Summary
Phil Turmel is an experienced electrical engineer and entrepreneur with over 15 years leading automation and robotics projects, now running his own firm, Automation Professionals, LLC. Based in Fairburn, Georgia, he blends deep hands-on expertise from senior project engineering at International Paper to managing robotic initiatives at Factory Automation Systems. A lifelong computing fanatic and Linux enthusiast, he pairs hardware-savvy engineering with software fluency to deliver practical, reliable automation solutions. His career reflects a steady progression from industrial engineering to business ownership, emphasizing pragmatic system design and field-proven implementations. Outside of work he is a family-oriented technologist who maintains an active interest in open computing and community-driven projects.
15 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Electrical Engineering, BS, Electrical Engineering at University of Maine