Chas Thompson is a product support engineer with a decade of experience architecting process improvements and supporting complex automation systems across material handling and logistics firms. He blends hands-on CAD and data center design expertise with product support roles at FORTNA, MHS Conveyor/MHS Global and TGW, enabling faster troubleshooting and durable solutions for large-scale installations. Comfortable bridging engineering, IT and operations, he has a long history in CAD/tool support and operations leadership—skills honed during a 15-year stint running operations at Schmohz Brewing and earlier CAD roles at Siemens/Dematic. Based in Grand Rapids, he also hosts a long-running Great Lakes fishing podcast, bringing communication and customer-facing storytelling to technical support and product design work.
10 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Michigan Technological University
High School Diploma, Smart stuff, High School Diploma, Smart stuff at Thornapple Kellogg High School
This repository contains all my old portfolios. Neat to see the progression.
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Chas Thompson - Product Support Engineer at Num1Pirate Consulting