History
The leap of faith came in June of 2015 when the founder of Aslin Automation, Gary Aslin announced that he was resigning from his position of Vice President of an established and successful custom machine manufacturing company. The end of his 24 years of service marked a new beginning and culture, unique to Aslin Automation following incorporation on July, 21st 2015. Immediately after incorporation, key individuals joined Aslin Automaton and subsequently the company won its first large contract to build a sophisticated research and development robot for a local fortune 500 company. The robot utilizes 6-axes of servo motion coupled with 12 pneumatic actuators to load and unload an existing machine.
In less than a year, Aslin Automation doubled in physical space with the addition of a full machine shop and continues to hire multi-talented employees with rapid expansion to their customer base. These humble beginnings make Aslin Automation uniquely suited to take on an array of your project needs, from fabrication and machining to complex custom machinery.
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The Team
President/Ceo
Gary Aslin
After a successful 24 year career with a custom machine manufacturing firm, Gary officially started Aslin Automation Inc., incorporating July 21st, 2015. Previously, holding the position of Vice President, Gary was responsible for all aspects of conceptualizing, designing, managing, procurement, manufacturing, assembly, electrical, programming and finally, delivery and startup of custom machinery. While performing the technical aspects of custom machine manufacturing, Gary also engaged in most aspects of business development, primarily in sales and growth.
Because of Gary’s expertise, communication and management style, he has maintained a loyal following of employees and vendors to establish a versatile team that has worked with Gary for over 71 years of combined experience. Because of these attributes, Aslin Automation also maintains a loyal following of customers who benefit from a relatively young company with an established foundation.
Education
University of California, Berkeley
BS Mechanical Engineering
Professional Strengths
•Strong Leadership Skills
•Assessing various needs and prefrences of customers
•Effectively managing multiple projects/employees at a time
Engineering Manager
Tim Pletschet
Tim brings over 35 years of experience building and designing, precision instruments and automation equipment for the semi-conductor, disk drive, aerospace, and oil and gas industries. His creative approach to problem solving and design come from the ability to draw on his unique experience starting out as a precision machinist, then moving to his career as an engineer. With 6 US patents and professional success in a wide range of industries, Tim allows Aslin Automation to confidently partner with businesses to navigate custom solutions to challenging problems.
director of marketing & business development
Brooke Solis
Joining Aslin Automation in October of 2016, Brooke Solis’s team role is to perform a myriad of tasks integral to the formation, organization, growth and daily activities of the company. Having worked in outside sales and being a self-starter, Brooke is uniquely qualified to tenaciously attack the “behind the scenes” projects in addition to managing the books, providing HR support to our employees and participating in technical aspects of machine development such as programming Human Machine Interfaces (HMI) of sophisticated automated processes. If contacting Aslin Automation Inc., it is likely that Brooke will be the first friendly contact.
Education
San Francisco State University
BA Communication Studies
Diablo Valley College
AA Communication Studies
Professional Strengths
• Resourcesful in finding way to complete the task at hand
• Strong organization skills
• Strong communication skills
senior engineering technician
Duane Smith
Having worked in the field of automated machinery design and production for over 21 years, Duane Smith brings a wealth of talents to Aslin Automation. As the Senior Technician, Duane engages in all aspects of electrical control design, procurement, and manufacturing of the electrical requirements of the various automated, semi-automated machines and fixtures produced at Aslin Automation. Duane’s talents also include machining and fabrication skills required for the assembly, start-up and troubling shooting of equipment that may include a combination of electromechanical, safety and complicated pneumatic systems. In addition to the development of new equipment, Duane manages and satisfies a maintenance contract with a fortune 500 company.
Experience
United States Army - Desert Storm
Quartermaster/Chemical Equipment Repairer
The Army Maintenance Management System
Professional Strengths
• Problem solver
• Surpasses customer expectations
• Consistently meets deadlines
shop manager / senior machinist
Bill Bennett
Bill is no exception to possessing a unique skill set that makes him a valued team member and asset to our organization. Starting his career as a journeyman welder and fabricator building Champion motorcycle racing frames, Bill's path filled his proverbial “toolbox”. Bills talents include becoming a journeyman manual and CNC machinist, CNC programmer as well as a 3D CAD designer. Building (inventing) custom automated equipment requires rapid prototyping, experience, speed and skill, all of which Bill possesses in volumes. Bill enables the machine “vision” to become a reality.
Professional Strengths
• Strong mamagement and training skills
• Extremely detail oriented
• Creative/critical thinking
Experience
Champion Racing
Welding and Fabrication of racing frames
CNC
Machinist, Programmer
senior Engineer
Edward Mills
Before Joining Aslin Automation, Edward was already making custom automated equipment and tools for bay area companies. Customers include both startups and multinationals, in fields ranging through medical, biotech, energy, and food processing. As a dedicated integrator, Edward specializes in selecting the right level of analysis to maximize your design's value. With his strong background in high volume production for the food and chemical processing industries, Edward's prototypes often turn into production equipment with minimal or no changes.
Professional Strengths
Food and Chemical processing
PLC controls and robot integration & Programming
Motion and fluid control
Education
California State University, Chico
BS Mechanical Engineering
Minor in Manufacturing Technology
Mechanical Engineer
Todd Littlefield
As a recent graduate from the University of California, Davis. Todd joined Aslin Automation in the summer of 2019. Todd particiaptes in all aspects of the design, development, construction and delivery of the custom machine produced at Aslin Automation. Todd brings a youthfull and very apprecaited energy to Aslin Automation.