Industrial Switch Configuration. Additionally, he has extensive experience with troubleshooting all things automation related as well as developing various automation project-based documentation. He is originally from San Diego, California, but now lives in Birmingham, Alabama with his wife Emily, and his two sons, Theo and Levi.

Awards:

Cisco CCNA 200-302 – The Complete Guide to Getting Certified
Rockwell Automation – RAU SI PlantPAx Capability certificate
Rockwell Automation – RAU Low Voltage Drives Assessment certificate
Rockwell Automation – RAU Visualization Final Exam certificate
Rockwell Automation – RAU Control Capability Assessment
AVEVA – Citect SCADA 2018 R2 Configuration
CISCO – IMINS2 – Managing Industrial Networks for Manufacturing
PANDUIT – Industrial Network Design for Physical Infrastructure
ALLEN-BRADELY – CCN144 - Kinetix 6500 CIP Programming, Studio 5000 Level 4
WONDERWARE – InTouch Classic Stand Alone
SIEMENS ENERGY & AUTOMATION, INC. – S7 TIA PLC Programming 1
ABB UNIVERSITY – ACS800 Customer Multidrive
SHERMCO INDUSTRIES – NFPA 70E Electrical Safety Training Course

Personal Project Highlights

Technical Lead | Utility Plant DCS Upgrade | Baton Rouge, LA

Upgrade the hardware and software of an old ABB DCS system to Rockwell’s PlantPAx system, including interconnection with other third party systems. This had over 200 I/O and nearly 500 communication soft points via Modbus connections.
06/2024-09/2024

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