Matthew Bell
Lead Controls Engineer at Vulcan Engineering Co.
Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMatthew Bell is a Lead Controls Engineer with a decade of hands-on experience designing and commissioning industrial control systems, currently leading controls work at Vulcan Engineering Co. He combines deep expertise in Allen-Bradley PLCs, VFDs, robotics and HMIs with practical AutoCAD skills to deliver turnkey automation solutions. Having progressed from intern to lead over his career, he brings both field-level troubleshooting chops and project leadership for complex installations. Based in Birmingham, Alabama, Matthew is comfortable integrating multiple robot manufacturers into cohesive systems and optimizing controls for industrial environments. A pragmatic problem-solver, he pairs formal electrical engineering training with on-the-job experience that favors durable, maintainable designs.
10 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Electrical Engineering, 3.0, Bachelor’s Degree, Electrical Engineering, 3.0 at University of Alabama
Github Skills (54)
custom-component10
python10
consumption10
philips-hue10
energy-monitor10
home-assistant10
custom-icons10
sustainability9
dog9
mqtt9
metering9
iot9
home-automation9
xiaomi9
raspberry-pi9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
mdb17/UI
Jul 2022 - Aug 2022
UI-Lovelace-Minimalist is a "theme" for HomeAssistant
Contributions:11 pushes in 13 days
lovelace-uilovelaceminimalisthacshome-assistant
mdb17/Kometa
Mar 2025 - Jun 2025
Python script to update metadata information for items in plex as well as automatically build collections and playlists. The Wiki Documentation is linked below.
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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