Taylor Paddock
Controls Engineer at Plug Power
Denver Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTaylor Paddock is a Controls Engineer with eight years of hands-on experience optimizing industrial processes and delivering engineered solutions across manufacturing and energy sectors. Currently at Plug Power in the Denver area, Taylor applies practical problem-solving and systems thinking to control systems for clean energy applications, building on prior roles as Plant and Project Engineer where cross-functional execution was routine. He blends a strong mechanical engineering foundation from the University of Wisconsin–Madison with project management experience to drive efficiency, uptime, and scalable process improvements. Known as an "Enterprise Architect" on GitHub, he brings an architect’s perspective to controls integration and operational reliability even when working deep in the implementation details. Outside work he frames engineering as a lifestyle—constantly improving efficiency in everyday life—which informs his pragmatic, iterative approach to problem solving. His background in diverse hands-on roles, from product engineering co-ops to frontline operations, gives him uncommon empathy for operators and a talent for turning complex requirements into maintainable systems.
8 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Bachelor of Science (B.S.) at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Github Skills (49)
webhooks9
filemaker9
socket-io9
rest-api9
python8
orientdb8
security8
full-stack8
javascript8
mariadb7
zammad7
community-management7
cms7
blockchain7
frappe6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
tcpaddock/shiplot
Feb 2023 - Mar 2023
Contributions:14 releases, 94 commits, 9 PRs in 1 month
tcpaddock/frappe
Dec 2022 - Mar 2023
Low code web framework for real world applications, in Python and Javascript
Contributions:2 PRs, 6 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
pythonjavascriptlow-codeframeworkweb-development
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