Summary
Kevin Ortega-villela is an Associate Control Systems Programmer with 11 years of hands-on experience designing, programming, and maintaining SCADA and control systems for water management, treatment, and renewable energy projects in the Los Angeles area. He combines field-facing troubleshooting and preventative maintenance with control logic development for pumps, VFDs, and instrumentation, supporting potable and non-potable distribution as well as hydroelectric generation. A former co-founder of an engineering prototyping firm, he has practical experience translating control schemas into mechanical builds and managing projects end-to-end. His background includes embedded systems work and university research ensuring solar SCADA reliability, reflecting a strong mix of controls engineering, embedded software, and operational resilience. Notably, he pairs municipal-scale system stewardship with entrepreneurial prototyping experience, making him adept at both long-term infrastructure reliability and rapid device-level innovation.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering at University of California, Riverside
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Artesia High School