Summary
Jason Neely is a hands-on site maintenance manager and electrical engineer with 8+ years in leadership roles and a 20+ year career grounding in industrial automation, controls, and robotic welding. Currently leading maintenance at Teknor Apex in Kentucky, he designs and implements electrical power, compressed air, HVAC, and specialized process infrastructure while driving PLC/AC-DC drive controls and machine vision integrations. His background spans Toyota-tier process engineering to plant-wide Lean and Six Sigma improvements, blending deep robotics programming certifications (Yaskawa, Fanuc, Kawasaki) with practical facility systems design. Not obviously apparent from titles alone, he pairs formal EE technical training with fluency in Japanese studies and advanced welding/robotics programming—an unusual mix that smooths cross-cultural vendor integrations and complex automation deployments. Jason is equally comfortable on the plant floor troubleshooting drives and on the project table optimizing layout, tooling, and process flow to reduce downtime and elevate throughput.
8 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Robotics Engineering/Technician, Advanced TPP Programming, Robotics Engineering/Technician, Advanced TPP Programming at Fanuc Robotics
B.S.E.E.T, Electrical Engineering Technology, B.S.E.E.T, Electrical Engineering Technology at School of Engineering and Technology, IUPUI
Advanced Maintenance and Programming, Robotics Technology/Technician, Advanced Maintenance and Programming, Robotics Technology/Technician at Kawasaki Robotics
MRC/XRC/NX/DX Advanced programming with coordinated motion and welding, Robotics Technology/Technician, MATEHAN/Welding, MRC/XRC/NX/DX Advanced programming with coordinated motion and welding, Robotics Technology/Technician, MATEHAN/Welding at Yaskawa/Motoman Robotics
Six Sigma Green Belt, Industrial Engineering, Six Sigma Green Belt, Industrial Engineering at Purdue University
A.A.S, Electrical and Electronics Engineering Technologies/Technicians, A.A.S, Electrical and Electronics Engineering Technologies/Technicians at Henderson Community College
High School Diploma, High School Studies, Co-op and Diploma Programs, High School Diploma, High School Studies, Co-op and Diploma Programs at Henderson County High School
Advanced Programming MATEHAN/Welding, Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering, Advanced Programming MATEHAN/Welding, Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering at OTC DIEHAN
A1 Fluency, Japanese Language and Literature, A1 Fluency, Japanese Language and Literature at Brescia University
Spanish, English, Japanese